IslamiCity.com - The Opening
We came together for a noble purpose: to study the book of Allah , the Qur'an. The Qur'an is the speech of Allah, innahu kalaam Allah. This is the speech of the Creator talking directly to the creation. That is why the father of the great poet Alam Muhammed Iqbal told him as a young boy, "When you read the Qur'an, read the Qur'an as though Allah, God Almighty, is talking directly to you."
So we came together for the noble purpose of studying the Qur'an. And really what does it mean? For many of us what is our experience with the Qur'an? What is our educational history with the Qur'an? It's very important that we look back at our history with the Qur'an because it is a reflection of what has shaped our outlook on the Qur'an. For example, maybe our only experience with the Qur'an happened primarily between the ages of five and ten. What was that experience like? We used to go to someone with a big beard and a large stick and he used to tell us, "Read or I'm going to hit you." Although it's humorous there are many people for whom I am sure this was their experience with the Qur'an. "Read...BAM!"
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