A NEW WORLD AWAITS YOU: HIS MERCY, BLESSINGS & GENEROSITY
Rejoice you must, in the mercy and blessing and generosity of Allah. But the Qur'an opens
its doors only to those who knock with a depth of yearning, sincerity of purpose and
exclusiveness of attention that befits its importance and majesty. And only those are
allowed to gather its treasures, while they walk through it, who are prepared to abandon
themselves completely to its guidance and do their utmost to absorb it. What a tragic
misfortune it would be if you came to the Qur'an and went away-empty handed -- soul
untouched, heart unmoved, life unchanged -- "they went out as they came In". You
may recite its words and turn its pages endlessly and laboriously, yet fail to make an
encounter with it that enriches and transforms your whole person. The Qur'an's blessings
are limitless, but the measure of your fill depends entirely upon the capacity and the
suitability of the receptacle you bring to it. Nine months spent in the womb of your
mother have transformed a drop of water into "you" -- hearing, seeing and
thinking. Can you imagine what a lifetime spent with the Qur'an -- seeking, hearing,
seeing, thinking, striving -- can do for you? It can make you into an entirely new
"being" -- before whom even angels will feel proud to kneel. So, at the very
outset, make yourself more deeply aware of what the Qur'an means to you, and, what it
demands of you; and make a solemn determination to recite the Qur'an in an appropriate
manner, so that you may be counted among:
THOSE WHOM WE HAVE GIVEN THE BOOK, THEY RECITE IT AS IT OUGHT TO BE RECITED; (IT IS ONLY)
THEY WHO BELIEVE IN IT. (Holy Qur'an 2:121)
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