وَمَا يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَٱلرَّٰسِخُونَ فِى ٱلْعِلْمِ

“And nobody knows its ta’wīl except Allāh and those (who are) firmly rooted in knowledge; they say: We believe in it, all is from our Lord, but none heeds (this) save those endowed with intellect” (3 : 7)

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ

And in truth We have made the Qur’ān easy to remember and admonish, then is there any that remembers?” (54:17)

On 10th anniversary of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s (s.a) Imamat and he made this in Bombay, particularly to the Isma’ilia Association as it was known at that time.

“It is important that in learning parts of the Qur’ān you must clearly understand the meaning. If you recite parts of the Qur’ān, certain words must represent to you a concept. If you study the Qur’ān-e-Sharif, this concept will become well known to you and through you, to the Jamat at large. This takes many years of study. I do not want you to think that this can be learnt easily or without hard work.”

Precious Gems MHI Bombay 22nd November 1967.