The Muslim Who Does Not Understand the Holy Qur’an

Question

It is a matter of great sorrow that when we recite the Holy Qur’an, we are unable to understand what its translation actually is. Even the very verses we are reciting at that moment — today we Muslims do not properly know [what they mean] about our own Islam, and this is a great pity.

Answer

If a person does not learn the language of the law, or the language currently prevailing in the country, even though there is a proper system for teaching it and every kind of facility is available, and he then says, “It is a pity that we cannot understand the book of law,” or does not understand the announcements, signboards, maps and names posted and written at stations,…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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