The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
Qur’an: The Voice of God
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the world. Giving concrete form to the instinctive
feelings which swirl in man’s subconscious about
his Lord and Master, the Qur’an sets his feet well
and truly on the path of submission to Him. In so
doing, it brings him closer to God.
In seeking to ascertain God’s will, just to read
through the Qur’an is not enough: one has rather to
become deeply engrossed in it. It is only when one
has formed a strong degree of attachment to the
Qur’an that one has access to all the advantages it
offers. One has to be bound to the Qur’an as one is
by a contract –
ta’ahud
(the word used by the
Prophet) in order to reap its benefits. This
awareness of the greatness of the Qur’an, and
consequent adherence thereto, cannot come about
at second hand. That is, one may hear a
commentator or man of letters discourse upon the
Qur’an and may form a high opinion of the speaker
and his attainments, but that is not the way to form
a genuine attachment with the Qur’an itself. A real
bond with the Qur’an can be forged only if one
reads the Holy Scriptures oneself, thus having
direct access to the contents. Only then will its
wisdom be engraved upon one’s memory. Only
