The Glorious Qur’an, the Words of ever living GOD, It has been sent down as guide and has been guiding billions of man through centuries, changing the lives of many and will do it for all time to come. For those who heard it for the first time from the lips of Prophet (saw) The Qur’an was a Living reality –The Book which transformed people who grazed sheeps and heards to leaders of humanity, those who gave a new civilization and stood before the world as paragon of Justice, kindness, GOD consciousness, fraternity, pioneers in the field of knowledge and sciences in various domains. Today the same Qur’an is with us but still the people are unmoved by it, minds remain untouched, lives remain unchanged, ignominy and degradation appear to have become the lot of the followers of the Qur’an..Why? Because it is no longer read as a “Living Reality” argues Khurram Murad in his book “The Way to the Qur’an”.
In a very simplistic language and style Khurram Murad has written this book, He says that his intention for writing this book is not for scholars of Qur’an but it is for those ordinary, inexpert seekers of the Qur’an, especially the young men and women who are struggling hard to fulfill their desire to understand, absorb and live by the precepts of Qur’an.
The book describes the basic prerequisites for approaching the Qur’an, faith in its been the direct words of GOD, purity of intention and purpose, bringing gratitude and peace, acceptance and trust, obedience and will to change ourselves, hazards and obstacles created by Satan for seekers of Qur’an, trust and dependence are all discussed as part of approach to the Qur’an. The Qur’an should only be approached as a book of guidance alone, any other purpose and intention may lead to straying, it should not be approached for proving our own vested philosophies, ideas, science and technology or a book of history etc although the Qur’an has in itself the scientific facts, historical instances, logics and rhetoric but their ultimate aim is for the humans to draw lessons from them and take guidance and not merely consider it as a matter of academic discussions. Much stress being given for “Faham” of the Quran, so that if it does happen, can be implemented easily in once life, while reality remains this book is a source of “sawab” only.
There are lots of practical advices for the students of Qur’an who are aspiring to go in the inner depths of Qur’an to a level of higher consciousness where the Qur’an is reading us and it becomes a living reality for us. The very basic etiquettes required for Personal study of Qur’an and collective study both are discussed in detail. Finally the books concludes with how do we uplift ourselves from the state of just reading The Qur’an to “Living the Qur’an”
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