How Should the Layman Understand the Outward Meanings of the Quran? – Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat
Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat
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How should the layman understand the outward meanings of the Quran?
Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat explains how laymen can approach the outward meanings of the Quran while respecting scholarly interpretations.
Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat pursued Arabic Grammar and Morphology alongside his English and History degree. Post-graduation, he deepened his studies in Damascus, learning Arabic, Hanafi Fiqh, Theology, and more under notable scholars like Shaykh Adnan Darwish and Shaykh Rashad Shams. He continued in Amman, expanding into Tafsir, Hadith, Prophetic Biography, and other Islamic sciences, guided by teachers such as Shaykh Ali Hani and Dr. Hamza al-Bakri.