We, the non-Arabic speakers, should acknowledge that we would never attain the level of understanding that the Sahabas did. But Allah rewards those who struggle in learning the Qur'an more! Subhanallah He is truly Just and Compassionate. All your efforts in studying the Qur'an are seen by the Almighty, and recorded by the angels ❤
3 weeks ago
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As a born Muslim, whose language is not Arabic, I also never felt that connection. Quran was only just meant to be read during the prayers, Quran classes or Ramadan, with no understanding of what I was reading. This eventually caused me stray away from Islam. For about a decade I was lost and misguided which caused me mental health problems but now slowly Allah is bringing me back. I have started reading Quran again with translations. The first few days I would always cry whenever I read it. I felt like I was purging all the impurities I had gathered inside me over the past decade Alhamdulillah. It still makes me cry a lot. I believe that everyone can feel that connection, the companions of our beloved prophet Muhammad p.b.u.h. felt. It just needs practice and patience. We all are learning and it is a long but beautiful journey. May Allah guide us all. Ameen.
2 weeks ago
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I'm an Arab. I speak this language natively. It's an unfortunate fact that we don't know Arabic anymore. What arabs actually speak natively are the dialects; dialect is a misnomer. It implies the language is still the same. But the Arabic dialects are so far from modern standard Arabic, that each of them can be considered a new Arabic-borne language. We don't know Arabic like the sahaba used to. We can learn, however. That's the only privilege Arabic natives will have, that they can learn MSA easier. And that's the more reason there isn't an excuse. I've always thought the non-arab muslims, and especially the reverts, were amazing people. A lot of them give up everything in their lives for God when they take their shahada; isn't that the same as the first followers of the prophets (peace be upon them)? Except the reverts of today haven't even met the prophets (peace be upon them) directly. They just received the message. I'm glad I saw your post. It's easy to think solely of the message and forget the messenger. And then forget the one who made the message to begin with. You're right, that existence itself, and all of its content, are more than enough signs. God tells us to think, wonder, and ponder over creation. I needed to remember this badly. Secularism has rooted itself deep, and sometimes such ideologies affect us even when we're unaware. Barak Allah feek brother. May God increase your reward and grant you the wisdom which if anyone is granted, has been granted a great blessing.
3 weeks ago
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Beautifully put, Bro. This is why the conversations between reverts and born-Muslims should always continue. Each of us offers a new perspective for the other. For me (and I speak for myself alone), as a born-Muslim, the act of 'reading' the Quran from our surrounding has not been emphasised enough. To reflect in awe of His majestic power of creation. Yes, this is not a substitute for tafseer classes and the like, but it is among the commandment of Allah in The Quran, to ponder upon His creations. Even if we don’t understand Arabic, there is a way for us to connect to Him regardless of language. Thanks for the reminder.
3 weeks ago
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Fellow Muslim, read ☞ سَنُرِيهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فِى ٱلْـَٔافَاقِ وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۗ “Soon, Wᴇ shall show them Our signs in the horizons and in their own souls until it becomes clear to them that Hᴇ is the Real.” (41: 53) Every single creature and creation is an Ãyaħ of Aʟ·ʟᴀʜ ﷻ.
3 weeks ago
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My brother, the best way to understand the ayat of the universe is to read the Quran (even if it’s in English) because it points you towards them! The signs of the universe are definitely an amazing way to connect to Allah, but do not lose hope in connecting fully with the Quran :) The Quran doesn’t just need “language”. Many people of Quraish didn’t connect to it not because it’s not powerful, but because their hearts were corrupted so Allah turned away the Quran from them. The Quran mostly needs a clean heart, and a humble heart that is longing for its creator. The language is only secondary! Also, learning arabic is not impossible. Many have done it, I am arab myself and I know many reverts that became better in arabic than many born-arabic. The same way we learnt English is the same way we should learn arabic. Immense yourself in the Quran and Sunnah, and let your heart soak it even in English, put the effort to learn more and more while making dua’a that Allah makes you understand it. Surely Allah accepts the dua’a :)
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Beautifully Spoken Or Written. I Too Feel The Might Of Allah Whenever I Gaze Upon The World Around Me Indeed As Clearly Stated In The Quran Every Creation Around Us A Reminder.A Sign And A Blessing Of Allah Almighty.Allahu Akbar.
