9 - Qur'an as a Guide for Life

• Authority


  Something or someone is in charge of what is right or wrong
• Niyyah


  The right intention to worship
• Hafiz


  Someone who has memorised the whole Qur'an in Arabic
• Sources of Authority

  • The Qur'an is Allah's law to guide human beings in the right way to live
  • It is the direct and perfect word of Allah and there are no mistakes in it
  • It has always existed and is written in Arabic, on a tablet of stone in heaven
  • Other sources of authority to help Muslims are Imams, Scholars, Tradition, Shari'ah law, Hadith, Sunnah
• Guidance For Life

  • The Qur'an teaches how to worship, treat other people and live good lives
  • It contains advice on showing kindness to parents
  • It teaches them to keep promises, to be honest, to not gossip, to not commit adultery and to always help the poor
• Studying the Qur'an

  • Hadiz is a person who learns the Qur'an by heart in Arabic, reciting it daily
  • The Qur'an must be learned in its original language (Arabic), because its words must never be altered as they are the words of Allah
  • Reciting the Qur'an in Arabic is a powerful experience
  • The words have power and bring blessings and spiritual awareness
• Respect The Qur'an

  • Muslims will try to learn and recite it from memory
  • Nothing has been changed, therefore it needs to be studied in Arabic
  • It is wrapped in cloth to protect it
  • It is placed on the highest shelf to show its superiority to other books
  • Muslims must wash thoroughly before touching it
  • A Muslim must be in the right frame of mind before reading it (niyyah)
  • No food or drink is to be consumed whilst reading the Qur'an
  • No speaking or unnecessary noise is to be made whilst it is being read
  • A woman is not permitted to read the Qur'an whilst she is on her period