If you are memorising the Qurʾān, is there any sūrah that you especially love reciting? Perhaps sūrat ar-Raḥmān? That’s an ‘easy’ sūrah to recite, isn’t it? The key to what makes it especially easy is that you hear it and recite it so often that it’s well cemented in your memory. Now is there any sūrah that you find particularly difficult and that you don’t look forward to reciting? Maybe if your teacher was to test you, you would secretly…
The best description of tadabbur that I’ve come across is one by Sheikh ʿAbdur-Raḥmān as-Saʿdī. He was asked, “How do I reach a point where I can do tadabbur of the Qurʾān (reflect on the Qurʾān)?” He simply said, ❝You continue to read and read and read*… until Allāh opens your heart to tadabbur.❞ I haven’t found a truer description than this or description closest to how the pious predecessors understood tadabbur.…
Originally posted here. The knowledge within the Qurʾān, the verbatim word of God, is limitless. Were you to spend a lifetime studying it, there will still be so much more to study, understand and apply. Reading a tafsīr of the Qurʾān cover to cover, once, twice, thrice, ten times, or more will only give you a grasp of what the message says. In order to gain an in depth understanding, you need to live with these verses. You need to…