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Everything around us in this universe is a creation of Allah except

the Qur¶an. It is the attribute of Allah. These are the words of Allah.

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one who is always existing and will always live, has blessed us with
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meant benefits of this world.

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promise fulfilled in front of our own eyes. We have almost
millions of huffaz. To see greatness of this miracle, try to
memorize paragraph of a language you don¶t know. How difficult
will it be?
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remember it? That too perhaps was not complete.
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doctor by reading a medical manual once? Can I become a
mathematician just by reading a book of maths once?

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so that we are able to receive guidance and cure from it in our daily
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 Every day we face a number of problems and challenges. We

should approach the Qur¶an with the attitude that it is revealed for
me, for my guidance, for solution to my problems.

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written our my taqdeer that we will recite/hear it today. And most
importantly, it has a message for me for today.

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don¶t ask the Qur¶an directly.

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are ignorant. Then only Allah will give us his guidance. If we show
indifference and self-satisfaction then why should Allah run after us
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time to recite or study to understand it!
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means that I am doing something which I think is more important
than Qur¶an.
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any value to me, I would surely have spared time for its recitation
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prayers)?
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 The companions of the Prophet ºpbuh) wanted to recite more

and more. He ºpbuh) had to say that one who recites Qur¶an in
less than 3 days does not understand it ºapproximate meaning).
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his books.
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opened a single book during the day), he starts praising you, 8O

ad! How nice are you! Thank you so much for bringing me
everything!´
 May be you will tolerate it the first day. 3ut, if this behavior
continues for the next four or five days, your patience will surely
run out. You may perhaps punish him in response to his
PRAISE and will tell him that you have done everything for him
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friends, 8How are you?´
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and wealthy, etc. ºWe should surely thank Allah).
 What type of thanks is this? He has given us only one 3ook and we
don¶t have time to read it!
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books. When they move on to the 9th grade, all their previous
books are cancelled and they are given a new set to study.
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on¶t we always value the practice of great people in terms of
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honored, imagine the greatness of the 3ook itself which was
revealed in that night.

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anniversary, he gives us 1000 times the regular salary and
numerous other gifts. All of us will surely appreciate his big
heart.
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and stay in your house for some time,´ How excited will I be?
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burden inside.
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burden for them, rather than a source of happiness.

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we are told that a new language ºN++ !!?) has come and anyone
who masters that language using a manual of 600 pages will get
a job worth $10,000, then almost everyone of us perhaps will do
his best to understand each and every line of the manual.

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world ºmost importantly, in terms of real peace) and in the
hereafter ºin terms of lasting and forever bliss).

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given us a key to new discoveries.
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infinite wealth both in this world ºthe invaluable peace of mind
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 aor a position/ job in this world, we have spent thousands of

days and nights, from KG to PG, Kingergarten to post
graduation. ºWell, if we have the right intention, we will be
rewarded inshaAllah).
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service/position/job, then what about Al-Quran, with which my
infinite future ºnot 40 years, not 40,00, not 40,000, not 40 million,
not 40 billion, not 40 trillion, but infinite future) including that of
this world is related.
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this 3ook?

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sciences, commerce, etc.) in which the author has asked you to
understand its contents! Never!
 However, we Muslims have reverse logic when it comes to
Qur¶an. Even after clear statements by Allah subhanahu ta¶ala
about the purpose of revelation, we just take it easy and never
bother seriously to understand it.
 The tragedy is that no Muslim denies the importance of
understanding it but simultaneously does almost nothing to
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 I can µread¶ a newspaper in arench which has similar alphabets

as those of English ºeven though I don¶t understand arench).
 If I tell you that I have read it, you will ask me about the news. If
I respond by saying, 8Well I have read it but I don¶t know the
news,´ you may immediately tell me to stop µfooling around¶ or
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µjoke¶? We never bother to understand it seriously and on the
top of it are completely satisfied with our performance. We still
claim that we can µread¶ Qur¶an!!!
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not read it in the most common sense of the word, µread.¶ ºI am
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our kids. Well, that is good.
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we ever ask our kids to work on reciting/understanding Qur¶an?
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 If your son takes up a new language, say arench, in his primary

school class and comes in the beginning of the year with some
arench sentences, you surely will be happy. You may not be
upset even if he does not understand those sentences.
 However, if this style continues till the end of year, you surely will
not be happy with his mere utterances of arench sentences.
You will tell him explicitly that one year is long enough for one to
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 Let us look at ourselves. We are reading this book for the last
couple of decades of our life and still expect Allah to keep
ignoring our carelessness towards understanding this book!
 And even after reminding, we don¶t bother to seriously start
understanding it!!!
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thought of His opinion about our attitude of carelessness towards
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arench boss ºsuppose you don¶t know arench and he does not
English) who is paying you TWICE what you were earning
before.
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Will you still run to his secretary for translations?
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Qur¶an for OUR OWN benefit. aor how many years, will we
keep looking at translators for meanings?
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add couple of 1000s of Arabic words to understand the book of
Allah.
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the whole Qur¶an... Only if we care!

