I started with an echo of the first piece dealing with the unique style of the Qur'an. You can't assume that your audience are all regular listeners, and each piece has to stand on its own, but it can make it easier to write if you borrow from what you've already been saying previously - less strain on the imagination. 

Which also comes across in the prayer at the end, which is again drawn from Fatihah, but this time from the first half.

In the way that it is impossible to reduce a symphony to a few selected bars, how much harder it is to reduce the Qur'an to a few sentences taken out of context. But from it's complex web, I have plucked a few words from the chapter by the name of Iron, verses 1-6, 20 and 21.

All that is in the heavens and the earth magnifies God; He is the All-mighty, the All-wise. To Him belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He gives life, and makes to die, and He is powerful over everything. He is the First and Last, the Outward and Inward. He has knowledge of everything.

It is He that created the heavens and the earth in six days then seated Himself upon the Throne. He knows what penetrates into the earth, and what comes out from it, what comes down from heaven, and what goes up to it. He is with you wherever you are; and God sees the things you do.

To Him belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and to Him all matters are returned. He makes the night to enter into the day, and makes the day to enter into the night. He knows the thoughts within the breasts.

And in the world to come there is a terrible chastisement, and forgiveness from God and good pleasure; and the present life is but the joy of delusion. Race to forgiveness from your Lord, and a Garden the breadth whereof is as the breadth of heaven and earth, made ready for those who believe in God and His Messengers. That is the bounty of God: He gives it unto whomsoever He will; and God is of bounty abounding.

Around us, all of Creation sings God's glory, the birds on the trees, the whales in the oceans, and the wind in the telephone wires, all sing God's praise as part of their nature. But mankind has been created differently. We have been given a choice of whether to praise God's glory or not, even the freedom if we wish to deny God's existence altogether. For it is part of the nature of the human that our belief in God is a free choice. But even if we do choose not to deny, why do we praise? Surely any God worthy of the definition is beyond the reach of our limited capacity to praise. Indeed, our song of praise is not for God's benefit but our own.

Overflowing with the joyful praise that springs from gratitude is the natural state of mankind when facing God's glory and recognising God's bounty. And God hears the one who praises, and is most generous, teaching mankind the as yet unknown, so that we may understand our life experience, and know a little of what and why we praise. The search for knowledge is a sacred duty for muslims, but our knowledge is limited by our capacity to understand.

We use the names of qualities for God, but we only comprehend an earthly trace of the All-mighty and All-wise, just as our knowledge is only an earthly shadow of the Divine knowledge. God's knowledge encompasses every leaf that grows and falls, and every grain of sand that shifts beneath the waves. And God sees everything, and never sleeps.

Death is much like sleep, a natural process, and God makes death come into our lives, and then makes new life after death. Then we find out what we mean when we say that God knows the thoughts within us, and how our lives have been recorded, and how we receive the just reward of the good and the bad of our thoughts and actions.

We can escape the eventual just desserts of our guilty secrets, however, through feeling the pain of sincere regret in this life, and yearning for God's forgiveness and good pleasure, and fortunately God our judge is the Most-Generous and All-merciful.

In the Name of the One Who is All-merciful and All-compassionate. O God! All of our praise belongs to you. You are the One Whose mercy knows no bounds or limitations. You are the Truth we must face on our ultimate judgement day. Help us to see the best way to serve You. For You are the One we were created to serve, and the only One Who can help us. Amen