Back to Quran, an effort.

Bismillah,

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

"To you We sent the Scripture in truth, confirming the Scripture that came before it, and guarding it in safety. So judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and follow not their vain desires, diverging from the Truth that has come to you"
(Al-Maaidah: 48)

Men's obligation towards the Quran.

You will not be able to fulfill the true form of worship and servitude nor attain the proper direction [in your worship] if you do not know the one you are worshiping and directing your worship toward - that is, if you do not know the attributes that He has. [You will not be able to fulfill the true worship] until your worship is based on recognition and knowledge. And Allah has described himself in His noble book with attributes that He wants us to know and attribute Him with [so that our worship of Him can be proper and as complete as we can make it]

-Muhammad Qutb

Do not read it [the Quran] merely for intellectual pursuit and pleasure; even though you must apply your intellect to the full to the task of understanding the Quran. So many people spend a lifetime in studying the language, style, history, geography, law and ethics of the Quran, and yet their lives remain untouched by its message.

-Khurram Murad, Way to the Quran

The plight of the Muslim nation Today.

William Ewart Gladstone, four-time Prime Minister of Great Britain, is famous for telling the English Parliament, “As long as the Quran exists, Europe will never be able to conquer the Islamic East.”

Similarly, the French Colonial Governor of Algeria once said, “It is a must to remove the Arabic Quran from their presence and to remove the Arabic Language from their tongues in order for us to have victory over them.”

Conclusion? It is not necessary to physically remove the Quran from the hands of the Muslims. They only need to remove the Quran from being central to the life of the Muslim.

SO where did we go wrong?

In his book How to Approach and Understand the Quran, Jamal al-Din Zarabozo mentioned some of the mistakes made by the Muslims when trying to approach and understand the Quran:

1. Some Muslims emphasize secondary aspects of the Quran while ignoring its more important primary aspects.

2. Too many Muslims do not recognize and understand the primary goals of the Quran therefore they read it but do not get out of it what it desires for them

3. In addition, some Muslims do not approach the Quran in the proper manner, missing the essential link between what it teaches and how it is to affect mankind

4. Even when the above obstacles or problems are overcome, still some Muslims do not interpret the Quran in the proper manner and hence, although they read it they do not get its correct teaching from it.

Learning how to approach and understand the Quran - a struggle.

The [sweet taste] of this Quran is not to be tasted save by the one who dives into the struggle. Those who search for the meaning and evidences of the Quran while they are sitting studying it as speech or art only will never be able to discover the reality of the Quran from that motionless, barren from the movement. The reality of the Quran is never revealed to those who simply sit. Its inner truth will never expose itself to those who are overtaken by rest and relaxation while they serve other than Allah or submit to false lords and not to Allah.

–Syed Qutb

As one of our efforts to create more opportunities for the Muslim to learn how to further understand and approach the Quran, we are inviting you to join us this June in our pioneer Back to Quran project - an initiative to help strengthen our personal relationship with the Qur’an as the word of Allah and facilitate the building of an “Ulul Albab” (Al-Quran literate) generation, inshaAllah.

For more information, please visit our website at http://masterpies. com/backtoquran. We also encourage you to subscribe to our newsletter to receive news and updates on our project.

"Has not the time arrived for the Believers that their hearts in all humility should engage in the remembrance of Allah and of the truth which has been revealed (to them), and that they should not become like those to whom was given revelation aforetime, but long ages passed over them and their hearts grew hard? For many of them are rebellious transgessors"
(Al-Hadeed : 16)

Learn more about the event here.

http://masterpies. com/backtoquran

We look forward to seeing you inshaAllah.

Jazakumullahu Khairan Katheera.