Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. From Abadu, my brothers and sisters, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala asked us a rhetorical question. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Afala yathadhabbaruna al-Qur'ana am ala qulubin akfaluhah. In Surah Muhammad, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala asked this question. Allah said, do they not reflect on the Qur'an? Or are there locks on their hearts? Tadabbur is translated as reflection. Now reflection can have different meanings. One meaning of reflection is to simply think about something, even in depth. But in the Qur'an, the purpose of tadabbur, the purpose of reflection, is for it to become the motivation for action. It is not just thinking for the sake of thinking. The thinking must create positive action. The rhetorical quality of the question is saying, do they not reflect on the Qur'an? Meaning, if they had reflected, they would have believed. And obeyed. And changed their lives by the Qur'an. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave us a meter to check if our hearts are locked or not. Because if Allah is saying, Afala yathadhabbaruna al-Qur'ana am ala qulubin akfaluhah. Then we should check to see whether there is a qufl, whether there is a lock on my heart or not. How do I check that? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala showed us, in Surah Al-Anfal, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, The real believers are those, are only those whose hearts tremble at the remembrance of Allah. The heart is responsive. Something happens, when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's name is mentioned, something happens to the heart. The hearts tremble at the remembrance of Allah. And their faith increases when the ayat of Allah are recited before them. Or recited to them, or they recite. And they put their trust in their Rabb. So the consequence of a responsive heart is that your Iman increases and our trust in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, increases. The purpose of the Nuzul of the Quran is so that it may be reflected upon and acted upon in our lives. The Quran didn't come merely to be enjoyed for the melodious quality of the recitation or the beauty of the art of its calligraphy or for people to write articles and papers not on one ayah, not even on one word, but on one letter, on one harf. As many have done on the different huruf al-muqattaat, even though Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said that nobody knows their meaning except Allah. The Quran al-Kareem is the living word, the speech of al-hayyul-qayyum, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. It speaks to us, but only if we approach it in the right way. And that's the meaning of the Quran. and that is why the method of approaching of the Quran is so critical. Imam al-Shafi'i said this very beautifully he said I will inform you about its details in my statement Zakat and care and hard work and diligence and companionship are required and are required and are required and care keenness diligence diligence effort just minimal resources to survive and study the company of a teacher and a long time you do not learn this deen through tick tock and through YouTube shots and through Samkhatira or through Khutbah or through Bayan you want to learn this deen you have to spend time you have to make effort you have to learn this deen you have to spend time you have to make effort you have to make effort You have to cry tears in the night. It's very important. There's a very famous story about three of the Tabirin, three young men. They went in search of learning knowledge. And they were in Baghdad. And they were at this Ustadz. And three of them studying, day and night studying. But they have to eat. So what to do? So they got to a stage now where they ran out of money. They had nothing. There was no food. And they decided, and all of them were, today we say, have this Quran.
