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Who Should Or Shouldn’t Read Quran?

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His Holiness Younus AlGohar clears misconceptions about the Quran.
Transcript: http://www.goharshahi.us/articles/view/who-should-or-shouldnt-read-quran/
Main points:
- The Quran does not promote violence; no Sufi has ever promoted violence or terrorism. Rumi said his poetry is the Persian translation of the Quran. Many in the West admire him. Having read his poetry, none turned violent.

- It's about understanding God's word. If your mind is corrupt already, you'll take the wrong meaning of it. You need pure heart to read Quran. Mujaddid Alif Sani, a Sufi scholar, said, 'Novices in Islam shouldn't go near Quran; they're not worthy of reading it.' Prophet Mohammad said that an evil is born with every human being (Nafs). You're a novice in Islam until your inner is completely purified.

- The Quran says that if you are impure, do not touch the Quran. This doesn't mean physical uncleanliness; Quran wasn't in book form when this verse was revealed. Quran itself says that it guides some and misguides others. Even Muslims practising Islam for years were unable to grasp meaning of God's word.

Further comments from His Holiness Younus AlGohar:

The Quran isn't an easy book to understand. People with inner impurities are advised against reading it. Only the pure of heart and cleansed souls are advised to read and study the Quran.

Those with impurities are misled by the Quran and only the purified ones find guidance by the Quran. Power of understanding is granted to purified hearts only. Those who remain impure and study the Quran fall prey to evil.

The Quran was revealed onto the heart of Prophet Mohammad. It was never meant to have been given form of a book. The Quran was to be transmitted spiritually from one heart to another. The Prophet said He was city of knowledge and Ali was the gateway to this knowledge.

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