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for a Muslim is when he stands in front of Allah for Salah.
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things and He out of His mercy grants them too.
 3ut how ungrateful I am that when He tells me something
through the Imam during the Salah, I stand there as a deaf guy!
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remembered some Surah and he recited it.
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fate and is the message by Allah for me for TO
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lectures in 2 Raka¶ahs of aajr)
 Allah wants us to end the day also in Qur¶anic light with 4
lectures; 2 in Maghrib and 2 more in Isha within 2 hours!
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recite from any part of the Qur¶an ºand he should try to recite
from different parts of the Qur¶an).
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miss the message in any of these Salahs; simply because Imam
may recite from any part of the Qur¶an.
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which part of Qur¶an the Imam will recite. So, for all practical
purposes, relying on translations for this purpose does not work.

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stand with full attention and wait for instructions from Allah. I
should try to pick up each and every word of Allah.
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recites it, every part should be understood.
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too.
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pieces of Qur¶an) in these Salah and to have a global view
ºponder on bigger sections of Qur¶an) in Taraweeh.
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what is being recited ºby self or by Imam), it is extremely difficult
to keep attention.
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words? Yes, they are full of blessings. 3ut how long will we limit
ourselves to listening words of Allah ºwithout understanding
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Rahman in aajr, I say, even though unwillingly, 8O my God! I
have to now wait for 15 min. to complete the Salah.´
 There are some of us who count the number of rakahs
completed while praying Taraweeh.
 All this is due to the fact that we don¶t understand what is
recited. If we understand it, we will never say of feel such
things.
 Understanding Qur¶an will make Salah a worship full of spiritual
enlightenment rather than just a ritual.

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 Qur¶an is recited in Taraweeh so that whole message of Qur¶an

comes to ones mind at least once in Ramadan.
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Taraweeh?
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enlightenment by understanding Qur¶an while listening.

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have learnt it because of our parents efforts. They arranged a
teacher for us to learn the Qur¶an.
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OWN EaaORT. Have we added to what we learnt in childhood?

o we plan to spend anytime to learn this most important 3ook,
the most important source of knowledge?

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Messenger of Allah ºP3UH) said, "He who follows a path in
quest of knowledge, Allah will make the path of Jannah easy to
him. The angels lower their wings over the seeker of knowledge,
being pleased with what he does. ...'' [Abu
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 Abu Umamah ºMay Allah be pleased with him) reported: The

Messenger of Allah ºP3UH) said, "The superiority of the learned
over the devout worshipper is like my superiority over the most
inferior amongst you ºin good deeds).'' He went on to say, "Allah,
His angels, the dwellers of the heaven and the earth, and even
the ant in its hole and the fish ºin water) supplicate in favour of
those who teach people knowledge.'' [At-Tirmidhi].

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knowledge before it, when it is read unto them, fall down
prostrate on their faces, adoring, Saying: Glory to our Lord!
Verily the promise of our Lord must be fulfilled. They fall down on
their faces, weeping, and it increaseth humility in them. [Al-
Qur¶an 17:107-109]

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have read tarjuma or tafseer. Rarely does any one cry when he
reads the translation?
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prayers) while listening to the Qur¶an, esp. in Haram ºMakkah &
Madina).
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Kaise kaise ayse wyse hogaye

Ayse wyse kaise kaise hogaye

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such compact simple words is almost impossible to be
translated.
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message but they are not Qur¶an.
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script or no way to decipher or learn it.
 It is in Arabic, a live language. Just spend some time to learn it
and understand the 3ook of Allah, the ultimate precious gift on
earth for a human being.
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Arabic to understand Allah¶s message
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Arabic), we loose the impact.
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the translation
 THE SPIRITUAL EaaECTS and the reward.

