The Holy Quran wasn't revealed as a written book to our Holy Prophet(PBUH) and the written scripture is just a means of fascilitation for us but indeed held in the highest of reverence is indeed disgraced by blasphemous acts of mass burnings.
What does a comman Muslim like me or you have to say about it?
Let them burn a few copies some said.. Islam is the religion of peace and tolerance others qouted.
True that and frankly not that we are in much of a position to do anything physically about it. We should have been tough but unfortunatly defending our religion classifys us as terrorists these days. The Muslim scribes from Baghdad I recall lost their lives protecting the very same Qurans at the hands of the mongol attacks..! They did still burn them! What the allied forces do during thier activities of war in Muslim states is also not a matter of debate here nor is what a few priests can do in utter foolishness.
If they one day, God forbid, burn all physical copies from NYC would the Holy Quran ceize to exist there? I dont need stats to dictate the thousands of hufaz who if ever the need arises could reproduce copies as fast as they would burn them!
The Holy Quran exists is in our hearts or atleast, it should be.
I have a question..
Is the Holy Quran so sacred a relic that it should just be locked up in cupboards or ceremoniously put on the top-most shelves victim to dust and neglect. And is our love just left for the sake of defending our faith?
How many of us recite the very Quran if not daily even weekly? I'm ashamed to admit that I don't..I hope to one day though!
An American friend of mine said that we will organize buy the Quran day instead of burn the Quran day.
I liked the idea, frankly they were doing something positive then thinking of just blowing up that church!
So what are we going to do?
Defending our faith is mandatory and protesting the proper way is our right and duty!
But there is more that needs to be done.
We need to inculcate within us the habits of reciting the Quran and even more importantly to comprehend the Divine message via whichever medium(English/Urdu) feasable.
We need to understand that what is so Divine about the text that it is called the Holy Quran and that it nigates our respect and love.
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