I am currently reading "If the Oceans were Ink" by Carla Power. The title is taken from the translation of a part of the Quran, which was describing God's knowledge and God's Words. If all the trees on earth were pens and all of the oceans were ink (and even if it is doubled or multiplied by 7) never will they exhausts the Words or God and/or God's knowledge.
Anyway, a line I read, triggered this post. when the author asked a Sheikh, which surah or ayats in the Quran, or which Hadith from the Prophet have guided him in his life.
It got me also thinking about that, of myself. Is there any that has impacted me, that has influenced me in the way I act or think or feel?
I'd like to think there were several. I hope and pray that I am shaped by the teachings in the Quran.
I believe the Quran is that powerful. If you want to be shaped by it, be guided by it, it's important to understand it's importance and significance in our lives.
The book also said, (and this coming from a nonbeliever), "The Quran is invoked more than it is read, and it is read more than it is understood."
All these also got me thinking if there is something that I can do, to understand the Quran more and to promote the understanding of the Quran. May Allaah guide us all.
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