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Mukabele is a term that literally means “to compare two things,” but in technical usage it refers to the communal practice of completing a full recitation of the Qur’an, in which one person recites while others follow along in their copies of the text, thereby achieving a hatim.【1】 In Islamic societies, mukabele is widely practiced especially during the three holy months and the month of Ramadan, typically taking place in mosques, prayer halls, and homes, where hafizes recite the Qur’an while li