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impact as "Kullu nafsin zaaiqatul maut".
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such as Qul, say. An Arab does not have this opportunity.
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ºpbuh). She replied that, 8His ºpbuh) morals were Qur¶an.´
 So, the theory is Qur¶an and the practical model is the Prophet¶s
ºpbuh) life.
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o we really treat it as the book of our lives?

o we become doctors by reading the books just once?
 We are passing this life and this book is for life, for guidance.
 3efore talking about solutions to a specific problem, do we ever
refer to Qur¶an, or sit down and study it a couple of hours?
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Islamic leaders are quoting Qur¶anic verses on Jihad or other
issues.
 There are many Muslims who must have read this first time in
their life. Are we waiting for such moments?
 We will be questioned left and right by our non-Muslim
neighbors/colleagues. Are we prepared? What are we going to
answer if we don¶t know them?

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 Remember, 80% Muslims are non-Arabs.

 We need an intense campaign to spread the understanding of
Qur¶an to 100% Muslim population.
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 If we don¶t do that, then Muslim masses will be easy targets of
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 The media is continuously attacking Islam. They are preparing

for the ultimate attack. To remove certain verses from the
Qur¶an itself.
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will we protect our children and youth?
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existence too.
 The most important source of spiritual food is the Qur'an. The
second source is the authentic Hadith. Spiritual exercises
include the daily prayers, Tilawah, Azkar and the work for Islam.
 Reading Qur¶an without understanding is like eating extremely
tasty foods but with a tongue which has no taste buds! You read
excellent verses, but you simply miss their impact.

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 A person reading translation is like a blind who is given tour by

somebody ºtranslator) of a wonderful garden ºwith respect to the
original beauty of the Qur¶an and not with respect to the
essential message).
 However much the translator tries, he can not convey the impact
of the original Arabic of the Qur¶an
 Of course, a learner will not get all that beauty in the first try, but
he surely will enter into a huge new world once he starts
understanding Arabic; and Allah will take him to new heights of
understanding as his learning continues.

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na¶oozubillah not worthy to ponder upon?
 Why are we asked to listen to it daily and in Ramadaan? Are
they only ritual?
 If somebody claims that he does not need Qur¶an, then he may
be deprived from guidance from Allah¶s 3ook.
 We should always approach Qur¶an with an attitude that we are
ignorant.
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 Guidance keeps increasing with Allah¶s help. If we are Muslims,

that does not mean that we have all the guidance for all the
problems of this life.

on¶t we ask for guidance in every Salah in our daily prayers?
 Allah subhanahu wa ta¶ala says:

 8While as for those who walk aright, He addeth to their guidance,

and giveth them their protection ºagainst evil)´ [Al-Qur¶an 47:17].
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 That is really amazing to hear from a Muslim!

 We have been talking about the importance of understanding
Qur'an as one of the rights of the Qur'an for the last so many
years.
 We are already late. How long are we going to neglect the
Quran?
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 If I tell my students in Master¶s degree program to stay one or

two years more then they simply get terribly upset. They say
that they have to go for a job, use the knowledge to earn money
to start the life.
 Are we not supposed to live in complete light/guidance of the
Qur¶an? To ensure the continuous guidance, Allah has asked us
to recite/hear it in every Salah and we simply ignore it.
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Salah? One should come up with redundant verses/chapters
ºna¶oozubillah). Can anyone claim to do that?
 Allah knows best and He gave us this 3ook. To say that it is not
necessary to understand the whole 3ook is to question His
wisdom.
 ºI am talking about the basic understanding only. Not of
mutashaabihaat etc.)
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 In our daily lives we are faced with tens of different situations.

 Qur¶an gives us a number of examples, stories, commands,
advices.
 We don¶t know where the solution is hidden for our problems.
We should keep reciting it with understanding and ask Allah to
guide us. He surely will guide us. After all, did He not reveal it
as a 3ook of guidance?
 ºWe can surely take scholar¶s help. 3ut we should do our part
too)
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 There are some who say, 8Just focus on practice. Practice what
you know and don¶t worry about learning more!!!´
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most basic 3ook that is given to us by Allah as guidance. If we
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listen to it in our daily prayers and in Ramadaan? Is that only a
ritual?
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should not even open the holy books.
 Allah has asked each one of us to understand, think, and ponder
over its verses. Can any one show that he ºif capable) is
excluded from this command?
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 Perhaps almost µhalf¶ the life is gone ºin the sense of average
human age).
 We don¶t know when we will die. If we learn it at snails¶ pace or
wait for a time to learn, when are going to live our everyday life
in full Qur¶anic light?
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necessary for living as a good Muslim. Arabs understand the
Qur¶an so why are they ºall of them) not good Muslims?´
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Guidance is not related to knowledge alone. Otherwise Abu Jahl
and Abu Lahab would not have been left behind.
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to Qur¶an, learn to read only and stop there.

