Zakir Naik – Is Understanding the Quran only the scholars Job
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The Quran is meant for everyone, including the common man and beginner, and is meant for the development of humanity's body. The century has seen the rise of instruction manual and the need for a more comprehensive understanding of repair work. The title "Art man" is the final statement for the human being, and the audience should read the Quran and implement the message of Allah Subhanahu wa u Highway. The title is not required for repair work on cars, and the audience should read the Quran to understand the message.
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Many Muslims
consider
that it's only an Alem or a scholar
who can interpret the Quran
and recite the Quran to them. Is this
a correct,
understanding?
Allah says in the Quran in Surah Al
Khumar,
chapter number
54.
No less than 4 times it says in
the same Surah, Surah Kamal chapter 54,
verse number 17, verse number 22, verse number
32 as well as verse number 40.
We have made the Quran easy for you
to remember and understand, then which of you
shall not receive admonition? So here the Quran
says that it is easy for you to
understand
and some people say it is only meant
for the scholars, so there is a contradiction.
Will you believe in them or will you
believe in Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
And Allah says in the Quran
in Surah Hijjah chapter number 15 verse number
1
Alith Lam Pro.
These are the Iyads of the revelation
which make
things clear
that means it makes things clear. It is
easy
for a person to understand.
But at the same time
Allah also says in the Quran in Surah
Nahl,
chapter number 16, verse number 43,
as well as Surin Ambia
chapter number 21 verse number 7. 1st
If you do not know ask the person
who possesses the message, ask the person who
is knowledgeable ask an Alim.
So if you are reading the Quran and
while reading the Quran, if you find something
difficult to understand and ask a person who
is a scholar, ask an Alim.
If the Quran
speaks about science
and you find it difficult understanding who will
you go to, will you go to a
cobbler, will you go to a barber, will
you go to a scientist.
If the Quran speaks about medicine,
you will go to a doctor
to try and understand what does the Quran
say.
Similarly,
if you want to know about Nuzaleh Quran
or meaning of certain words in the Quran,
then you go to an Alim who has
gone to Darul Ullum maybe for 7 years
or 14 years, he is an expert in
that field. So the Quran says if you
do not know,
if you are in doubt ask the person
who poses the message.
So
it is meant
for the whole of humanity,
for the common man as well as for
the scholars. But while reading if you find
any difficulty
you can ask the person who is knowledgeable.
And that reminds me of an example
that a few decades earlier
in the late 70s and early 80s
there are group of Arabs
who followed on the guidance of the verses
of the Quran, they do not possess the
message ask the person who has the knowledge.
And they collected
all the material in the Quran and they
say hadith
dealing with the subject of embryology
and they presented it to Professor Keith Moore.
At that time the late 70s early 80s,
Professor Keith Moore was one of the highest
authorities
in the field of Embryology in the world.
He was
the head
of the department of anatomy
in the University of Toronto in Canada
and when he was shown
the words of the Quran along with English
translation and he was asked
that what are his comments.
So he said
that
most of the things
that Quran
speaks about embryology
are 100% in conformity
with what we have come to know recently
in modern embryology.
But
there are a few verses
which I cannot say that they are right,
neither can I say that they are wrong
because I myself do not know them?
And
2 such verses, were the first verses of
the Quran to be revealed, Suri Iqra
or Suri Alakh chapter 96,
verse 1 and 2 which says,
ikhra bismirabikal lazikalakal insanamin alak, read,
recite and proclaim
in the name of thy lord who created,
who created the human beings from something which
clings a least like substance. The word alaka
means something which clings, it also means a
least like substance.
So professor Keith Moore said, I do not
know
whether the early stages of an embryo,
embryo means the early stage of the human
being that is there in the womb of
the mother. Embryology
is the study of the human development.
He said, he doesn't know whether the early
stages of an embryo look like a leech
or not, So he went in his laboratory
and under a very powerful microscope he observed
the shape of an embryo and compared it
with the photograph of a leech and he
was astonished at the striking resemblance.
And later on after reading the various verses
of Quran and the Hadith, he said after
about 50 more than 50 questions asked to
him,
more than 80 questions asked to him
and
he said that if these questions were asked
to me 30 years ago, he said that
in early 80s,
I would not be able to answer more
than 50% of them because embryology
is a branch of medicine which has advanced
recently.
And he said
that
he has no objection
in agreeing that this book
is the word of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
is the word of almighty god and prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him is the messenger
of this almighty god.
