Questions & Answers

“آپا اگلا سوال میں پوچھنا چاہوں گا پرافٹ یوسف کی زندگی سے کیونکہ ایک قرآن میں ایک پورا چیپٹر ہی ان کے اوپر آیا ہے۔ تو ان کی زندگی جب ہم دیکھتے ہیں آپا تو ہمیں بہت پریکٹیکل لیسنز ملتے ہیں۔ تو میں چاہوں گا کہ کوئی ایگزیمپل ان کی زندگی سے لے کر بھی آپ ہمیں سمجھائیں وزڈم کے بارے میں۔”

“Maulana has emphasized contemplation (tadabbur) and said that the Quran is a book of wisdom, and the door to its treasure opens when a person engages in contemplation. But often Muslims emphasize recitation more. Why is that?”

“You said the biggest problem is to establish peace. Where in the Quran is peace mentioned? Please explain.”

“What is Qital Fitnah? (referring to Quran 8:39: 'And fight them until there is no fitnah and religion is all for Allah')”

“Does studying the Quran thematically give the desired result, or what is the method to know the desired?”

“If Quran came for entire mankind, then why is it that Muslims claim Quran to be only their book? Such claims limit the book of God to only one community and keeps other communities away from it.”

“I met a gentleman from an Islamic organization who holds a high position. When I showed him a Quran copy published by Goodword Books, he said the group decided that printing the translation of the Quran only with the Arabic text is correct, and printing it without the Arabic text would make the translation seem more important. Is this view correct?”

“There is an ayat: 'Allah loves those who fight in the way of Allah.' How can we change its reference for peace?”

“Maulana, just wanted to know about a verse in the Quran which says: 'As the people will be, so will rulers be sent.' Maulana, tell us something about this.”

“What is the best way to learn Quran for non-Arabic speaker? Why do we have multiple interpretations of Quran? How someone new like me can choose the right interpretation?”

“In the Quran there is reference of punishment for polytheists and disbelievers, that is people who believe in more than one God and those people who do not believe in truth. My question is: Is there any mention of those people who don't worship Allah and don't believe in His existence?”

“How much of the Quran is wisdom and how much is sharia? Please explain. (The asker adds: Sharia is not in the Quran, only wisdom; sharia is in fiqh.)”

“What do we need to do to read the Quranic verses between the lines?”

“Today, Muslim organizations worldwide are perpetrating violence and chaos, calling it jihad for the sake of Allah, establishment of deen, Islamic government, etc. Is this a wrong application of the Quran? And if so, what is the correct way to exit from this?”

“Quran chapter 64, verse 16 says: 'Whoever is saved from greed, he has succeeded.' What does it mean? Please explain.”

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“In the last class, you mentioned a hadith that if one derives the meaning of the Quran without tafsir, it will be wrong even if the meaning is correct. But you insist that we read the translation and also ponder. Please clarify how we should read the translation of the Quran.”

“My question for this morning is that we all have been delivered a message of God through Quran, which is the book of God. This book has no other meaning other than that has been stated. Then why are the verses being interpreted in different manner? Is this a twenty-first century phenomenon?”

“A scholar said that the Quranic verses about punishments (ta'zirat), like cutting off the hand forcefully, etc., will be implemented as ta'zirat. Please explain the ta'zirat again.”

“Please clarify two Quranic verses: first, Chapter 2, Verse 201: 'Our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the hereafter.' Second, Chapter 28, Verse 77: 'Seek the home of the hereafter by means of that which God has bestowed on you, and do not forget to take your portion in this world.'”

“Kindly explain this Quranic verse which is in Chapter 25, Verse number 54, where it is said: 'It is God who has created human beings from water.'”

“In Quran 11:6, what kind of rizq (sustenance) is meant: necessary or comfort? Comfort sustenance is satanic; the rizq refers to provisions for the test of life.”

“Kindly explain verse number 80 of chapter number 3 of Quran, where it is mentioned: 'No one to whom God has given the Scriptures and bestowed wisdom and prophethood would say to men: Worship me instead of God. He would rather say: Be devoted servants of God, for you have taught and studied the Scriptures. Nor would he command you to take the angels and the prophets as your Lord. How could he command you to be disbelievers after you have submitted to God?'”

“In Quran 10:47 it says 'For every nation there is a messenger.' What does this mean? After Prophet Muhammad, no messenger will come, but the Quran says messengers will keep coming.”