Page 26 - How Do The Unwise Interpret The Qur'an ?

HOW DO THE UNWISE INTERPRET THE QUR'AN?

Arrogance is a tool for viewing one's own intelligence, culture
and knowledge as superior. So the accomplishments of an arrogant
person, such as his academic career, culture and expertise, will
actually serve to distance him from the Qur'an. The unwise claims
made by seeming experts or intellectuals regarding the Qur'an are
proof of the fact that pride prevents anyone from truly

acknowledging the Qur'an. This sort of people are described in
many verses:
Certainly those who argue about the Signs of God
without any authority having come to them have
nothing in their breasts except for pride which they
will never be able to vindicate. Therefore seek refuge
with God. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
(Surat al-Mu'min: 56)

Who hears the Signs of God recited to him and then
persists in his arrogance just as if he had never heard
them. Give him the news of a painful punishment.
(Surat al-Jathiyah: 8)
So we can conclude that in order to understand the Qur'an,
one has to have the attributes of modesty, humility and obedience,
and show total submission to God with the awareness that one is
nothing before His greatness.

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One of the greatest mistakes made when trying to interpret
the Qur'an is making use of hearsay and superstitions from one's
forefathers and of old traditions which are claimed to be the
words of religion. People who do that follow an inherited
traditional religion rather than the Qur'an, and at the same time
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