The wisdom and secrets of the Qur\u2019\u0101n are as deep as an ocean.
\nHowever, everybody benefits from it, in as much as their hearts let them. If someone\u2019s heart is as small as the thimble of a tailor, his share from this endless ocean will be as big as his heart.
\nAll Muslims, the high and the low, sit before the same reading desk and read the Qur\u2019\u0101n; however everybody benefits from it to the extent that their hearts allow them to. The meanings of the verses of the Qur\u2019\u0101n reveal themselves to the extent of the closeness of the servant to Allah the Almighty.
\nTherefore we should ask ourselves whether our interest and curiosity towards the Qur\u2019\u0101n, which is in a way a letter sent from our Creator to us, is beyond comparison with our interest to the letters sent by human beings. How much do we try to read and understand its wisdom?
\nFor example, do we go and ask the wise when we do not understand something from it? In short do we pay sufficient attention to it?
\nWe may get acquainted to the language of mercy in the Qur\u2019\u0101n as soon as we give satisfactory answers to the above mentioned questions.
\nLet\u2019s think about how much time and effort we spend to learn a foreign language. Especially in modern times, we live in a global world. This is why we attend language courses, spend huge amounts of money and time to learn a foreign language. We even go and live among the native speakers of that language. This has become a big commercial sector of recent time.
\nOf course learning another language is a wonderful thing, but the Creator of all languages asks from us first to learn \u201cthe language of the Holy Qur\u2019\u0101n.\u201d This is not just learning Arabic, but learning how to understand the Qur\u2019\u0101nic language of mercy. And the path to understanding the Qur\u2019\u0101n goes through disciplining our speech through the warnings that the Qur\u2019\u0101n has laid out for us, and then beautifying it through Divine teachings.
\nMost of the problems in our relationship with others usually originate from misunderstandings and misuse of the language; because language can be a key to both goodness and evil. This is why we should be very careful not to turn our tongues into thorns stuck into other people\u2019s hearts.
\nIn fact it is stated in a proverb that \u201cwounds of a sword get healed, but wounded feelings caused by harsh words do not get healed.\u201d
\nTherefore we should think twice and calculate what will be the results before saying something. Because speaking is like throwing a rock. We should be careful where the rock will land.
\nThe Messenger of Allah (pbuh) points out this fact and says that:
\n\u201cDo not say something for which you have to apologize\u2026\u201d (Ibn M\u0101jah, Zuhd, 15)
\nSpeaking is like shooting arrows, when an arrow leave the bow it is impossible to return it back, similarly, the words are impossible to be taken back once they are uttered. While we have the control over our words before we speak, they take over the control after we utter them.
\nWe can always speak the words that we haven\u2019t spoken yet; however we cannot take back the works already spoken and we may have to defend them.
\nMature believers first think about if their words will be beneficial, then if their words will cause problems for themselves or for the addressee, they prefer silence. They are also careful about which words they will say and how they will say them.
\nHow nicely Ab\u016b Bakr (r.a) warns us in this regard:
\n\u201cThink well about what you will say, to whom you will say and when you will say\u2026\u201d A believer must have intuition and adjust his words according to the person whom he speaks; because words which are good for some people might hurt others. This is why first the psychological state of the listener must be determined and before saying something, two three steps ahead must be calculated.
\nIn other words, we should be careful not to say something first which we need to say at the end.
\nPeople trust and pay attention to such mature and intuitive believers. This is why the Prophet (pbuh) would tell people the issues which they will be interested and talk to them according to the level of their comprehension. He would not use the same language for a bedouin and a competent companion. He (pbuh) would say simple facts to Bedouins whereas he would state deep spiritual realties to the mature companions.
\nOnce when \u2018Omar (r.a) witnessed a conversation between the Prophet (pbuh) and Ab\u016b Bakr (r.a), even though he was one of the most knowledgeable and wise companions, he had to admit that:
\n\u201cI was like someone who does not know Arabic. I did not understand a single word from their conversation.\u201d
\nThis is why the Prophet (pbuh) warned Ibn \u2018Abbas:
\n\u201cO Ibn \u2018Abb\u0101s! Do not speak to people with language they cannot understand; because if you do that, it may lead them to mischief.\u201d (Daylam\u012b, V, 359)
\nRum\u012b (q.s) advises in this regard that:
\n\u201cDo not sell mirrors in the bazaar of the blind; and do not recite gazelles in the bazaar of the deaf.\u201d
\nOne day the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was riding his camel and his friends were walking in front of him. Mu\u2019adh b. Jabal (r.a) asked him:
\n\u201cO Messenger of Allah! Would you mind if I come close to you?\u201d
\nWhen the Prophet (pbuh) let him come closer, Mu\u2019adh (r.a) asked again:
\n\u201cO Messenger of Allah! May my father and mother be sacrificed for you. My wish from Allah the Almighty is to take our lives before taking yours. But in case Allah takes your life before us What kind of worship do you advice us to perform after you?\u201d
\nAllah\u2019s Apostle (pbuh) did not answer this question. Mu\u2019adh (r.a) asked again:
\n\u201cShould we fight in the path of Allah the Almighty?\u201d
\nThe Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
\n\u201cFighting for the sake of Allah is a nice thing to do, but there are better deeds to do.\u201d
\nMu\u2019adh asked that:
\n\u201cDo you mean fasting or giving charity?\u201d
\n\u201cFasting and giving charity are also good deeds.\u201d
\nMu\u2019adh counted all the good deeds he could think off, and every time Allah\u2019s Apostle said:
\n\u201cThere are better deeds to do.\u201d
\nFinally when Mu\u2019adh (r.a) asked:
\n\u201cMay my father and mother be sacrificed for you. Tell me, O Messenger of Allah, What is a better deed?\u201d
\nHe pointed to his mouth and said:
\n\u201cTo stay silent If it is not going to tell something nice.\u201d
\nMu\u2019adh (r.a) asked:
\n\u201cAre we going to be questioned for what we talked?\u201d
\nThe Messenger of Allah touched Mu\u2019adh\u2019s knee and told him:
\n\u201cMay Allah reward you with goodness O Mu\u2019adh! What else pushes human beings into Hell face down? He who believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak good or remain silent. Speak good and gain reward; reach peace and tranquility by not speaking hurtful words.\u201d (Hakim, IV, 319\/7774)
\nTherefore a believer should never forget that his words are constantly recorded by Divine cameras. In fact it is stated in a verse:
\n\u201cHe utters not a word but there is by him a watcher ready (to note it).\u201d (50; 18)
\nEven if we do not get questioned for our words in this world, we will certainly be questioned about them in the Hereafter. This is why we should seriously be careful about our words just like we are careful about what we eat. Maybe because of this Holy Qur\u2019\u0101n gives much importance to manners of speaking in other words how to talk or not to talk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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