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Lord, a balm for that which is in the breasts, a guidance and a
mercy for believers. Say: In the bounty of Allah and in His
mercy: therein let them rejoice. It is better than what they hoard.
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oes our heart throb when we look at Qur¶an?
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sometime daily to understand it?
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are asked to recite it everyday?
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 Most of us read the Qur¶an only when we face tough times! The
reciting of Qur¶an has almost been associated with gloomy
situations.
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good times, He will remember us in hard times.
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somebody does not hold such degrees, it is a matter of shame or
a sign of ignorance in our society. ºOf course, we should work
for education).
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ignorant ºjaahil)!
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west of Non-Arab Muslim world.
 These students pass with flying colors as far as secular
education is concerned but can not understand even 5% of the
MAIN TEXT3OOK of Muslims directly.
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seriously on this aspect?
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in aajr, Isha, or Taraweeh prayers? Why? 3ecause they don¶t
undestand it! You can see that phenomena in Arab world,
especially in Majid-e-Haraam or in Masjid-e-Nabawi.
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standing at their ends, «) of recitation on His believers.
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want to be like those?
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Qur¶an in not perfect. We should always work towards this goal.
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classes on Qur¶an for effective learning.
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1. We, in general, don't open the book after the class for another
3 days!!! The week passes so fast that on the day of Class, we
say, 8Is it ariday/«? O! I forgot that we have class today!´.
2. Teaching experts say that retention in learning for a weekly
class ºespecially with our heedless attitude towards Qur¶an) is
only 20 to 25%. Consequently, the learning process is very
ineffective.
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interaction with the Qur¶anic lesson.
4. Even if you do it regularly ºwith 1 or 2 pages/class, it means
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What a tremendous loss of remaining active life! aor the next
15 years ºIa WE LIVE!), we will not be able to understand 50%
of the Qur¶an on the average!
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1. We will loose a lot ± message given to us in 1000s of Rakahs

º5 equivalent Qur¶ans)
2. We may not have proper concentration in Salah, esp. in those
where the Imam recites something we don¶t understand.
3. The late we start or the slower we build up our relationship
with Allah, the more of the remaining life ºinteractive with
Allah¶s message) we loose.
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let us see how ahadeeth encourage us:
Uthman ibn µAffan ºmay Allah be pleased with him) relates that
the Messenger of Allah ºpeace be upon him) said: 8The best
among you are those who have learnt the Qur¶an and teach it
ºto others)´ [3ukhari].
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that the Prophet ºpeace be upon him) said: 8« No people gather
together in one of the houses of Allah, reciting the 3ook of Allah
and       
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descending upon them, Mercy ºof Allah) enveloping them, the
angels surrounding them, and Allah making mention of them
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5. We will stay daily for 40 minutes in Qur'anic environment and will

be counted as those who are the best, inshaAllah.
6.
aily we will be receiving those 4 blessings ºmentioned in the
hadith) for 40 minutes, inshaAllah.
7. We will have a much better retention of the meanings of words of
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8. Our excitement will increase with time because we will get the
sense of achievement that we have covered so many paras. In
fact, this is what happens. Completion of 10, 15 paras will
inspire us to complete the Quran as early as possible.
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10. We will be in contact with each other everyday. That way, ºas

a'ees) we will have an opportunity to invite our colleagues to
regular Islamic work.
11. One of the important benefits of this approach is that a
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12. What will we gain if we don¶t come for those 40 min. What will
we spare?

Will we make millions in those 40 min?

Will we enjoy the best of sleep in those 40 minutes ºif it is after

aajr till Ishraaq, the best and ideal time)?

Compare it to how much will be lost!

  




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13. Make use of blessings before they are gone ± they may run out
very quickly!!!
 aive blessings: Life; youth; time; health; prosperity;
 Additional blessings:
 availability of the daily program ºif it is not there, you can start
it with your friends);
 the friends who are arranging this program; you may soon go
to an area where you may not find such a program;
 the availability of translations ºthere was a time when there
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live under full Qur¶anic light and guidance.
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salary for an overtime of 40 min. ºafter aajr ± the ideal time to
study the Qur¶an).
 Let us say the salary is 4000. The daily overtime for this comes
to 2000/30, i.e., 60.
 All of us including me will jump for the opportunity. None of us
will come up with any excuse. We will in fact call a person fool
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worth even the wing of a mosquito; and that too in a situation
when we don¶t really need that extra money.
 If we are ready for that and not for a Qur¶anic class ºthat too for
10 months only), we say with our actions that the worth of Qur¶an
in practical terms is not even 60!
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say, We hear, and they hear not. Lo! the worst of beasts in
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