Part 1: Approach to read Quran
Part 2: Learn Quran by Pondering

Approach to read Quran

1. Listen Quran Quietly 7/204
2. Approach to Quran with an un-preconceived mind set 56/79
3. Do not make Quran to subservient to your own believes 25/30
4. The way to recite Quran 73/4
5. Do not read Quran in a hurry 20-114
6. Read Quran whatever is easy for you 73-20

1. Listen Quran Quietly

7/204 وَإِذَا قُرِئَ الْقُرْآنُ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ وَأَنصِتُوا لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
O Jama’at-ul-Momineen when the Quran is voiced, listen to it attentively and in silence so that you might receive Allah’s Rahmat.

7/205 وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعًا وَخِيفَةً وَدُونَ الْجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ وَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ الْغَافِلِينَ
Keep the laws of Allah in mind day and night and obey them in humbleness from the depth of your heart and without raising your voice (6/63, 7/55). Do not remain un heedful of them at any time.

Prophet listening of the Quran

(Ref: Bukhari )Volume 6, Book 61, Number 570:
Narrated Abdullah bin Mas’ud:

The Prophet said to me, “Recite (the Quran) to me.” I said, “O Allah’s Apostle Shall I recite (the Qur’an) to you while it has been revealed to you?” He said, “Yes.” So I recited Surat-An-Nisa’ (The Women), but when I recited the Verse:

‘How (will it be) then when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you (O Muhammad) as a witness against these people.’ (4.41) He said, “Enough for the present,” I looked at him and behold! His eyes were overflowing with tears

2. Un-preconceived mind set 56/75-82

56/75: فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَاقِعِ النُّجُومِ Locations of the stars is presented as an evidence

56/76: وَإِنَّهُ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ Indeed it is a great evidence if you have knowledge

56/77. إِنَّهُ لَقُرْآنٌ كَرِيمٌ It is indeed beneficial this glorious Quran is and what a comprehensive guarantee it gives for a prosperous and plentiful life.

56/78. فِي كِتَابٍ مَّكْنُونٍ This Code has been preserved in a well-guarded Book.

56/79. لَّا يَمَسُّهُ إِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَ However, only people who are endowed with purity of mind can benefit from its real import.

(Purity of thought, mind and intellect is a prerequisite for drawing benefit from it. If a person studies it with a prejudiced mind or is influenced by preconceived ideas or preferences, then he will not derive any benefit from it. It is therefore important that before a person undertakes its study, his mind should be clear of any preconceived ideas.)

56/80. تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ This Book has been revealed gradually in stages from that Almighty, Who is the Sustainer of the whole of humanity (Its purpose and objective is also to nurture and develop mankind.)

56/81 أَفَبِهَـٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ Do you dissimulate this Code and not present the message in its true spirit, by using sugar-coated language and attributing your own self conceived ideas to it?

56/82. وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ And you do all this just to earn your sustenance? You want to make your livelihood by calling it a lie.

3. Do not make Quran subservient to your own beliefs and customs

وَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي اتَّخَذُوا هَـٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَهْجُورًا

25-30. And the Rasool will say, “O my Rabb, this is the very nation of mine which had put the Quran into the shackles of self-conceived ideas, whereby it could not move even a few steps freely.” (Instead of being guided by the Quran, they made it subservient to their own beliefs and customs.)

4. Way to read Quran

أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْآنَ تَرْتِيلًا

73-4. During these assemblies, explain the Quran to them in a manner that its comprehensiveness and discipline are beautifully highlighted. Then inculcate this in the same order in their practical life.

5. Do not read in a hurry 20-114

وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا ۗ وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِالْقُرْآنِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُقْضَىٰ إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُ ۖ

[20:114] And hasten not with the Koran ere its revelation is accomplished unto thee; and say, ‘O my Lord, increase me in knowledge.’

6. Read Quran whatever is easy for you 73-20

فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ Recite, then, as much of it as you may do with ease.

