Who was speaking Arabic?
A. The scholars, because that is the language of Islam. A. What is a scholar? A. They have a firm foundation in the foundational texts of Islam and they are trained to make rulings that help people in living their everyday lives. These scholars that I’m talking about study for a long time, and they become extremely educated people, and they also usually study Islamic mysticism or Sufism. So they have a deep insight into Islamic spirituality. These are the kind of scholars, at least that I studied with. Q. Can you talk a little about what it means for a Muslim to be a Muslim? A. The most important part of a Muslim’s life is basically to live according to their religion because by doing that they will have achieved their goal in life. If a Muslim looks at the Quran, the Quran says ”I have only created you to worship me,” but the word worship means to serve. Other scholars say this also means to know — ”I have created human beings to serve and to know.” If you believe that, and Musli
