People say Islam is easy. How can Islam be easy when there are Volumes of books on Fiqh, Tafsir

People say Islam is easy. How can Islam be easy when there are Volumes of books on Fiqh, Tafsir of Hadith and Tafsir of Quran and a majority of the population will never be able to study traditionally under a shaykh. So why do people say Islam is easy when we will never hear an A'lim say that, "I breezed through my studies"

Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,

Islam has many dimensions.

As for fulfilling the basic obligations that Allah has made incumbent upon us, this is easy: it requires only limited knowledge, and limited time.

As for becoming realized in the perfections of the guidance of the Most Perfect of Creation, our Beloved Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace), this is a life long struggle, for the perfections of the Beloved of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) are countless.

Similarly, the essential knowledge every believer needs is easy to learn.

As for the depths of knowledge and realization, this is a life-time quest. This is why among the over 100,000 Companions of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), may Allah be pleased with them all, only 20 were considered fuqaha—meaning, in the earliest usage, those who were at the level of ijtihad (ability to give independent legal judgment).

And Allah alone gives success.

Wassalam,

Faraz Rabbani