3 weeks ago
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Allah says in the Quran (ولقد يسرنا القرآن للذكر فهل من مدكر) and it really is so. The first Muslims didn't find it wrong to keep repeating a single Surah or even ayah until they reach a deep understanding of it. I speak as an Arabic speaker by birth but even to today I find astonishing facts in ayahs I repeat many times. Interestingly enough is that I love hearing new Muslims stories about how they felt and what they understood about quran when they heard it. It always shines new lights on meanings I never thought of before. One down side of being an Arab Muslim by birth is that you get used to hearing it and get kind of numb to its beauty. This happens because after reading, memorizing and repeating it you just take it for granted. Until Allah opens a new door to understanding an ayah that you haven't thought of before. Let me share one such instance that happened to me recently, I have always heard this ayah in Surah النجم that says (وانه هو اضحك وابكي) but only understood it three years ago when I got a cat. The ayah tells about prophet Ibrahim عليه السلام when he was talking to his people trying to convince them about Allah by explaining Allah's gifts to human and it says that being able to cry and laugh is one one these gifts. I always wondered why that was considered a gift but when i saw my cat have the same expression when happy, sad or angry, being unable to express emotions like we do, I understood that ot was truly a gift from Allah to be able to smile when happy and cry when sad. Sorry I ranted too much but the point I want to get through is, with quran it doesn't matter how proficient you are in the language. Allah can make you see what even natives can't sometimes if he wills it. Lastly, I really am amazed by you and your ways to learn and share your experience about Islam. I ask Allah to give you persistence, patience and guide you to the right path Until you meet Allah
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Thank you brother, for reminding me. I love you , for the sake of Allah.From Malaysia 🇲
3 weeks ago
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Its okay bro , one step at a time. I sincerely pray that one day u will meet with the most chill and knowledgeable bro that can teach u anything that u want about islam . And i hope we can celebrate mawlidur rasul together at your place with our brothers . Always remember to spread love , positivity and kindness
3 weeks ago
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There is more reward in your situation than a native arab surrounded with an islamic community growing up. Beautifully said. سالام ءلكم تا أخي
3 weeks ago
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بارك الله فيك و في اهلك و في ذريتك و شد من عزمك و مدك بمدد من عنده. ان الله اقرب للعبد من حبل الوريد ، فوالله من كان الله معه لا يضيع و ان كان في ظلمات تعلوها ظلمات ، فاستعن بالله و اصبر و لعل الله يجعل لك مخرجا من حيث لا تدري و لا تحتسب.
2 weeks ago
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I like the example Imam al Ghazali gives about the Heart of Man, its like a mirror with the divine being in front of it, if the mirror is intact and polished you will see the light of knowledge, insight, fitra, and the truth, reflected upon it. However if it is stained with Sin, fractured or veiled due to wrong beliefs (shubuhat) and diseases of the heart such as arrogance, then the light wont be reflected upon the mirror due to the veil or stains of sin that darken it like black spots or heedlessness which fogs it, this means you wont realise the truth, and the heart will be blinded even tho the truth may be apparent. Thus we must work towards polishing our heart with remembrance, correcting our beliefs ( such as doubts) through knowledge, removing stains with repentance, and overcoming our nafs and diseases if the heart with meditation and contemplation and self reflection. With this hopefully are hearts will be open to the truth and allow our last breath to be one of remembrance of the truth and declaration of it, dying as believers. May this benefit, and May Allah guide us All.
3 weeks ago
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Ar-Rahman 55:17 رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ 'Boss of the two sunrises and boss of the two sunsets.'
