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Blessed, Not Slaughtered

"We've pulled out the child from school he's memorizing the Qur'an now, as you konow... he's mentally weak... he can't study" I'm sorry but that is what I just heard a woman say. I wanted to say something to her but I didn't. Yet I know it is my responsibility to do something about it or I'll be no different from her. So here I am... Firstly memorizing the Qur'an is a huge responsibility and requires rapt attention and determination.  Before the Qur'an was revealed Allah first offered the trees and mountains to bear the revelation but they said they would crumble under the Divine weight, only a human was strong enough to undertake this burden. So surely somebody mentally or even physically weak can not do it. And if someone has memorized the Qur'an, to any extent, they are strong enough. This is just one case, in other cases, parents want their children to memorize the Qur'an as atonement for their own sins, and they cons