Surah Ali Imran Ayah 10

We will be questioned about every blessing Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ has given us in this world – all our amanaat, our children, our bodies, our wealth. Among the greatest of these blessings is Hidayah, the Word of Allah itself. And with greater blessings come greater responsibilities.

The minimum responsibility toward the Qur’an is to believe in it and not deny it. Beyond that comes understanding it, studying it, applying it in our lives, and then spreading its message. Yet what often happens is that, even though we are connected to the Qur’an in some way - through recitation, translations, tafsir, or other means - we limit this connection to a superficial level. We use it merely to fulfil obligations, while neglecting the deeper responsibility that comes with it.

We must be far more alert, because we will be questioned not only about whether we had access to the Qur’an, but about how we spent our time with it and what attitude we carried toward it.

At times, we claim that we do a lot of dhikrs. But in reality, much of our remembrance revolves around our attachments to this Duniya (wealth or children or the like), while the remembrance of Allah becomes an exercise of the tongue alone. There is no better form of dhikr than connecting and reconnecting with the Qur’an - conversationally: pondering its meanings, asking Allah for help, forgiveness, and protection; praising Him, expressing gratitude, and submitting wherever we feel awestruck or helpless.

Do we truly make time for such a connection with Allah on a regular basis? Do our prayers reflect such a connection?

We may feel that our connection with the Qur’an is “okay” and that our Iman is not bad. But the less importance we give to it, the more we become consumed by other things, and gradually the state of our Iman worsens, until it is taken away bit by bit.

Yes, we may say that we do not deny and that we are not kafir. But kufr has levels, and it can degrade over time if we are careless. And becoming waqood (fuel for the Fire) is not as distant as we might assume.

May Allah protect us.