Qur'an of honour is calling us

Thanks to the Highest Allah, Lord of worlds, let there be peace upon Muhammed, s.a.w.s., upon his family and all of his sahaba (apostles).

The Almighty Allah has sent the Prophet, s.a.w.s., in order to drag the people out of the dark and bring them to the light of islam, He has honoured him a.s. with big signs and mudjizas, supernatural works. From there is the Holy Qur'an the best message and takes the highest place. In both sahihs are noted the following words of Muhammed s.a.w.s.: »There is no prophet, to whom God didn't give his signs, in which people believed. What I received is the Message, which Allah posted to me and I expect that I will have most of the followers on the Day of Judgment« (Buhari and Muslim)

This is the Holy Qur'an, the Book of blessing, Allah's message: »Alif-Lam-Ra. (This is) a Book, with verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning), further explained in detail,- from One Who is Wise and Well-acquainted (with all things)« (Hud, 1)

He is Allah's speech, not made, from Him he lasted and to Him he will return: »Verily this is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds: With it came down the spirit of Faith and Truth- To thy heart and mind, that thou mayest admonish. In the perspicuous Arabic tongue .« (Eš-Šu'ara, 192-195)

Accordant, intelligible, the most beautiful speech… Clearly it separated the allowed from the forbidden: »Falsehood cannot come at it from before it or from behind it. (It is) a revelation from the Wise, the Owner of Praise.« (Fussilet, 42)

You can find fragments from the early nations, news from the future, he judges between believers…

The truthful speech, not a lie, who ignores him, the Almighty will destroy him, who seeks for a way past him, Allah will lead him to delusion…

Allah's strength, reminder to the worlds, The Right Path…

His mudjizas are eternal, who judges with his help, judges correctly, who calls with him, calls correctly: »But Allah bears witness by what He has revealed to you that He has revealed it with His knowledge, and the angels bear witness (also); and Allah is sufficient as a witness.« (En-Nisa, 166)

The Highest Allah has given him a hight place and the people are categorized by him (the Qur'an): who regards him, Allah will love and raise him, who despise him, He will humiliate him, Muhammed s.a.w.s. said: »Verily with this book Allah raises people, but (also) humiliates people. (Muslim)

Relation with the Qur'an

Who looks in our relatin with the Qur'an, he will see that we have intentionally made this chapter, because we act careless to the Message: we read him unwillingly, we forget easily, we don't think about him, we don't have any serious accession…

On our great sadness we establish that many muslims take time for anything, but for the Holy Qur'an least of all. Many people waste their life with: watching serials, reading not serious, immoral newspapers (magazines), listening to music and songs, but for the Qur'an they don't take even a minute… What is more important for them? Lets just remind: »A person will be on the Judgment Day with those, whom he loves.« (Buhari and Muslim)

But many, who read him, don't devote enough attention to the correct pronunciation of the letters. Verses, on which the chosen generations of our Ummah stopped, thought even with crying, we read ignorantly and our hearts don't even for a second shudder; there is no respect in our hearts, not even tears on our face. The truth was said, when Allah said: »Thenceforth were your hearts hardened: They became like a rock and even worse in hardness.« (El-Baqara, 74)

What does that mean that on This world exist a higher disaster and test?

The Honourable Qur'an is: »A proof for a man and againts him,« warned Resulullah s.a.w.s., which is noted in Muslim's Sahih. But Osman, radijallahu anhu, said: »If your hearts were pure, their would never be fed up with the Qur'an.«

Distinction of the Qur'an and his followers

Many hadiths and people, who live in harmony with the Qur'an's rules, without hindrance talk about the great value and about the place in islam of the Holy Qur'an. Some of the hadiths:

»Verily has Allah chosen the followers of Qur'an, they are Allah's people, His selected.« (Ahmed in Nesai)

»Qur'an will be a defender on the Day of Judgment. Who chooses him for his guide, he will (the Qur'an) bring him to Heaven. Who leaves him, he will bring him to Hell.« (Ibnu Hibban and Taberani)

»Who will quote the Qur'an, instruct others and work according to him, his parents will get a crown on the Judgment Day, which light will be stronger as the sunshine and they will get mantles, which are more valuable as the Dunja (This world). When they ask, why have we received this, the reply will be: 'Because of your child, who read the Qur'an.'« (Hakim)

