For some weeks, I’ve been working with a classical book of tafsīr. I’ve been reading and re-reading and then repeating the process over and over again in order to understand and hopefully internalise the scholar’s words. It wasn’t until I reached a segment where he had listed some aḥādīth of Rasūl Allāh ﷺ that I found my self subconsciously evaluating myself. I found myself thinking, reflecting and then resolving. …
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…
The more you repeatedly study something, the more your understanding grows and expands. This is the tried and tested study technique of scholars over the past centuries. What’s interesting is that it doesn’t just apply to the Qurʾān and aḥādīth, but also to books written by scholars. For that reason, scholars from early on would emphasis on memorising scholarly texts just as they would emphasise on the Qurʾān and aḥādīth of Rasūl Allāh ﷺ. Al-Muzanī said, ❝I read ar-Risālah (a…
