And His saying, the Exalted: {Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an that perhaps you may understand}.

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The Shaykh :And His saying, the Exalted:

Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand.

إنا جعلناه قرآناً عربياً لعلكم تعقلون

[Az-Zukhruf 43:3]

And what is the meaning of "understand"? You comprehend its meaning and grasp it, because if it did not have a meaning, the Arabic tongue and the non-Arabic tongue would be on equal footing; they would all be empty letters and words unknown to us. I think this is not hidden from you: the Qur'an must have a clear meaning, my brothers. Now, His saying, Glorious is His mention:

And We revealed to you the message that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them and that they might give thought.

وأنزلنا إليك الذكر لتبين للناس ما نزل إليهم ولعلهم يتفكرون

[An-Nahl 16:44]

Allah is the Greatest, Glory be to Allah, "We have sent down to you the Reminder," and that is the Qur'an, because the Qur'an, by Allah, contains a Reminder for whoever acts upon it, as He, the Mighty and Majestic, said:

And indeed, it is a remembrance for you and your people

وإنه لذكر لك ولقومك

[Az-Zukhruf 43:44]

elevation, as He, the Mighty and Majestic, said:

And raised high for you your repute.

ورفعنا لك ذكرك

[Ash-Sharh 94:4]

The Reminder is the Qur'an because it is a Reminder for whoever fulfills its obligation and an elevation. "So that you may make clear to the people what has been sent down to them"—make clear the wording, or the meaning, or both the wording and the meaning? Both the wording and the meaning. This is why the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the meaning of verses, and he would explain them and sometimes refer to them, as when he was asked about the Kalalah, he said:

Hold fast to the verse of summer

عليك بآية الصيف

And that is His saying:

They request from you a [legal] ruling. Say, "Allah gives you a ruling concerning one having neither descendants nor ascendants [as heirs]."

يستفتونك قل الله يفتيكم في الكلالة

[An-Nisa 4:176]

So, "to make clear to the people what has been sent down to them"—is it the wording or the meaning? Both, as He, the Mighty and Majestic, said:

⁽¹⁶⁾ Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an. ⁽¹⁷⁾ Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation. ⁽¹⁸⁾ So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation. ⁽¹⁹⁾ Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ * إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ * فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ * ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ

[Al-Qiyamah 75:16-19]

meaning that its clarification is in both wording and meaning. "And perhaps they will think"—think about what? About the meaning. Perhaps they will think. This indicates that the Noble Qur'an has meanings that are the object of reflection. Yes, he said: and reflection does not occur except in what can be understood, so that people may remember what they have understood from it.

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