The Quiet Work

The writing and Quran study of Mike Rashid King. Long-form essays on faith and the examined life, and a growing surah-by-surah Quran study library.

About Mike Rashid King

Mike Rashid King is a writer and student of the Quran. He writes long-form essays on faith, discipline, and the examined life, and publishes a slow, surah-by-surah Quran study library.

Essays — The Quiet Work

Long-form essays on faith, discipline, and the examined life.

Stages of Resurrection
Islam Is Not an Arab Religion
Why Islam Is the Final Revelation
What Happened to the True Israelites
Western Values: A Full Accounting
The Modern Man Is a Coward
Selective Prosecution
The Rational Case for Allah
Supreme Wisdom & Principles of Islam
SAWM: Architecture of the Free
The Glutton and the Throne
The Rib: Architecture of Sacred Partnership
Beautiful

Quran Study

Open the Quran Study library — a growing collection of surahs unpacked with tafsir, context, and the practice that follows.

Ask Rafīq

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Tafakkur

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Newsletter — The Dispatch

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