Have We Abandoned The Qur’ân?
Allâh the Most High says:
“And the Messenger said: ‘O my Lord my people have abandoned – acting or listening – to the Qur’ân.” [Al-Furqân 25:30]
So Allâh informs us about His Messenger and Prophet Muhammad, that he said: “My Lord my people have abandoned acting or listening to the Qur’ân,” and that is because the idol worshippers did not pay attention not listen to the Qur’ân, as Allâh says: “The ones who disbelieved said do not listen to this Qur’ân but make noise so that you may overcome it.”
Thus when the Qur’ân was being read to them they would make noise and futile speech so that they would not hear the Qur’ân. However this is from the ways of abandoning the Qur’ân. Likewise not having faith and trust in it is also from the ways of abandoning the Qur’ân. Not pondering over it, not trying to understand it, not acting by it, not obeying its orders and refraining from what if forbids, turning to something other than it – whether poetry, opinions or music, amusement, or other forms of speech and taking a path that is derived from other than the Qur’ân are all from the ways of abandoning the Qur’ân.
Shaykh Muhammad Jamîl Zînû
How to Understand the Qur’ân, Pgs. 123-124
