Is contemplating the Qur’an obligatory only for scholars specialized in exegesis and language, or does it also include the general public? And what about someone who can read but does not understand exegesis or the rules of the Arabic language—is he obligated to contemplate?

Reflecting on the Quran is required of all people for their guidance. Allah has urged them to do so, saying: "Do they not then reflect upon the Quran? Had it been from [any] other than Allah, they would have found within it much contradiction." It is also made easy for remembrance, as He Almighty said: "And We have certainly made the Quran easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?"

There is a difference between reflecting upon the Quran and taking admonition from it, and interpreting it and explaining Allah's intent from its verses in detail. Interpretation requires specific sciences, such as the principles of exegesis, the Arabic language sciences, and knowledge of the Quran's unrestricted and restricted verses, its general and specific verses, its clear and ambiguous verses, its abrogating and abrogated verses, the reasons for revelation, and the related hadiths and narrations. Whoever does not possess these sciences must refer to the interpretations of reputable scholars.