THE QURAN AND ME

The Quran and Me: Developing a Personal Relationship

By HADI MUBEEN

A few days ago, I was feeling very sad about an accusation somebody made against me. Although I knew it was false, it still hurt me that somebody would think like that about me so I turned to the best words for advice…the Qurʾān. I opened the Qurʾān randomly asking Allāh to guide me and looked down at the verses in front of me, which read, “We definitely know the grief their words cause you, it is not you they deny but it is the signs ofAllāh that the oppressors deny. Indeed messengers were denied before you and they were patient with the denial and they were harmed until our help came….” (Surah Al-An'aam 6:33-34)

Over the years I have come to expect this from the Qurʾān. As my relationship with theQurʾān grows, it becomes more personal and my view of the Qurʾān has evolved from the book of Allāh into a personal conversation with my Lord. I would like to mention some key events in my life that affected my relationship with the Qurʾān so that everybody can develop a similar if not better relationship with the Qurʾān than me, insha Allāh.

In my early childhood, my relationship with the Qurʾān was the average cultural relationship, kiss it, keep it on the top shelf, memorize my basic surahs, nothing more. When I was eight, I started Hifz and was beaten many times because I found difficulty memorizing the Qurʾānor reciting it with the level of Tajweed that was demanded by my teachers. I soon quit Hifzand had become averse to the Qurʾān, its recital and Tajweed.

Many years later, as I was studying to become a Moulana, I still had this fear to recite and this hatred of studying Tajweed, it didn't help that my Tajweed teacher was very mean and demanded perfection, which my tongue could not manage, so my relationship with theQurʾān did not improve.

However, a few years ago while still studying I came across a lecture that changed my perception of the Qurʾān forever,

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