QSI: Imam W. D. Mohammed(ra) on Qur'an Words and Definitions

"What do we mean by language? Look at the number "1" and the number "2." You may not call these words, but in Allah's Wisdom I am writing words. These numbers are seen as words even in the wisdom of the wise of this world. A word is that which brings a message to your mind. Everything that I am doing is bringing a message to your mind. You don't call these "words" but they are. What you're doing now is getting words. When the baby comes from the mother, they eyes open and the baby sees something when the eyes are open. Without a word being spoken to the child, the child has received many "words." The images that the child sees are words going into the mind of the child.

Everything in your environment is words speaking to your mind, forming you in the body. The books you read, the language of your parents, the talk you heard in the home, the words you heard in the streets, the physical things that you looked at and thought about, the physical things that you looked at and didn't think about are all words. All these things have acted as words, gone into your mind, formed you, and they are forming you for as long as you live in this world. The process of making or forming human beings never stops. It goes on all the time." Imam Mohammed(ra)