crying but not knowing why

[fisabililah]

assalamu aleykum, someone sent me this email, i found it funny yet it shows that we need to understand the Qur'an and that it was not reavaled just to recite.

Abu 'Uthman al-Jahidh narrates: Yahya ibn Ja'far informed me of an incident saying,

'I used to have a neighbour from the people of Faris (Persia) who would weep the whole night through (in prayer). One night I was woken up by his weeping and loud cries, he was sighing and hitting his head and chest - repeating only one verse from the Book of Allah. When I saw what he was going through, I said to myself, 'Indeed, I must hear this verse that's killing him and that has driven away my sleep!' So I listened in on him and behold he was reciting the verse;


وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَحِيضِ قُلْ هُوَ أَذًى
"They ask you concerning menstruation. Say: that is an Adha... " [al-Baqarah: 222]

[Dumoo' al-Qurra]

[*Nobleman*]

Found that pretty funny, but true none the less

[Crazy Cat Lady]

I don't get it, what does it mean?

[*Nobleman*]

I don't get it, what does it mean?

Basically people who recite quran without actually knowing what it means. The example above cites a man crying and the ayah is simply a ruling regarding female issues.

[Crazy Cat Lady]

I see, thanks, that makes a lot of sense.

[military-mind]

loool

[abdalla11]

lol, crying about menstruation