Question by brother Mubashir Inayat (On Quransmessage.com Facebook Page)
http://www.facebook.com/QuransmessageDear Brother Joseph,
About Allah saying Qur'an is easy to understand, I read the following comment (which says that is not the case):
ABOUT CALLING QURAN EASY: The Ayat says:" Wa laqad YASSARNA Al-Qurana lil-Zikr, Fa hal min Muddakir". YASSARNAA, can easily mean WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE. The verb " Muyassar karna " is a legitimate meaning of YASSARA. So, the Verse says that WE HAVE MADE QURAN AVAILABLE FOR REMEMBRANCE/FOR TAKING ADVICE/FOR LEARNING BY HEART/GUIDANCE, ETC.
Should you think it means "WE HAVE MADE IT EASY", you would better be taking a look at so many other verses that say that Quran or its understanding is "ONLY FOR THEY KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE", "only for those who deliberate", "only for those who are Jurists", etc.
The actual words scattered at different places in Quran are : "LI QAUMIN YA'LAMOON", "LI-QAUMIN YATAFAKKAROON", "LI-QAUMIN YAFQAHOON", "LI-OOLIL ALBAAB", etc.
And again, Quran continues saying about general public that :"WA LAAKINNA AKSARAN-NAASA LAA-YA'LAMOON". Meaning, "the overwhelming Majority of the people do not have the capability to understand it".
The natural conclusion from the above phrases so manifestly present in Quran is that "QURAN IS NOT EASY - AND THAT IT IS FOR THE HIGHLY LEARNED TO UNDERSTAND". Of course that learned group can, in their turn, make general public understand the message in easier terms.
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Can you please, when you get a chance, help us here? Thanks.