معنى ذلك أن يحفظه المرء في قلبه، ويتلوه تلاوةً صحيحةً ليلًا ونهارًا، وأن يتدبر آياته، وأن يحلّل ما أحلّه، ويحرّم ما حرّمه، وأن يطيع أوامره، وأن يتعظ بتحذيراته، وأن يعتبر بأمثاله، وأن يتذكر بقصصه، وأن يعمل بمحكماته الواضحة تمامًا، وأن يسلّم لمتشابهاته التي ليست واضحة تمامًا، وألّا يتجاوز حدوده، وأن يدافع عنه ضد التحريف والادعاءات الباطلة، وأن ينصح له بكل معاني النصح، وأن يبلّغه للناس من حوله عن قصد وبصيرة.

A--- It means to commit it to one's heart and to recite it properly at night and by day, to contemplate over its verses, to declare as lawful what it legalizes and to declare as unlawful what it makes illegal, to obey its ordainments, to take heed of its warnings, to derive lessons from its parables, to find admonition in its stories, to act on its entirely clear verses, to submit to its not-entirely-clear verses, to approach not its boundaries (of what is lawful and unlawful), to defend it against distortions and false claims, to give counsel to it in every meaning of the word, and to consciously preach it to men around.