Zakir Naik – Why do they not read the Quran with understanding
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The speaker discusses the importance of reading the Quran in Arabic, citing various reasons why people may not understand the language. They explain that the language is untrans born and is not possible to read it in a way that is untrans born. The speaker also discusses the importance of reading the Quran in major languages and the need for people to read it with understanding.
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Doctor. Zak here.
Since
there are
there's so much more reward for reading the
Koran
with the understanding.
Why is it? Or
what are the excuses given by Muslims, multitudes
of Muslims, for not
taking your advice and reading it with understanding?
There are many excuses given by the common
Muslim
for not reading the Quran with understanding
and the most common is that we don't
understand Arabic as a language.
As you may be aware
that more than 1 5th of the world
population,
more than 20% of the world population,
about 1,500,000,000
out of the 6,300,000,000 people in the world,
they are Muslims.
But more than
80%
don't understand Arabic as a language.
15% of the Muslim population approximately
the Arabs and a few non Arabs know
Arabic as language. So more than 80% of
the Muslims don't understand Arabic as a language.
So the most common excuse is we don't
know Arabic as a language.
Now
every human being knows at least 2 or
3 languages,
some know 4, some know 5, some are
linguist,
or when a child is born
he does not know any language,
but
he learns the mother tongue to converse with
the family members.
He learns the language
of the locality so that he can converse
with the friends.
He learns the language in which he is
educated.
Every human being knows at least 2 or
3 languages.
Isn't it important
that we should know the language in which
the last and final guidance,
revelation
was given by our creator Allah Subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
Many people say that
it is difficult to learn a language
when we are old,
but age is never a barrier for any
good work.
And that reminds me of the example of
doctor Maurice Buckel. Doctor Maurice Buckel, he was
a French and he was given
the French Academy Award in the field of
medicine
and he was selected
for studying
the mummy of Manapata,
the Raffon
in the Valley of Kings.
And when he went to Egypt while doing
his research,
one of the Muslims said,
it is nothing greater that he found the
body, it is already mentioned in the Quran
in Surah Yunus, chapter number 10, verse 92
that almighty God will
save the body of the pharaoh as a
sign for posterity.
So he was shocked that how could this
book which is so old mention about
things which we have come to recently
the body of the pharaoh will be saved.
So that made him read the translation of
the Quran.
After he read the translation of the Quran,
he was so impressed with the Quran. He
wanted to understand Quran directly in Arabic.
So he learned Arabic as a language
at the age of 50. Imagine being a
non Muslim,
learning Arabic as a language to understand the
Quran better, and then he writes the book,
the bible,
the Quran
and science.
Which is a very famous book.
So age is never a barrier
for a person to learn a new language,
but it is not possible that all of
us will be as enthusiastic as Doctor. Morris
Pukhail.
According to
Abdul Majidiri Abadi,
he says, the Quran is the most untranslatable
book in the world.
It is the most difficult book to translate
because the language of the Quran is so
pure.
It is unsurpassable.
It is intangible.
It is supreme.
It is noble.
It is divine.
And
many a times,
one Arabic word has got several meanings.
One verse of the Quran,
it can be
understood in very different ways. If you have
a different angle for a layman who needs
it, for a scientist it will have a
different angle. So that is the reason, that
is the beauty of the Quran.
So to read in Arabic is the best,
but
for those people who do not know Arabic
Alhamdulillah,
there are many shiks,
many ulma, many scholars who have translated
Quran
into
major different languages of the world. Most of
the major language of the world the Quran
has been translated
by different scholars.
So if you don't understand Arabic as a
language at least read the Quran in the
language you understand the best. If you know
English, read in English.
If you know French, read in French. If
you know German, read in German. If you
know Urdu, read in Urdu, read it in
the language you understand the best.
But it is a requirement
that we should read the Quran in the
language you understand. So there is no excuse.
They don't know Arabic. They read the language
you understand.
And Alhamdulillah,
in most of the major languages of the
world, you have the Quran
today that it has been translated.
We have the translation of the Quran in
most of the major languages of the world.
There are various other excuses given by Muslims
that they are busy in their business,
in their work,
in studies.
That is the reason they cannot read the
translation of the Quran.
Many of us
we go to schools,
we go to universities, to colleges,
and we spend decades in
schools, universities, colleges,
and we read and memorize
volumes and volumes of books,
but we don't have the time to read
the Quran.
How much time does it take to read
the Quran? If you read the translation to
Quran
and if you are reading is fast,
it will take few days for you to
read the Quran.
If you read
1 *,
one part every day it will take you
1 month,
but unfortunately we give excuses they don't have
the time.
Whatever degree you acquire
in the school, in the college
it may or may not help you in
this world.
Many of the people they graduate, but they
are jobless
and in the hereafter
unless
this education
does not get you closer to Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala, this knowledge is useless for the
Akhira.
The Quran says in Suri Baqarah, chapter number
2, verse 1 and 2. Alif Lammeem.
That Alif Lam Meme this is a book
without doubt it is
a guidance
for those
who have faith.
It is surely giving you a promise that
it is a guidance for you. It will
help
you in this world as well as here
after.
So it's a requirement
that the Muslims should read the Quran with
understanding. If they are in Arabic, reading the
language they understand the best.