[awagsFare]

It's kind of funny because I learn about Islam through lectures and various books, but I have no urge to read Quran or learn Arabic. How does one develop this urge?

[gundas]

lectures and weekend courses are good but the real place where one learns traditional islam, is from the company of the scholars, not the books or 15 min lectures. Yes, we learn from lectures and courses, but not in-depth.

Make a habit of going to the Masjid 15 min early, pray 2 rak'ah and then recite qur'aan till the adhan time. Memorize some surah's.

[MpbY5dkR]

Think of it this way, the Quran is a miracle from Allah, right? (Note, when I say miracle, i'm not addressing to the scientific findings in the Quran. I'm talking about the language and perfect grammar and prose and etc.) But when we read the Quran with it's translation in English, we get the general idea of what the verse means, but we skip out on the beauty of the verses. Take up any favorite poem, now translate it into a different language, you get the meaning, but you end up losing the essence and beauty of the poem, correct? Likewise, the Quran is a miracle in itself, Allah challenged the creation to bring ONE chapter like the Quran. We can NEVER understand, grasp or feel that beauty or miracle until and unless we have mastered Arabic. Can you afford to spend the rest of your life not knowing what that miracle is, and why it's called a miracle?

[BostonDoctorTTT]

I HIGHLY suggest reading the english translation tto begin. Once you understand what the Qurjan in trying to convey to yoyou, you will try to learn classical arabic for find the true message.

[freddystone]

read Quran or learn Arabic. How does one develop this urge?

read about virtue of quran:

http://www.islamibayanaat.com/Englis...azailEAmal.pdf

why learning arabic?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfflgF_H0kY

[unatkot]

Many of us in Muslim countries, especially ones with many scholars etc, kinda take Islam for granted, which in turn doesnt really help develop any urge to learn. However living in non Muslim countries, where criticism of Islam is always there with many sects and groups each with its own ideas, makes one develop or feel a sense of identity, feeling the urge to learn feeling that theres so much lack of knowledge and scholars.

As for Arabic and Qur'aan, maybe this is because you feel lectures just give you the summary of what you need to know lol. However, if you ever entered a discussion on a verse, and wanted to know what every word really implies, then you'd feel like you want to know the verse in Arabic for a better understanding.

Also, to make it more enjoyable, when learning a verse in Arabic, you can also learn the tafseer, and many rulings of the verse, stories behind it etc. You'll find out that what you hear in lectures is very, very little compared to all the information available. This way you'll feel that the lectures might not explain everything and that if you dont learn Qur'aan and its tafseer, you'd feel like you're left out and theres much info that you'd like to learn.

This in turn, will make you want to learn hadeeth and how to know whats authentic and not. This is because theres many stories and hadeeths in tafseer, many related to history. There will be some that you'll find pretty interesting, making you think. But you dont know whats authentic and whats not because many tafseers and history books (especially the latter), usually mention all narrations that are heard of, with the sanad (chain of narrators), leaving looking into the authenicity up to you.

So basically one thing leads you to another. Especially if the point in the topic is one that interests you, or even the topic as a whole.

[Sydneyfonzi]

It's kind of funny because I learn about Islam through lectures and various books, but I have no urge to read Quran or learn Arabic. How does one develop this urge?

What is the objective you have to first ask yourself that. If objective is being met then dont be so concerned about developing this urge, you might lose sight of objective. Tilawat of Quran however should be part of a Muslims daily routine, even if it is just 5 minutes of Quran recitation per day.

But lets say a person is a total illiterate and never learns to read Quran, however, from asking questions to Ulama and following on their advices, listening to religious lectures, he lives his 24/7 according to the commandments of the Quran and in accordance to the Sunnah - what would you say about such a person?

[BostonDoctorTTT]

What is the objective you have to first ask yourself that. If objective is being met then dont be so concerned about developing this urge, you might lose sight of objective. Tilawat of Quran however should be part of a Muslims daily routine, even if it is just 5 minutes of Quran recitation per day.

But lets say a person is a total illiterate and never learns to read Quran, however, from asking questions to Ulama and following on their advices, listening to religious lectures, he lives his 24/7 according to the commandments of the Quran and in accordance to the Sunnah - what would you say about such a person?

An illterate man was commanded iin the Quran to seek wisdam and knowledge ,etc. Being illiterate ddoesn't hinder you enough to nnot be able to read and understand thwthe quran. I say Ulema are nthe reason people are ignorant nnowadays. Corruptng society. A muslims needs to search on his own and with guidance but from the Quran. One thing people don't understand is that UUlema aren.'t a part of islam. Do research.