3 weeks ago
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Hold onto it, you’ll keep getting guidance brother. Your writing moved me, cause growing up in UAE it never occurred to me that feeling the ayaat around us was not a struggle of holding on but a given, subhanALLAH we truly don’t know the ways we’re blessed in at times. I shall pray for you to find more comfort and connection. By the way Nouman Ali Khan is a great teacher from Texas!
3 weeks ago
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Hope my journey story can help you. I'm living in a Muslim majority in the far east(slightly to the west from your country). But due to afflictions from the West and internal hijack in the ummah from divisions from the Middle East, my journey ended up alone. Experienced in different divisions, once developed a tribal mentality, busy debating different faith labels, learning philosophy, and different main religions. Al-Kahf is the most impactful surah in my journey. It's taught me to see hikmah. As a seeker, we shouldn't see His message in a literal sense. Long short story, I found the missing thing that might be similar to you, tasawwuf, the core and science part of religion in transforms us to be Insan Kamil, where silence is the peak, no fear nor grieve anymore, and you will understand why God want us to do this and that in a doctrine, why the highest attitude in facing a creation is to treat them as treating yourself, why something like karma is working like a mirror, God can't be found in a Book, He is in everywhere, not in the sense of physical or creation space but in the Highest Reality. Know yourself, and in sha Allah, you will recognize Him. A lot of works of a great shaykh of the past in a tariqa could help us understand more and awake the subtle thing we can't recognize. But you need to be careful, in this side also a lot of fake thing, it's like slicing vegetable or meat, slice the bad/falsehood part and focus on the Truth, if we can't recognize it we won't able to "see" the Truth buried/mixed in a falsehood. The Truth is layered. May Allah eases our journey to Him for Him.
2 weeks ago
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The Qur'an definitely opens up the eyes to see and live amidst the ayat... after all The Qur'an constantly refers for us to look and experience, not just to think about what is said - we are called to get in touch with the matters being spoken of
3 weeks ago | 0
The Muslim Minority of Japan
I don't understand the Quran.
I mean, I'm learning the words, being taught tafsir, repeating ayaat I've memorized. But I don't really understand it—not the way the Quraysh did.
They would hear the ayaat recited and instantly recognize the hand of Allah.
It would break them, terrify them, inspire them, bring them to tears.
The Quraysh understood that these were not the words of men.
I've spent most of my life with zero exposure to Islam or Arabic, living in a Muslim minority country. Resources are limited. There are no masajid on every block. Dars are limited. Teachers are limited. Texts are limited. The whole neighborhood doesn't celebrate Ramadan or Eid together. Families don't gather. There's no one with knowledge in our families we can turn to for advice. There are no huffaz around us. Yet still we sit at desks, usually alone, trying to connect to God through a language that remains foreign to us even after years of studying it.
But whenever I start feeling distant from His signs—because I can only have the miracles of the Quran explained to me, not experience them for myself—I step outside.
Allah didn't only put His ayaat, His signs, in a book. He put His signs in the world all around us.
Sometimes I feel as an Ummah we need more balance. There are those in the Muslim world who seem to only see the signs of Allah in His book and in the hadith of the Prophet ﷺ. They only see the connection to Allah—to Truth, Wisdom, Mercy—through words on a page. But this disconnect feels off to me. Something is missing. . .
Living in a Muslim minority country, I find myself a lot of the time outside, marveling at the ayaat Allah has left all around us. Unlike the Quran, these ayaat have no barrier to entry.
Don't get me wrong, I am amazed by the Quran. I love the Quran, but I will never experience it like Abu Bakr or Umar RA did.
However, when I stop for a minute.
When I step outside.
When I give a sunset enough time, it speaks to me too—and when I deeply contemplate the signs of Allah in the world around me, even the sunset can terrify me, inspire me, bring me to tears...
Maybe that's the point. Maybe Ar-Rahman knew some of us would need signs we could read without translation.
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