Faith IQ – What Should I Do If I Don’t Understand A Verse From The Qur’an

Faith IQ

What is the ruling on rejecting parts of the Qur’an and accepting the rest in event of non understanding? What does Allah need from us regarding the Qur’an? What is the basic level of submission one requires to be on the path of Islam? What should be the methodology one should adopt in these circumstances?

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi provides answers.

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The speaker discusses the importance of understanding the Quran and the meaning of Islam. They stress the need for a leap of faith and acceptance when faced with certain issues, as it is crucial to overcome any confusion or doubt. The speaker also warns of the need for submission when faced with issues, as it is necessary for everyone's personal well-being.

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			What do I do when I don't understand the first of the Quran or Hadith? Is it okay to just reject it?
		
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			rejecting a verse of the Quran is tantamount to rejecting the entire Quran. Allah says in the Quran
for to be known as the Bhagavad Gita, we will talk about, do you believe in a portion of the book
and reject other portions? Anybody who picks and chooses between the Quran essentially has rejected
the whole book. So if you don't understand the verse, you need to find out what it means. If you
don't understand the verse, ask the people of knowledge. And Allah says in the Quran, ask the people
of knowledge if you do not know first, victory and quantum law to Allah mode. And the same goes for
the Hadith, except that there's a caveat here, you first have to find out if the Hadith is authentic
		
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			or not. If the Hadith is not authentic, then obviously that changes the whole dynamics, if it is
authentic, then once again you need to find out what exactly is the meaning of the Hadith. Look,
brothers and sisters, Islam means submission. That's the meaning of Islam. At some level, you're
going to have to submit even if you don't understand a lot is not requiring you to understand each
and every commandment, Allah is requiring that you submit and you obey to your greatest extent. And
you will have to have a leap of faith, there will be certain things that you don't understand or you
don't know, just because you don't understand them and your limited minds are not capable of
		
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			grasping them does not mean that they are not true is simply means you are human. And you will have
to accept that what you don't understand based on what you do understand, you know God exists. You
know, Allah is one, you know, the Koran is from him, you know, the prophet system is true. If these
things are all valid in your paradigm in mind, then you will have to submit and essentially, even if
a particular issue is not understandable to you, and Allah says in the Quran, even to the
companions, Allah says that Patel has been legislated for you and you don't like it, but it's
possible you don't like something and it is for your interest. It's possible you don't like it, but
		
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			it is for your own good. If this is something Allah told the companions than how much more so for
us, so you are going to have to struggle within yourself. Ask the people of knowledge, make dua to
Allah to guide you. But even if, after all of this you don't understand, there will be a level of
submission that is required because of our Islam.