Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 108
Hakeem Sahib and Public Engagements 107 seeking mercy, forgiveness and bounties of Allah. One should make a note of the places that one finds difficult to understand. When one begins a second reading of the Holy Qur'an, one should have one's wife with him and while reading it, they should feel as if the Holy Qur'an was descending upon them. And one should recall the places that one had recorded in his notebook, and one would find a resolution of those points dawning upon him and then the further difficult verses in the Holy Qur'an should be recorded. When one begins the third reading, one should gather all the children and other members of one's family, and if possible, the people living in one's neighbourhood. These people be such, who are keen to listen to the Word of God. Then one should consult his notebook and find those passages, which were found to be difficult in the first and second readings. The fourth reading should be in front of a gathering of Muslims, and if one is unable to respond to the objections raised among the gathering of the Muslims, one should record those points and one should pray to God and seek Divine assistance and guidance in resolution of those points. In the fifth stage, one should read to all types and people of all faiths and one would be able to invoke the Divine blessings in this effort. It is generally believed that at such gatherings God, in His infinite mercy, reveals some of the hidden meanings of those difficult places and one would witness a soul inspiring experience ( Al-Hakam , March 30, 1908, p. 10).