Inthe end, itis necessary toremind the Muslimsthat if theyget to
knowtheQur'ān,orgettoknowitbetterandputitsgreat,magnificent
and precise project into action, greatness will be theirs, and more.
The huge edifice of the greatness of Muslims collapsed when they
stopped puttingthe commands of thisheavenly book into practice.So
they fell down, they were satisfied only with the name of Islam.
Ourdepartedgreatness willreturnwhenwe leave thiscrookedway
and,startingagain,becometrueMuslimsandputtheQur'ānatthetop
ofthesightsofourheartsandourwisdom,andmakeitanexamplefor
life,astheProphetsaid,“Whencalamitiesencompassyoulikethedark-
ness of the night, reach for the Qur’ān.”
* * *Thislesson hasbeenadaptedfromS.Saeed AkhtarRizvi,TheQur'ān
&Hadith(1971)Dar-es-salaam,Tanzaniawithfewpassagesaddedfrom
Dar Rah-e Haq, TheRoots of Religion.