Nouman Ali Khan – Should I Focus on Memorization or Understanding

			Salam Alaikum everyone. Here's a cool question from the Gulf tour. I read the Quran but I don't
understand Arabic so I don't get anything out of reading the Quran should not just be reading in
English. And then these people tell you you have to memorize the Quran is so much reward for
memorizing the Quran. And there's so many fathers out there that memorize the Quran and they don't
even understand what it means. Shouldn't we be telling people to read the Quran instead of
memorizing it? And you know what? As I heard this question, I realized something to every action,
there's an equal and opposite reaction, we have an extremely this community, we have on the one
		

			hand, people that want to emphasize the memorization of the Quran and not emphasize understanding at
all, that you just become a trophy once you memorize, and you are going to lead telawi and you're
going to be reciting beautifully and people are going to be saying, What an awesome Did you even
look at all you have, and you have no concept of what's being said? That is one extreme. And that
extreme gives birth to the other extreme that says, You know what, these people, they're just
reciting it for no purpose. And they're just making you know, this, this these beautiful sounds. But
what's the actual message? We forget about memorization, we should focus all of our energies on
		

			reading and understanding. And you know what this is? These are two extremes. The truth in usually
these kinds of things lies somewhere in the middle. And for so many questions people ask, I realized
more and more and more, that they're actually a reaction to another extreme that makes them want to
justify the opposite extreme and not considered. The answer lies in the middle, right? The answer is
at the end of the day. memorizing Quran is one of the most spiritually enriching and powerful, you
know, acts that we can do. memorizing the Quran is actually fulfilling the legacy of the Prophet
himself. salallahu alayhi wasallam but who is known by in Adolphe saluted Latina Odin, and one of
		

			the most beautiful Athens sourceamerica Buddha describes that the ayat of the Quran live in the
chests of those who believe the ayodele live on pieces of paper, they are to live inside of Muslim,
the the, the place the ions are stored in this world are inside the chests of believers an amazing
thing to say. And so I want more and more of those ions in my chest, I want to memorize as much of
them as I can, you know, and that's, that's something that you should struggle with, and watch for
yourself. Why wouldn't you want to memorize Quran if your parents are going to be raised with crowns
on their head on Judgement day if you memorize the Quran, on the one hand, we should be memorizing
		

			the Quran. And on the other hand, the Quran complains itself of Allah who Allah, Allah, we don't
reflect deeply on the Quran, or their hearts made up locked up. So reflection on the Quran and
memorizing Quran are actually hand in hand. And let me add one more thing. This is the balance of
our religion, guys, this is where things really get so epic. These two things are not mutually
exclusive. When I memorize on I'm repeating the same, either yes or no, over and over, I'm repeating
the same way. And the more repeating it, the more I'm thinking about it. And the more I'm thinking
about it, more realizations come to my head. reflection is actually facilitated by the act of
		

			memorization. That's how it's facilitated, then you recycle on with the tweet. And you What did you
eat does is that you give every letter it's due. And you pause, and you take your time with every
single word, which means it slows you down, doesn't it? That read slows you down. And when it slows
you down, your mind is not just pronouncing every word like you should, it's giving your mind the
opportunity to think about every word instead of brushing through the whole thing. And not giving
each word letting each word have its effect on you. Even the science of the dream actually fulfills
the purpose of thinking and reflecting on the Koran. That's what is therefore this stuff is so
		

			interconnected. What we have done is we have ripped it apart. I just want to read English
translation or I just want to study Can you read and not reflect so how to love this is this is the
things that Allah commands to keep are meant to keep together and we keep you know, pulling them
apart. So the answer really lies at the end of the day in balance. When you have one extreme, it
will certainly lead to the other extreme allows you to keep us from extremes and truly allow us to
be the middle alma mater Masada barakallahu li walakum wa salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.