How To Engage With The Quran
it happens to many readers of Quran. Observation tells it is mostly because of the two reasons: 1. As you mentioned, the translation fails to convey the intrinsic nature of language of Quran, which is apparently does not connect one sentence to another and one passage to the other. 2. Intention of the reader: the reader wants to read in Quran what he or she wants to. They come with an ideal or impression, and found a different kind of narration in Quran. To overcome these problem, we recommend to read Urdu translation of Ghamidi sahib’s Al-Bayan and al-Quran al-kareem (translation only) or its English version by Dr Shehzad Saleem (in parts it is available online, and soon the complete translation will be available). Secondly, read the Quran as it is. Although it does not talk to you directly, tells you the stories of people bygone and about their behaviour, but the point is, these behaviour always exist, that is why the Quran is preserved for us to be read. Therefore, the stories gets never old, they are the stories of our present too, different modes of behaiour are not just theirs, they are ours and of the people around us too. Once you get familiar with the style of Quran, you find how subtly and beautifully Quran develops one argument from the other, and one situation from the other, how it makes a specific thing a universal and vice versa. you will find what role its context plays with its statements. It is so very amazing. if you come across different philosophies and theological problems, for example, and you come with questions in your mind, you find answer in Quran. you will find in Quran how misunderstandings about Islam in Muslims are solved in Quran. you will find how aptly and how balanced is Quran while talking and dealing with human relations. These are some of the points which i could compile just now. Stick to the reading of Quran, you will find your way to touch its essence, and will explore a world of wonders of reason, then your heart gets soften and surrender itself to His glory.