Love For His Book

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

Allah taught us the Qur'an and He taught us expression. He gave us tongues to express His speech. The best expression is the Qur'an and the best use of our tongues is reciting the Qur'an.

الرَّحْمَـٰنُ ﴿١﴾ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ ﴿٢﴾ خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ ﴿٣﴾ عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ ﴿٤

The Rahman (The All-Merciful Allah) (1) Has taught the Qur’an. (2) He has created man. (3) He has taught him (how) to express himself. (4)

[Qu'ran Ar-Rahman 55:1-4]

Qur'an deserves our utmost attention. Learn how to recite it properly. Strive to learn its language. Learning the language of the Qur'an is made capable for us by Allah.

إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٢

Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand. (2)

[Qur'an Yusuf 12:2]

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٣

Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand. (3)

Qur'an Az-Zukhruf 43:3]

Truly, Allah guarantees that the Qur'an is easy to learn, easy to understand and easy to remember. It may be difficult at first but Allah guarantees that if you are looking for this mercy, Ar-Rahman will make it easy.

The knowledge that you and I take from the Qur’an and the hadith is of several types: the first and most important concerns our faith, and is the knowledge of Allah and His attributes, and the other basic tenets of Islamic belief such as the messengerhood of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), the Last Day, and so on. Every Muslim can and must acquire this knowledge from the Book of Allah and the sunna.

Reading the Qur'an without understanding its meaning is just like someone who does not know Chinese reading a Chinese book. Does he know what he reads? What benefits does he get? Some people might say, "We can read the translation." Though a lot more don't bother to even read the translation. Even for those who read the translation, are we sure that the translations truly explain the original meaning of the Qur'an?

Many Muslims are not concern in spending or allocating time to learn the language of the Qur'an but they spend great amount of time, energy and money learning languages except Arabic and upgrading themselves for secular degrees, Masters, PhDs, courses, etc. People just need to change their priorities.

If we do not understand what Allah says in the Qur'an, we will rely heavily on religious/Qur'an teachers whom may also do not understand the language of the Qur'an. By relying on just the religious/Qur'an teachers, we may be compromising ourselves similar to what Jews and Christians do, because they rely entirely on their priests for all religious matters. To the Christians, as long as you have faith that Jesus is the son of God, you will go to heaven and for the Jews, they are the chosen people of God. So they will too go to heaven. But not for the Muslims. We are not Muslims by mere following. Allah demands more than our daily rituals.

يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ لَا يَحْزُنكَ الَّذِينَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْكُفْرِ مِنَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَلَمْ تُؤْمِن قُلُوبُهُمْ ۛ وَمِنَ الَّذِينَ هَادُوا ۛ سَمَّاعُونَ لِلْكَذِبِ سَمَّاعُونَ لِقَوْمٍ آخَرِينَ لَمْ يَأْتُوكَ ۖ يُحَرِّفُونَ الْكَلِمَ مِن بَعْدِ مَوَاضِعِهِ ۖ يَقُولُونَ إِنْ أُوتِيتُمْ هَـٰذَا فَخُذُوهُ وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْتَوْهُ فَاحْذَرُوا ۚ وَمَن يُرِدِ اللَّـهُ فِتْنَتَهُ فَلَن تَمْلِكَ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّـهِ شَيْئًا ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُرِدِ اللَّـهُ أَن يُطَهِّرَ قُلُوبَهُمْ ۚ لَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا خِزْيٌ ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿٤١

O Messenger! let not those grieve thee, who race each other into unbelief: (whether it be) among those who say "We believe" with their lips but whose hearts have no faith; or it be among the Jews,- men who will listen to any lie,- will listen even to others who have never so much as come to thee. They change the words from their (right) times and places: they say, "If ye are given this, take it, but if not, beware!" If any one's trial is intended by Allah, thou hast no authority in the least for him against Allah. For such - it is not Allah's will to purify their hearts. For them there is disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter a heavy punishment. (41)

[Qur'an Al-Ma'ida 5:41]

May Allah grant us sound understanding of His Book and His Religion. Ameen.

Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam