Quran Misinterpreted ?

This account ,though doesn't refer to Muslims directly, yet it might be accounted as a warning!

2:74        Then your hearts hardened after that, so that they were like rocks, rather worse in hardness; and surely there are some rocks from which streams burst forth, and surely there are some of them which split asunder so water issues out of them, and surely there are some of them which fall down for fear of Allah, and Allah is not at all heedless of what you do.

2:75        Do you then hope that they would believe in you, and a party from among them indeed used to hear the Word of Allah, then altered it after they had understood it, and they know (this).

2:76        And when they meet those who believe they say: We believe, and when they are alone one with another they say: Do you talk to them of what Allah has disclosed to you that they may contend with you by this before your Lord? Do you not then understand?

2:77        Do they not know that Allah knows what they keep secret and what they make known?

2:78        And there arc among them illiterates who know not the Book but only lies, and they do but conjecture.

2:79        Woe, then, to those who write the book with their hands and then say: This is from Allah, so that they may take for it a small price; therefore woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.

Quran warns Muslims too!

3:7 He it is Who has revealed the Book to you; some of its verses are decisive, they are the basis of the Book, and others are allegorical; then as for those in whose hearts there is perversity they follow the part of it which is allegorical, seeking to mislead and seeking to give it (their own) interpretation. but none knows its interpretation except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted in knowledge say: We believe in it, it is all from our Lord; and none do mind except those having understanding. 

41:40 Lo! those who distort Our revelations are not hid from Us. Is he who is hurled into the Fire better, or he who cometh secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do what ye will. Lo! He is Seer of what ye do. 

Quran the Uniting book

49:13  O MANKIND! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of God is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And God has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).

3:103 And hold fast, all together, by the ROPE which Allah (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah's favour on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, ye became brethren; and ye were on the brink of the pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus doth Allah make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided.

6:159 As for those who DIVIDE their religion and break up into SECTS, thou hast no part in them in the least: their affair is with Allah: He will in the end tell them the truth of all that they did.

Quran-Al Hakeem!

Quran Al-Hakeem

[5:48] And We have revealed to you the Book with the truth, verifying what is before it of the Book and a guardian over it, therefore judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and do not follow their low desires (to turn away) from the truth that has come to you; for every one of you did We appoint a law and a way, and if Allah had pleased He would have made you (all) a single people, but that He might try you in what He gave you, therefore strive with one another to hasten to virtuous deeds; to Allah is your return, of all (of you), so He will let you know that in which you differed;

Quran & Arabic?

The Quran is a Universal Message . it is not meant to be read or understood by Arabs ,only. Allah doesn't see our accents, but yes we should try to read it correctly,as it is a divine message.

It was sent in Arabia, so it's language was Arabic!

[14:4] And We did not send any apostle but with the language of his people, so that he might explain to them clearly; then Allah makes whom He pleases err and He guides whom He pleases and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

Prophet Muhammad S. was an Arab, too...!

35:24 Surely We have sent you with the truth as a bearer of good news and a warner; and there is not a people but a warner has gone among them.

44:58     So have We made it easy in your tongue that they may be mindful.

A Beautiful Message!

Allah chose Arabs to send his last and Final Message

34:43     And when Our clear communications are recited to them, they say: This is naught but a man who desires to turn you away from that which your fathers worshiped. And they say: This is naught but a lie that is forged. And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it comes to them: This is only clear enchantment.

34:44     And We have not given them any books which they read, nor did We send to them before you a warner.

34:45     And those before them rejected (the truth), and these have not yet attained a tenth of what We gave them, but they gave the lie to My apostles, then how was the manifestation of My disapproval?

34:46     Say: I exhort you only to one thing, that rise up for Allah's sake in twos and singly, then ponder: there is no madness in your fellow-citizen; he is only a warner to you before a severe chastisement.

34:47     Say: Whatever reward I have asked of you, that is only for yourselves; my reward is only with Allah, and He is a witness of all things.

34:48     Say: Surely my Lord utters the truth, the great Knower of the unseen.

34:49     Say: The truth has come, and the falsehood shall vanish and shall not come back.

34:50     Say: If I err, I err only against my own soul, and if I follow a right direction, it ?s because of what my Lord reveals to me; surely He is Hearing, Nigh.

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The Quran & the story books?

                          إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ 

 [68:15] [83:13]  When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.

The Quran is NOT a story book. Only the hint of the stories is given to remind the lessons and warn about the consequences,,,,,only that much account is necessary for us...because otherwise the religion becomes a myth, when such stories are interpreted unnecessarily ,in translations and tafseers!!!


12:109   And We have not sent before you but men from (among) the people of the towns, to whom We sent revelations. Have they not then travelled in the land and seen what was the end of those before them? And certainly the abode of the hereafter is best for those who guard (against evil); do you not then understand?

12:110   Until when the apostles despaired and the people became sure that they were indeed told a lie, Our help came to them and whom We pleased was delivered; and Our punishment is not averted from the guilty people.

12:111   In their histories there is certainly a lesson for men of understanding. It is not a narrative which could be forged, but a verification of what is before it and a distinct explanation of all things and a guide and a mercy to a people who believe.

[7:101] These towns -- We relate to you some of their stories, and certainly their apostles came to them with clear arguments, but they would not believe in what they rejected at first; thus does Allah set a seal over the hearts of the unbelievers

[6:25] And of them is he who hearkens to you, and We have cast veils over their hearts lest they understand it and a heaviness into their ears; and even if they see every sign they will not believe in it; so much so that when they come to you they only dispute with you; those who disbelieve say: This is naught but the stories of the ancients.

No Contradictions in the Quran

39:27   And certainly We have set forth to men in this Quran similitudes of every sort that they may mind.

39:28   An Arabic Quran without any crookedness, that they may guard (against evil).

[4:82] Why do they not study the Quran carefully? If it were from other than GOD, they would have found in it numerous contradictions.

41:42  Falsehood cannot come at it from before it or behind it. (It is) a revelation from the Wise, the Owner of Praise. 

All we need to do is ..to study , carefully!!!!
None of the verse of Quran , contradicts with any other, it is fault of our own understandings that we create difficulties for us and others, by confusing the Message of Quran, with other informations we prefer on the Quran, itself, OR by mis-interpretting its verses!

IQRA-READ only?

Is Quran meant to be READ ONLY?

كِتَـٰبٌ أَنزَلۡنَـٰهُ إِلَيۡكَ مُبَـٰرَكٌ۬ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓاْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَلۡبَـٰبِ (٢٩)

[38:29] (It is) a Book We have revealed to you 

abounding in good that they may ponder over its

verses, and that those endowed with understanding 

may be mindful.

Quran And/Or Hadith

And/Or

69:39-47   But nay! I swear by all that ye see (38) And all that ye see not (39) That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger. (40) It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe! (41)Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember! (42) It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds. (43)And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us, (44) We assuredly had taken him by the right hand (45)And then severed his life-artery, (46) And not one of you could have held Us off from him. (47)

The above verse of the Quran ,also indicates that Prophet Muhammad S. could never say anything contradicting the Divine Message. So we need to be very careful in accepting the account , associated with the Prophet S. in form of Hadith, which offends Quran or his personality beacause his own character was only according to the teachings of the Quran, itself! Though he had privileges over the common folks, being the Prophet , yet he was a best role model for the all the Muslims of his time and there-after...

33:21 Verily, you have in the Prophet of ALLAH an excellent model, for him who hopes to meet ALLAH and the Last Day and who remembers ALLAH much.

The Quran..records some of the Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad S.

[17:85] And they ask you about the soul. Say: The soul is one of the commands of my Lord, and you are not given aught of knowledge but a little.

[17:88] Say: If men and jinn should combine together to bring the like of this Quran, they could not bring the like of it, though some of them were aiders of others.

[17:93] Or you should have a house of gold, or you should ascend into heaven, and we will not believe in your ascending until you bring down to us a book which we may read. Say: Glory be to my Lord; am I aught but a mortal apostle?

[7:187] They ask you about the hour, when will be its taking place? Say: The knowledge of it is only with my Lord; none but He shall manifest it at its time; it will be momentous in the heavens and the earth; it will not come on you but of a sudden. They ask you as if you were solicitous about it. Say: Its knowledge is only with Allah, but most people do not know.

[2:135] And they say: Be Jews or Christians, you will be on the right course. Say: Nay! (we follow) the religion of Ibrahim, the Hanif, and he was not one of the polytheists.
2:219 .....They also ask you what to give to charity: say, "The excess."

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Quran-The Protected Tablet

Allah Almighty had been witnessing over the Quran.

[10:61] And you are not (engaged) in any affair, nor do you recite concerning it any portion of the Quran, nor do you do any work but We are witnesses over you when you enter into it, and there does not lie concealed from your Lord the weight of an atom in the earth or in the heaven, nor any thing less than that nor greater, but it is in a clear book.

Allah Almighty has been protecting the Quran

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ ۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ )

Lo! We, even We, reveal the Reminder, and lo! We verily are its Guardian. (15:9)

The Quran is called the "Guarded /Protected Tablet" 85:23    لَوۡحٍ۬ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ

لَّا يَأۡتِيهِ ٱلۡبَـٰطِلُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَلَا مِنۡ خَلۡفِهِۦ‌ۖ تَنزِيلٌ۬ مِّنۡ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ۬ 41:42  Falsehood cannot come at it from before it or behind it. (It is) a revelation from the Wise, the Owner of Praise. 

For centuries Muslim Ha'afizeen   ( Hafiz?) have guarded the Message of Quran by memorization so, that it's text and prononciation had been correctly , preserved. This is the Miracle of Allah's True Book that it can be memorized by human brain, this way!

Listen to the soulful recitation from a Hafiz child

Quran taken forgranted?

[25:30] And the Apostle cried out: O my Lord! surely my people have treated this Quran as a forsaken thing.

[10:15] And when Our clear communications are recited to them, those who hope not for Our meeting say: Bring a Quran other than this or change it. Say: It does not beseem me that I should change it of myself; I follow naught but what is revealed to me; surely I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the punishment of a mighty day.

[29:51] And is it NOT ENOUGH for them that we have sent down to thee the BOOK which is rehearsed to them? Verily, in it is Mercy and a Reminder to those who believe.

Quran -The Divine Hadith

ٱللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلۡحَدِيثِ كِتَـٰبً۬ا مُّتَشَـٰبِهً۬ا مَّثَانِىَ تَقۡشَعِرُّ مِنۡهُ جُلُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّہُمۡ ثُمَّ تَلِينُ جُلُودُهُمۡ وَقُلُوبُهُمۡ إِلَىٰ ذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِ‌ۚ ذَٲلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَہۡدِى بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ‌ۚ وَمَن يُضۡلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُ ۥ مِنۡ هَادٍ (٢٣)

39:23 ALLAH has sent down the Best Discourse - a Book, whose verses are mutually supporting and repeated in diverse forms. The skins of those, who fear their Lord, do creep at its recital, then their skins and their hearts soften to the remembrance of ALLAH. Such is the guidance of ALLAH. HE guides therewith whom HE pleases. And he whom ALLAH adjudges astray - he shall have no guide.

When Quran is Recited!

[16:98] So when you recite the Quran, seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaitan,

[7:204] And when the Quran is recited, then listen to it and remain silent, that mercy may be shown to you.

[17:45] And when you recite the Quran, We place between you and those who do not believe in the hereafter a hidden barrier;

[17:46] And We have placed coverings on their hearts and a heaviness in their ears lest they understand it, and when you mention your Lord alone in the Quran they turn their backs in aversion.