Understanding Quranic Arabic- Safdar Ali

"The best among you are those who learn the Quran and teach it"

1) Importance of Understanding the Quran

"(This is) a Book (the Quran) which We have sent down to you, full of blessings that they may ponder over its Verses, and that men of understanding may remember" (38:29)

"Do they not then think deeply in the Quran, or are their hearts locked up (from understanding it)?" (47:24)

To leave the Quran is not to do any of these:
-Believe in it
-Read it
-Understand it
-Ponder on its verses
-Act upon it
-Spread it

All of these are the Rights of the Quran.

-If you don't fulfill these rights, we will be held accountable. The main key is to try.

Our Responses
Quran--> Best of books
Our Attitude--> Is the worst towards the best book
-We are busy, no time to recite or to understand it.

MEANING: I'm doing something more important yet we have time for everything else

-Practically speaking--> I don't think its worth of giving my time. If it was of value to me I would have spared some time to recite it.

For those who say I read it everyday:

-As an english reader I can read French too since french does have the same alphabet. You could read it but would you understand it?

-Encyclopedia Britannica (11th Edition)- Quran is most widely read book in existence. But is it understood?

2)Learning Arabic-- Key to Understanding

-A good translation touches your heart
-Quran--> direct words of ALlah (swt) translations are not.
-We learn other languages and become masters. Why? to benefit us in this world.
-Dhikr of the Quran is Hifz and Understanding

3)Innovative Approach
-Quran contain approx. 85000 words 910 words/line x 13 lines x 650 words)
-Actual words are approx. 3000 ( if you take out the repititions and derived words)
-A typical muslim memorizes 50-100 sentences in Arabic (Ex: Assalamu Alaikum)
-You spend a day daily in an Arabic Enviorment--> 5 daily prayers and duas.
-Muslims know 300-500 words. Only 2500 new words to learn.
-10 new words a day--> 250 days to learn. Less than a whole year

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