Who quotes every evening 10 ayahs, he will not be registered as careless. Who quotes every evening 100 ayahs, he will be registered as faithful. (ibn Huzejme and Hakim)

»Quote the Qur'an, he is your light on earth and a decoration on the sky.« (Ibn Hibban)

»One of cases of worshiping Allah is that a person should respect a clever muslim and a hafiz of the Qur'an without exaggeration…« (Ebu Dawud)

»When people gather in a mosque to read the Qur'an and instruct eachother, upon them is dropped peace, mercy surrounds them, malaks cover them with their wings and Allah mentions them to His malaks.«  (Muslim)

»The people are led in their salat (prayer) by the person who knows most from the Qur'an.« (Muslim)

»Who learns the first ten ayahs from the surah El-Kehf, he will be insured againts Dedjal.« (Muslim)

»To hafiz will be said on the Judgment Day: 'Quote the Qur'an like you quoted him on Dunja and climb, your grade will be there, where you will stop!« (Ebu Davud in Tirmizi)

Dutys bounded to Qur'an are truly big. People, who want to avoid the Fire and enter in the paradise's gardens, should read the Qur'an. The love for him is like a manifestation and a  measure of love to our Lord, Allah. Ibn-Abbas, radijallahu anhu, said: »Who wants to know, if he loves Allah, he should take a look at his relationship with the Qur'an: if he loves him, he loves Allah; Qur'an is Allahs speech.«

Here are some dutys:

Learning and teaching

Resulullah s.a.w.s. said: »The best among you is that one, who learns the Qur'an and teaches with him. (Buhari) Truly is reading the Qur'an, his learning and teaching one of the best views of approaching the Almighty Allah. Habbab, radijallahu anhu, said: »Approach Allah as far as you can, but the best approach is with the Qur'an.« Muhammed s.a.w.s. said about the followers of the Qur'an: »Who precisely reads the Qur'an, he will be in the company of honourable writers, but who reads him with difficulty and stutter, he will get a double reward.« (Muslim) Important detail: it is necessary to have pure intention, when we read the Qur'an. Those, who will be insincere in their reading, they will be punished on the Judgment Day. Prophet s.a.w.s. said that one among three, to whom hell fire will be set, will be the person, who reads the Qur'an insincere and teaches with him so the people will say: he is learned!

Regular reading

Almighty Allah said: »Those who rehearse the Book of Allah, establish regular Prayer, and spend (in Charity) out of what We have provided for them, secretly and openly, hope for a commerce that will never fail: For He will pay them their meed, nay, He will give them (even) more out of His Bounty: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate (service).« (Fatir, 29-30) Surely their reward won't vanish, because it's bounty: »Who reads one letter from the Qur'an, there will be registered one good deed, but a good deed is worth ten-times more. I'm not saying that elif-lam-mim is one letter, but elif is one letter, lam is a letter and mim is a letter.« (Tirmizi) so be persistent in your reading and read everyday a little from the Qur'an. Read him slowly, with thinking. Beautify your voice as much as you can. Muhammed s.a..w.s. said: »Allah doesn't pay much attention like he pays it to the Propher, who beautifies his voice, when he precisely and loudly quotes from the Qur'an.« In other hadith: »Someone, who doesn't melodious quote the Qur'an, does not belong to us.« (Buhari)

Keeping in mind and repetition

Verily is the keeping in mind and repetition of the Holy Qur'an distinction of ambitious and sincere muslims. Such had the Propher s.a.w.s. rewarded, when he said that they won't be burn: »When the Qur'an would have been written on your skin, Allah wouldn't let it burn.« (Bejheki) If a person couldn't keep the Qur'an in mind, such should at least persist in trying: »Who doesn't remember anything from the Qur'an, is like a demolished house.«

In the end, do we have time for repentance? Can the tawabah still be accepted? Are we late?

Of course, repentance is posibble, the doors of tawabah are still open and we aren't late.

Dear brother/sister, I wish you good, offer me your hand and lets repent together for our carelessness againts the Book of Allah, before we won't find him on Earth, before he will be raised like it is stated in authentic hadith.

Allah, Lord of the heaven, Lord of Arsh. Give us strength so we can restore the tightly bond with the Qur'an and please let us go on That world in such state.

Jesenice, 24.2.2007

redaction and translation: Alim Hasanagic