Suhaib Webb – Steps For Those Who Want To Pick Up The Quran

There's this massive renewed interest in the Quran.

And as someone who embraced Islam in 1992,

I thought it would be important for me

to share with you

some of the things you can do if

you're not Muslim that will help you as

you explore

the holy book of Islam.

The first is we often think of religions

and their text through the frame of others

and what that does that intimidates us and

keeps us away from the text.

But the Quran in the 25th chapter verse

number 1 does an other it invites.

And what that means is that the Quran

is not only for Muslim. This is a

belief that we have in Islam. It's for

humanity. So you should feel confident and we

want to welcome you as you jump into

this exploration

and adventure through our holy.

The second thing is people ask me, how

should they store the Quran? See that bookshelf

behind me. That's fine. Don't store it in

a place. That's dirty, A place that's unkept

next to something filthy. Right? It's a holy

text. You want to treat it like it's

sacred.

So do your best to store it in

a place that is

clean. The third thing is people ask me,

can they write in the Quran? Absolutely. My

mother had a Bible pen. My grandmother had

a

Quran pen if you like it that won't

bleed through the pages, and you can keep

notes

and take notes because I think it's very

important.

The 4th thing people ask me is how

much did they read? You want to try

to read 5 verses

maximum

and let them digest in your system. Let

them marinate in your heart. Let them marinate

in your mind. The Quran

is a pour over.

Right? It's not a, it's not just going

to be poured out all of a sudden.

It's, it's a drip. It's, it's going to

take some time to really impact you, but

you want to appreciate it that way. And

what's important is how you think about it

in a way that allows you to contextualize

it. The last thing that I want to

talk about is

if you have questions, feel free to ask

others and ask to qualify just like any

other religion. Not every Muslim knows about the

Quran so you're gonna make sure that you

reach out to an imam in your local

area myself or others on social media who

have an academic background and can answer your

questions we are super excited to have you

and we hope that you will enjoy this

wonderful

adventure with our book. Thank you so much.