Importance of Arabic 2
Question: Barak Allaahu Feekum, is the fact that the Qur-aan was revealed in the Arabic language a justification or an excuse for non-Arabs (for not acting upon it) due to it not being revealed in their language?
Answer: No, non-Arabs do not have an excuse or a justification in that the Qur-aan is not in their language; rather it is upon them to learn the language of the Qur-aan, because if understanding the Book of Allaah or the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم) is dependant upon learning the Arabic language, then learning Arabic becomes Waajib. This is because every action that has to be carried out, in order to be able to perform an obligation, acquires the ruling of being obligatory [or - All actions which if not performed first, an obligatory act can not be performed, acquire the ruling of being obligatory (even if they are not an obligation within themselves, such as walking to the Masjid for Salaatul Jamaa’ah (for men), since one cannot perform Jamaa’ah in the Masjid unless he walks there, the act of walking in order to get to the Masjid becomes Waajib upon that individual, and so on...)].
For this reason, non-Arabs from Persia and other areas became Imaams in the Arabic language, They became leading scholars in the Arabic language because they understood the value of learning it, so they learnt it and became leading scholars in it.
As it relates to the matter of some people being stubborn about their languages and not shifting to the Arabic language while having the ability to do so, then this behavior is from the of the arrogance of the days of pre-Islaamic ignorance.
The Qur-aan during current times has spread all over the world, and has been translated into many different languages, both the well known and widely used languages as well as languages that are specific to only certain areas, and all praise is due to Allaah. So nobody has the justification these days, in saying that they cannot understand the Qur-aan because Arabic is not their language.
Fataawa Nur ‘ala ad Darb
Translated by: Abu ‘Abdul Waahid, Nadir Ahmad.
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السؤال: بارك الله فيكم السائلة أ ع ن تقول هل نزول القرآن باللغة العربية يجعل الأعجميين لديهم عذر أو حجة لأن القرآن ليس بلغتهم؟
الشيخ: ليس للأعجميين حجة أو عذر لكون القرآن ليس بلغتهم بل عليهم أن يتعلموا لغة القرآن لأنه إذا توقف فهم كتاب الله وسنة رسوله صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم على تعلم العربية كان تعلم العربية واجبا فإن ما لا يتم الواجب إلا به فهو واجب ولهذا كان من أئمة اللغة العربية قوم من العجم من فارس وغيرها وصاروا أئمة في العربية لأنهم عرفوا قدر تعلم اللغة العربية فتعلموها فصاروا أئمة فيها وأما تعصب بعض الناس للغتهم وعدم تحولهم إلى اللغة العربية مع قدرتهم على ذلك فهذا من حمية الجاهلية والقرآن ولله الحمد الآن انتشر بين العالم وترجم معناه إلى لغات متعددة لغات عالمية حية ولغات في مناطق معينة فلا حجة لأحد اليوم في قوله إن لساني ليس عربيا فلا أفهم القرآن.
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