The Meaning of Abandoning the Qur'an in the Statement of Allah the Exalted: "Indeed, my people have taken this Qur'an as abandoned"

Question:
In the name of Allah, and all praise is due to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. The questioner asks: What is the meaning of this abandonment mentioned in the saying of Allah the Exalted: ?

Answer:
Abandoning the Qur'an comes in different types, some of which are more severe than others. The first type is abandoning recitation; one does not read it except rarely, or only on some occasions, or never at all. This is abandoning recitation. The second type is abandoning reflection; one reads the Qur'an by its letters but does not understand the meanings and what is required from the Qur'an. The third type is abandoning action; one may be knowledgeable, one may be knowledgeable about the meanings of the Qur'an, but he does not act upon it; rather, he follows his desires and does not act according to the Qur'an. This is abandoning action, and it is the most severe. The fourth type is abandoning judgment; one does not rule by the Qur'an. For example, what the states claiming affiliation with Islam do today: they abolish the Qur'an and rule by man-made laws. This is abandoning the Qur'an, and may Allah protect us from it; it is abandoning ruling by it among people. Allah revealed the Qur'an so that it would be used to judge between people. As for abolishing it and replacing it with laws, that is the greatest abandonment. Abandonment means leaving it. Abandonment means leaving it. Allah the Exalted said, "And the rhymed verse, so abandon it," meaning leave the idols. The rhymed verse refers to the idols, and abandoning them means leaving them. From this comes the word hijrah (migration), which is the move from the land of disbelief to the land of Islam, because the migrant left the land of disbelief for the land of Islam. Yes. Ahm.