Mara nyingi najisikia kusita kutoa maoni juu ya matini za Qur'ani, nikijua kwamba mtindo wangu na rasilimali zangu hazitoshi. Kama ilivyokuwa kwa Sura ya 6, Al-An'am (Ng'ombe), najikuta sina uwezo wa kutosha kufafanua sura hii. Lakini nifanye nini, nikitambua kama ninavyotambua kwamba kizazi chetu kinahitaji kupokea Qur'ani pamoja na maelezo ya kina kuhusu asili yake, mbinu yake, maudhui yake na malengo yake? Kwa bahati mbaya, watu wamejitenga mbali sana na mazingira ambamo Qur'ani ilifunuliwa, na na madhumuni yake na malengo yake. Wanajua kidogo sana umuhimu wake na vipimo vyake. Hata istilahi zake haziwafikishii maana zake halisi. Watu wa leo wanaishi katika hali inayofanana na ile ambayo Qur'ani ilikabiliana nayo wakati wa kufunuliwa kwake, lakini hawaitumii Qur'ani kukabiliana na jāhiliyyah hii kama walivyofanya Waislamu wa mwanzo. Bila hatua kama hiyo, watu hawawezi kuanza kuunda ufahamu sahihi wa Qur'ani na siri zake, kwa kuwa siri hizo zinabaki kitabu kilichofungwa kwa yeyote anayekaa bila kazi, asiye tayari kutenda kwa mujibu wa mwongozo wa Qur'ani.

I often feel reluctant to comment on Qur’ānic texts, knowing that my style and resources are inadequate. As with Sūrah 6, Cattle, I find myself ill-equipped to explain the present sūrah. But what am I to do, realizing as I do that our generation needs to receive the Qur’ān with a detailed explanation of its nature, method, subject matter and aims? Unfortunately people have moved too far from the environment in which the Qur’ān was revealed, and from its purpose and goals. They are little aware of its import and dimensions. Even its terminology does not carry to them its true meanings. People today live in a state similar to that the Qur’ān faced at the time of its revelation, but they do not use the Qur’ān to confront this jāhiliyyah as the early Muslims did. Without such action, people cannot begin to formulate a proper understanding of the Qur’ān and its secrets, because such secrets remain a closed book for anyone who sits idle, unwilling to act according to Qur’ānic guidance.