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He didn't say to us, if you read the whole Quran in Ramadan, you will get this reward, that reward, a house in Jannah, etc. No hadith like that. If you heard it, you know it's false. I didn't know that. It's fake. No such hadith. He revised the Quran in Ramadan with Jibril. True. Right. But Allah connected the two. The month of Ramadan in which Allah revealed the Quran. Allah linked the two together. And the essence, the foundation of our Deen is the word of Allah. Nothing more basic than that. That is the essence of Islam. What Allah said to us. The Quran is Allah speaking to us. This is absolutely beautiful. But at the same time, I have a question. I looked into Islamic law, for example, and I think over 90% of Islamic laws come from the hadiths and not from the Quran. So when Dr. Bilal Philips here speaks about the Quran being the essence of the religion, I'm really wondering how it then came to be that all the laws or 90% of the laws are based on hadiths. Please let me know in the comment section. And we need to understand the Quran that way. It's not a storybook. A lot of non-Muslims, when they pick up the Quran, they start reading in it. They find it's going here, there and everywhere. This book is confusing. I find it to be quite the opposite, to be honest. When I read the Quran, I found it very clarifying, not confusing at all, especially coming from a Christian background, because I read the Bible, those stories within the Quran that could potentially be confusing for some, weren't confusing for me at all. There were clarifications and references to the stories of the Bible. As it's translated, obviously, it's confusing. No, it's not a real book. Because they're used to reading the Bible, which is a bunch of stories, is a storybook, story after story after story, with great details about these stories. That's what they're used to. So when they pick up the Quran, and most books, when you get it, if it's a book with some kind of a message, not a science book, but a book with some kind of a message, it's a story. It's coming in some kind of story form. We're used to stories from where children, what do we like? Bedtime story. Again, I understand the argument, but nevertheless, for me, coming from the Christian perspective, reading the Bible, I didn't find it discouraging or confusing or strange that now I'm not finding a story. Quite the opposite. The Quran itself stated that it is a clarification only, so it made perfect sense that it will only clarify those stories, correct certain aspects of those stories, but it didn't have to reread all of those stories. No confusion. What kind of books do we like to read? Books with stories in it. We're raised on that. We're inclined to stories. So when they pick the book up, it's not following the story pattern. It's confusion. I'm expecting a story. I'm looking for a story. I mean, yes, there is the story of Prophet. I don't know, man. I'm not a special snowflake. So I'm not going to act that I'm special here, but I personally was very, very interested in how two books, manuals, books that I can learn something from. I wasn't very interested in storytelling books. Maybe this is why the Quran resonated with me. No idea. It's there, one story. But is there another chapter that we can say that whole chapter is a story? One story? Okay. So then what? This is the point that is lost on many that the Quran is talking to us. It is Allah speaking to us. Yeah, that's the idea. He is communicating with us. And just as when you sit down and communicate, if you listen to two people talking, do they talk in stories? They sit down for half an hour and they just tell one big long story. Not one big story, but the Bible doesn't tell only one story either. So this is not a fair comparison. And sometimes, yes, people tell each other stories as well. No. They will start something and something else comes up and this one adds this one and that one. That's how we speak. We don't speak in stories. But this is the Quran talking to us. So Allah talks to us and to all of our needs, whether psychological, whether emotional, whether spiritual, whether material, Allah talks to us through the Quran. This is the word of Allah. All right, guys. And this is it for today's video. Nothing is more basic than this. To be totally honest, I didn't really find the thing that should have been basic within this video. I don't really know what this man is talking about. Moreover, I personally really dislike generalizations. This man generalized and said, well, the reason why people do not resonate with the Quran is because of the writing style, because people are used to books that story tell. But I would say this is plain wrong. The Quran itself states that Allah guides who he wills and therefore it has nothing to do with the writing style. This, of course, so miniscule. If Allah guides somebody to the Quran, then the Quran will resonate with that person. If not, then not. It has absolutely nothing to do with the writing style, if you ask me personally. But this is just my perspective. All right, guys. But this is it. If you liked the video, leave a thumbs up. If you haven't subscribed already, guys, please do so. I have to cut it off here because the sun is going down and very soon you're not going to see me at all anymore here, my little webcam. All right, but this is it, guys. If you want to support this channel via Patreon, all the links are in the description box below as well. Thank you so much. As always, may God bless you all. Much love and peace.