'Iqra' was the first word that Allah ﷻ revealed to our prophet Mohammed ﷺ . When you think of it, the word ‘read’ as a command is such a powerful thing. Because; if you read you will understand and when you read you will learn. You move from a phase of ‘not knowing’ to ‘knowing’; and when you do know, you can teach others as well. If there is one thing that we should remind ourselves with, is that we should ‘read’ what Allah ﷻ wants us to read. Because when we do, we will understand.

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Masha'Allah, this is an important and a beautiful reminder. Jazakallahu khair for sharing this.

I would also add that the the whole universe can be read as if it's a book, because the ayaat (signs) of Allah are scattered throughout the universe and in the creations of Allah just as there are ayaat (signs) in the revealed Quran. Scholars have also mentioned this interesting parallel.

We may even say that everything that exists is a divine speech but only in a physical form: 'All it takes, when He wills something to be, is simply to say to it: 'Be!' And it is!' (36:82)

BTW, I remember you. Maybe something happened to your account or perhaps you forgot your password?

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