30/11/2025
𝐃𝐨 𝐖𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞… 𝐘𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐈𝐭?
Every day we say:
“𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 — 𝐇𝐮𝐝𝐚 (هُدَى).”
But the real question is:
𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫?
𝟏. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐲
People criticize politicians for making promises on stage and breaking them.
But what about us?
Is our condition even worse?
A politician’s stage is built for worldly, temporary power.
When they lie, we get angry.
𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚?
The prayer mat, the rows of worshipers — a place connected to the Throne of Allah.
There we stand, at least 17 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙮 in the obligatory prayers, crying:
“𝐈𝐡𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐬-𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐪𝐞𝐞𝐦” — “𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡.”
In Surah Al-Fatihah we declare:
“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩.”
Yet when that help 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 — the Qur’an —
we turn away.
We break the very promise made before the King of all kings.
This is nothing but 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
𝟐. 𝐀 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 & 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡’𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫
Imagine a beggar comes to your door asking for help.
You offer him food — but he refuses and walks away.
A few days later he returns, begs again, and once more refuses to take the food.
What would you think?
“You come again and I’ll send you away harshly.”
This is exactly our condition.
We stand on the prayer mat asking for guidance,
but we refuse the guidance Allah already gave — the Qur’an.
Yet Allah 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 our prayer:
𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐥-𝐁𝐚𝐪𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝟐:𝟐
“This is the Book in which there is no doubt — a guidance for the God-conscious.”
Meaning:
You keep asking for guidance.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫.
But are we responding to that answer?
Or do we keep asking for guidance while repeatedly rejecting it?
3. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
The disbelievers of Makkah rejected openly.
We reject silently.
a. 𝐁𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠
We treat the Qur’an as a book of reward only — not guidance.
We master its melody but ignore its meaning.
Reading without understanding is like holding a lamp but walking in darkness.
b. 𝐁𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
We spend years earning worldly degrees,
but give no time to the book that determines our eternal destiny.
c. 𝐁𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
This is the greatest hypocrisy.
We know the truth but don’t implement it.
We say we believe in the Qur’an,
yet our personal life, business, society, and systems follow anything except the Qur’an.
4. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 “𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠” — 𝐀 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐲𝐭𝐡
Many Muslims avoid the Qur’an today due to a whisper from Shaytan:
“You cannot understand it. Only scholars can. If you try, you’ll go astray.”
This belief is false and dangerous. Two clear proofs:
𝐚) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐛𝐮 𝐉𝐚𝐡𝐥 & 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐚𝐡
Did Abu Jahl, Abu Lahab, Utbah, Shaybah misunderstand the Qur’an?
No.
They were masters of Arabic.
They understood the Qur’an very well —
and rejected it 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫.
👉 If the worst enemies of Islam could understand the Qur’an,
why can’t we — people with faith and love for Allah?
𝐛) 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬
When we invite a non-Muslim to Islam, what do we say?
“Read the Qur’an, you’ll find the truth.”
If the Qur’an was impossible to understand,
then how could a non-Muslim find guidance?
Would it misguide them instead? (Never!)
👉 The Qur’an came for 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.
Its core message is clear to any sincere heart.
𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞
Allah says repeatedly:
“𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 — 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭?”
— Surah Al-Qamar 17, 22, 32, 40
Allah says “𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲”,
yet we say “𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭.”
Isn’t that contradicting Allah?
Those who convince people not to understand the Qur’an
are repeating the role of Abu Jahl —
who tried to stop people from hearing Allah’s words.
𝟓. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 — 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡
We are like a starving beggar refusing the banquet placed in front of him.
When people ignore Allah’s manual for life,
life becomes chaotic.
Then Allah allows their decisions, their society, their leaders,
and their circumstances to become difficult.
“𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 — 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.”
— Surah Taha 20:124
Look at the Muslim world today.
We have wealth but no peace.
Because we abandoned the source of peace — the Qur’an.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
We think guidance is a miracle that will fall on us suddenly.
But guidance is a 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤, a 𝐦𝐚𝐩, a 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥.
We must read it, understand it, and walk by it.
Will we keep parroting the words of guidance?
Or will we finally become living embodiments of the Qur’an?
The choice is yours:
𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡’𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫?
Or will you say today:
“𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.
𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧.”
May Allah save us from self-deception
and grant us the ability to understand, internalize, and live the Qur’an.