And this book then later on whatever additional
information he got, he wrote a new book,
the developing human, which even I had to
refer when I was in the medical college
in the 1st year in the subject of
anatomy.
He wrote the 3rd edition for which he
got an award for the best medical book
written by a single author in that year.
And I want to give you one more
example
that any machine that you buy
along with
it comes the instruction manual.
More complicated the machine, more is the requirement
of an instruction manual.
If you buy
a machine which is more complicated like a
computer,
the more difficult it is to understand the
more requirement of instruction manual.
If you allow me to call the human
beings a machine,
you have to agree it is the most
complicated machine
in the whole world.
Don't you think this machine requires an instruction
manual? So according to me the glorious Quran
is the last and final instruction manual for
the human beings. The do's and don'ts for
the human being is written in the Guris
Quran.
And that reminds me
once there was a Nawab of Hyderabad.
Nawab
is a person
who is like a landlord or very rich
person.
And
when first time automobile
was introduced in India
people did not not drive the car.
So along with the car the company even
provided the driver.
So this rich landlord Nawab of Hyderabad,
he buys a new car, so the company
along with the car provides him with a
driver.
So one day in the morning
he tells the driver that I want to
take my wife
Begum Saibah
for shopping.
Please
keep the car ready.
Driver says,
Nawab Saib,
the car is not in working condition. The
Nawab gets angry and he says, I want
the car immediately in working condition, because I
want to take my wife
for shopping.
So driver says to put the kind of
working condition
I require
10 KGs of honey,
20 liters of milk,
30 KGs of pure ghee
and 50 KGs of rice, that also basmati
rice.
So the Nawab Sahib gives him 10 kilograms
of honey,
20 liters of milk,
30 kilograms of pure ghee and 50 kilograms
of bahmati rice. The driver takes it and
gives it to his wife and within a
few minutes the car is in working condition.
My question is that today suppose the driver
says he requires 10 kgs of honey,
20 liters of milk, 30 kgs of pure
ghee,
50 kilograms of basmati rice.
What will you do? If he says he
requires these things to put the kind of
working condition what will he do?
We will kick him out of the job
because
today
even though we may not not repair the
car we know that the car does not
work on honey, milk,
rice, or ghee, it works on gas, it
works on petrol.
So therefore,
though we may not know how to repair
the car we know the basic mechanism of
the car.
So everyone knows
the basic meaning of the Quran then no
one will take you for a ride.
So you should know the basic meaning of
the Quran and if the car gets spoiled
once in a year or once in 6
months then you can go to a mechanic.
So why are you in the Quran if
you find something
difficult to understand? At that time surely you
can go to a person knowledgeable
and he will explain to you what is
there in the Quran.
And just a last example
how people
they say that why is it in the
Quran
it is not required and should be done
only by the Alem but not by layman.
They give an argument
that
if you have a learner's
driving license
called as kutcha license over here, a learner's
license.
And if you bang up the car if
you have an accident
the police will
give you a less fine, but if you
have permanent license, a complete license
and then if you do an accident
then the police will fine you double. Therefore
it is better
not to know the Quran, not to understand
the Koran. And if you do sins, then
God will punish you less if you know
the Koran, and if you understand the Koran.
And then if you do a sin, then
Allah will punish you double.
I said I agree with you for the
sake of argument.
That if a person has a temporary license,
a learner's license,
if he has a kutcha license and if
he does an accident he will get half
the punishment.
Maybe he will be fined
$1,000
But if person has a permanent license,
a complete license and if he does an
accident
he will be fined double, maybe $2,000.
But the point to be noted is that
if a person who has a learner's license
and has not learned driving correctly,
the chance is that in 1 year he
will have an accident
would be maybe 50 times.
But a person
who learns how to drive and has a
permanent license, chances that he will have an
accident in the full way is maybe once.
So a person who has a proper license
and learns diving he may end up paying
a fine of $2,000 but the other person
who has the learner's license who bangs up
the car maybe 50 times ends up paying
$50,000
at the end of the year. So yet
it is preferable
that you should have a permanent license, similarly
read the Quran with understanding
and implement on the message of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala and the chances
that you will commit sins and mistakes will
be less if you read the understanding. Rather
than saying that it is only meant for
the Alems,
it is preferable
that all the human beings read the Quran's
understanding and implement on the message
of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, last and final
revelation which was revealed through last and final
messenger Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.