Let’s Get Acquainted With Al-Qur’an

 

Chapter 2: 9 Tips to become proficient in al-Qur’an.

 

 

Among the obligations of the Muslims towards al-Qur’an is to observe and study (tadabbur) its contents. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala says:

 

(This is) a Book (the Qur’an) which We have sent down to you,

full of blessings, that they may ponder over its Verses,

and that men of understanding may remember.

[Shad 38:29]

 

 

 

To enable us to study al-Qur’an and get the most benefit from it, there are nine tips or guidelines that need to be looked at carefully. These tips are actually from al-Qur’an itself, followed by the Sunnah and clarification from the Islamic Scholars. Here is the list of the guidelines:

 

Tips # 1:    Have the desire to study al-Qur’an

Tips # 2:    Cleansing the misconception that learning al-Qur’an on our own will lead astray

Tips # 3:    To realise that al-Qur’an was revealed by Allah

Tips # 4:    To realise that al-Qur’an is meant for us

Tips # 5:    To accept al-Qur’an as a guidance and not otherwise

Tips # 6:    To measure the reality to al-Qur’an and not vice versa

Tips # 7:    Unrestraint al-Qur’an from the limitation of people, time and place

Tips # 8:    Not interpreting al-Qur’an

Tips # 9:    Putting into practice whatever we have been learnt from al-Qur’an

 

 

 

CHAPTER 2 : CONTENTS

 

Hafiz Firdaus Abdullah