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......................... with it (ie. when
reciting the Qur’an in such a
manner) as to ......................... it
(ie. its recitation).”
(
Qiyamah, 75:16
)
Rule 3
: When I recite the
Qur’an
I
must not
.........................
AN IMPORTANT
POINT TO
REMEMBER
To understand the
Qur’an
properly, you should
aim to understand Arabic. This could be a life-long
process but a start has to be made. This you may do
through self-study, through joining a study circle or pur-
suing a course of study at an institution. It is advisable
to have a reliable and experienced teacher in this
regard, to take you through the language and the spe-
cialised knowledge that is required to understand the
Qur’an
in some depth. However, you need to remem-
ber that the people who understood the
Qur’an
most
and benefitted from it the greatest were its first hearers.
They were men and women - merchants, farmers,
shepherds, camel riders, nomads and labourers. They
did not have at their elbows great libraries of books
relating to
Qur’an
ic sciences. Yet they were the most
successful in understanding the
Qur’an
. This is
because they took the message of the
Qur’an
to their
heart and lived it. This approach to understanding the
Qur’an
ought to be and is available to every person.
How much you understand depends on your sincerity
and the amount of effort you put into it. Side by side
with understanding the grammar, structure and vocab-
ulary of the
Qur’an
, you could benefit a great deal from
the many translations that are available. You need to
understand that all translations are limited and can
never convey the full force, power and great richness of
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