Zakir Naik – A Parable for Reading the Quran without Understanding

That there was a person,

that Indian,

who goes to France

to get a bachelor's degree.

But when he goes to France,

the language of instruction was French.

And this Indian, he did not know French.

So he used

to attend the classes religiously,

regularly. Whenever he used to attend, he used

to get a p.

P is for present.

Full year he attends the class. But the

instruction in French, he doesn't understand it. After

1 year, he appear for the examination.

The question paper is in French. But yet

he gets a p.

P is not for past, p is for

present.

But just by being present,

do you think he will pass an examination?

He does not understand a word.

Maybe

because he knows English,

like how many of us we know Urdu

script,

so we can recite the Quran. So he

can read some of the French without understanding.

Because the script of English and French is

the same. Do you think he'll pass in

the examination?

He gets the p. The p is for

present. It is not for past. That's the

reason it's very important

that we read the Quran with

understanding.