Contents

No blind faith 25/73

Whosoever makes shariat outside Quran is mushrik 42/21

Understand Quran by Pondering over it 4/82

Pondering with scientific developments 41/53

No more ancestors worshiping 2/170

Pondering is important 7/179

Reciting dialects (Hadith Bukhari Shareef)

No blind faith 25/73 وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا عَلَيْهَا صُمًّا وَعُمْيَانًا
[25:73]
These people when the Divine Laws are presented to them, they do not submit to these by ignoring their intellect, wisdom, rationale and reason. Also, they do not respond to them as if they were deaf and blind. They adopt after careful consideration

People who make SHARIA outside from Quran are MUSHRIK 42/21

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ شَرَعُوا لَهُم مِّنَ الدِّينِ مَا لَمْ يَأْذَن بِهِ اللَّـهُ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةُ الْفَصْلِ لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۗ وَإِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

42-21 They have made other entities (their religious leaders) partners of God. These devise different ways (‘shariat’) for them. The Deen (the way of life) which these entities promote has not been sanctioned by the Allah.
Had there not been the Law of Respite, the consequences of their erroneous ways would have appeared before them immediately, and everything would indeed have been decided upon quickly. However, results are manifested only after the period of respite is over. At that time, these zalimeen will face grievous retribution.

Understand Quran by Pondering over it – You will find no contradictions

ۚ وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ غَيْرِ اللَّـهِ لَوَجَدُوا فِيهِ اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ

4/82 Do they not reflect upon the Quran? Were it from anyone other than Allah they would have found many inconsistencies therein.

Pondering with scientific developments 41/53

سَنُرِيهِمْ آيَاتِنَا فِي الْآفَاقِ وَفِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ
ۗ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ

41/53. We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves Thereafter, it will become clear to them that whatever the Quran had told them was based on truth. It did happen like that.
Is it not enough that your sustainer oversees everything in the universe?
(His all encompassing knowledge is sufficient guarantee that whatever He has said is based on absolute truth).

No more ancestors worshiping

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعُوا مَا أَنزَلَ اللَّـهُ قَالُوا بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا أَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَنَا
ۗ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ آبَاؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ

[2:170] And when it is said to them, ‘ Follow what God has sent down,’ they say, ‘ No; but we will follow such things as we found our fathers doing.’ What? And if their fathers had no understanding of anything, and if they were not guided?

We see in Quran

Examples situations to build image for clear understanding

Day and night: Opposite word to make the theme very clear

Quran cannot be translated word by word.

• Arabic in Quran is has its own charm. It can never be translated.
• Tafseer is as good as writer’s knowledge level. Tefseer is not a primary source of knowledge.

Recitation of Quran in Different dialects

(Hadith Bukhari Shareef) Volume 6, Book 61, Number 514: Narrated ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab:

I heard Hisham bin Hakim reciting Surat Al-Furqan during the lifetime of Allah’s Apostle and I listened to his recitation and noticed that he recited in several different ways which Allah’s Apostle had not taught me. I was about to jump over him during his prayer, but I controlled my temper, and when he had completed his prayer, I put his upper garment around his neck and seized him by it and said, “Who taught you this Sura which I heard you reciting?” He replied, “Allah’s Apostle taught it to me.” I said, “You have told a lie, for Allah’s Apostle has taught it to me in a different way from yours.” So I dragged him to Allah’s Apostle and said (to Allah’s Apostle),

“I heard this person reciting Surat Al-Furqan in a way which you haven’t taught me!” On that Allah’s Apostle said, “Release him, (O ‘Umar!) Recite, O Hisham!” Then he recited in the same way as I heard him reciting. Then Allah’s Apostle said, “It was revealed in this way,” and added, “Recite, O ‘Umar!” I recited it as he had taught me. Allah’s Apostle then said, “It was revealed in this way. This Qur’an has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite of it whichever (way) is easier for you (or read as much of it as may be easy for you).”