❝Will they not contemplate the Quran? or are there locks upon [their] hearts?❞ (47:24) -- قال الشیخ العلامة محمد مختار الشنقيطي حفظه الله:
إذا وجدت نفسك تمر عليك الأيام ولم تتل شيئًا من كتاب الله فابك على نفسك فواللهِ ما حرم عبد طاعة إلا دلَّ ذلك على بعده من الله .
Sh. Muhammad Mukhtar ash-Shinqiti (حفظه الله) said:
"When you find yourself, days are passing and you've not read the Book of Allah then cry, because by Allah, a slave is not deprived from the obedience of Allah except that it serves as an indication of how far he is from Allah."
Allāh does not remove a calamity except through calamity, although He is capable of removing it without it. However, it is in order to distinguish between the ranks and to cleanse the souls: “If Allah had willed, He could have taken vengeance upon them [without you], but [He ordered armed struggle] to test some of you by means of others.” [Muḥammad 47:4]
“Will they not contemplate the Qur’an?” (Qur’an 47:24) أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ Ibn Hubayrah said: “From the devil's trick is to turn people away from tadabbur (pondering and contemplation) on the Qur’an for he knows guidance comes from tadabbur.” Gems From The Quran Telegram: goo.gl/ZclAR9 Instagram: goo.gl/OaiQD7 Facebook: goo.gl/jJ90YS
“Will they not contemplate the Qur’an, or do they have locks on their hearts?” (Qur’an 47:24) أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ أَمۡ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ أَقۡفَالُهَآ Ibn Al-Qayyim said: Contemplation is the key to the life of the heart. Whoever is fortunate enough to contemplate over the Qur'an, he has indeed grasped the greatest keys to the life of the heart. And there is nothing more beneficial for the heart than reciting the Qur'an with contemplation and deep thinking. Gems From The Quran Telegram: goo.gl/ZclAR9 Instagram: goo.gl/OaiQD7 Facebook: goo.gl/jJ90YS
Whenever I come across this verse, the word ‘aqfaaluha‘ (locks) seems to jump out at me. If you read the Arabic, you’ll notice the attached pronoun ‘ها’ on the word aqfaal and this pronoun means ‘hers‘, or in this case, ‘its‘. So the verse actually becomes: “…are there upon the hearts, its locks?” If you re-read the verse, taking this particle (‘ha’) into consideration, a greater picture will emerge for you: that every heart has a lock, and those who cannot reflect or ponder over the Qur’an have fallen into a state where the locks of their hearts are closed. The contemplation of Qur’an is what breaks these locks, and sets the hearts free. And we can bring many a key to open our locked hearts, but only one key has been designed to break the locks of our hearts… May Allah open up His Book for us, and grant us insight into its deep meanings, ameen.