Zakir Naik – How to Exploit the Blessings of the Quran
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The speaker discusses the importance of reading and adopting the Quran in order to live according to its principles. They stress the need for daily reading and implementation of the guidance in one's life. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of giving respect to the Quran and reading it with understanding and implementation of its guidance.
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An unfortunate
certain fact,
there are many Muslims
who have a very superficial
respect for the Koran in terms of touching
it, placing
it in the right place, etcetera, covering it.
But unfortunately when it comes to actually adhering
to the principles of the Quran and implementation
of those principles, there seems to be a
lacking. Tell me, which is more important?
The undue care and love and attention to
the Quran or the implementation of
the virtues of the Quran?
As far as giving respect to the Quran,
maybe the outward respect, is that important
or reading and understanding and implementing on the
guidance is important? Both are important, a Muslim
should respect the Quran as much as they
can. At the same time we should read
the understanding and implement on the message which
Allah
has given us. But unfortunately
there are some Muslims
who only give outward respect.
That means superficially
you see the respect but they do not
implement on the guidance
for which the Quran was revealed. So defeat
is the very purpose. For example,
many Muslims, they keep the Quran on top
of the shelf. It is the top most
book
and they keep it so much on top
that it catches dust. And if a person
has to read the Quran, you will think
10 times, you know that, oh! It is
so high, you know, it is difficult to
reach.
The Quran
should be a book which is a guide
for your day to day life. It should
be kept handy like a guide, a textbook
which is referred daily. It is kept on
the shelf which is easy for approach so
that you can have it at any portion
that you require it. That is the way
we should treat the Quran as a guide
for our life every day.
Furthermore,
some people,
they tie the Quran securely
in a silk cloth and keep it on
top.
And if a person has a few minutes,
maybe 10 minutes'
time,
he would not
bother read the Quran. The thought of him
getting the Quran down and untying it and
again tying it securely
in the silk cloth, that itself will take
10, 15 minutes.
So he says what is the use of
spending the time in the Quran. So it
should be handy and whenever a person feels
he should be able to approach it.
Many of the Muslims,
they have a 1,000 questions before they try
in the Quran
as though the Quran is an RDX bomb,
it is going to explode. There are a
1,000 questions that, are you in Wudu? Is
it all right? Can I read the Quran?
You know, can I read the Quran while
standing? Can I read while traveling?
Having the shoes and reading the Quran, it
is haram.
Where would they get this from that, which
hadith or with the Quran equals, they said
you cannot read the Quran with the shoes
on.
So defeat is the very purpose, it should
be a daily guide
for the Muslims
and it should be handy
and at every opportunity that you have read
the Quran.
And we find this very often
if you go to the
mosque in the Gulf countries,
that if
a person who comes to pray to the
mosque, if he has a few minutes, he
doesn't waste time, He picks up the copy
of the Quran and he reads
and we find that most of the people
that come early they read the Quran, but
in the mosque in the subcontinent
that's India and Pakistan,
you may see a few people reading the
Quran, maybe in the first row and if
someone in the second row reads the Quran
they will immediately stop
him. The back,
your back is facing the Quran, it is
haram.
So these things were superficial respect,
outward respect. It's not really what the Quran
has been revealed for, it is revealed as
a kind for humankind. You should read it
whenever you have an opportunity
and
that reminds me of an incident
that in the Gulf country,
once an Indian
had gone to Saudi Arabia
to visit the country
and because he was a very good kari,
they allowed him to lead the Maghreb Salah.
So the recited
in the salah,
Suri Fatia,
then Suri Yousef
and with a very good voice, melodious voice
with.
After he finished the salah,
there was an Arab who was smiling.
So the Indian,
he asked him that, Why didn't you like
my kerat?
He said, no, your were wonderful, but I
was wondering
that in the salah,
you put Youssef alaihi salam inside the well,
but why didn't you get him out
before the salah was over?
The joke is that he read the Quran
for Youssef,
but didn't understand what he was reading,
so he put Risas Islam in the well,
but before the salahat least he brought him
out of the well.
So it's very important that besides giving respect
which is important, you should give respect,
but the main thing is read the Quran
with understanding and implement its guidance in your
life daily, that's the best.