Quran Markaz Defence [Official]

The Qur´an makes five demands from every Muslim, which are as follows:

A Muslim is required to believe in the Qur´an;
He is required to read it;
He is required to understand it;
He is required to act upon its teachings;
He is required to convey its teachings to others. The pathetic and disastrous condition of the Muslim Ummah throughout the world is due to the abandoning of the Holy Qur´an by the Muslims. The attitude of indifference that we constantly show towards the last of the Allah´s Revelations, along with our hypocritical lip-service, is tantamount to ridiculing it. Instead, we must clearly understand our responsibilities towards the Holy Qur´an and try our very best in fulfilling them. We can neither expect any improvement in our worldly state of affairs nor hope for salvation in the Hereafter, unless we carry out all the obligations that we owe to the Qur´an. The Great Muslim Philosopher Allama Iqbal reflected this reality in the following verse:

"Wo Zamaane me Mu'azziz the Musalmaan ho kar
Aur tum khwaar huay taarik-e-Quraan ho kar"

Translation:
As Muslims your forefathers were respected;
You gave up the Koran and are by the world rejected.