القرآنُ

THE QUR’AN

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2– The Prophet (SAWA), when it was said to him that his community will be tested, they asked how they may be delivered from it, to which he replied, ‘The noble Book of Allah that cannot be overcome with falsehood, neither from in front nor from behind. It is descended from the all-Wise, the Praised One. Allah will lead astray whoever seeks knowledge in other than it.’
[Tafsir al-`Aayyashi, v. 1, p. 6, no. 11]

3– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘You must adhere to the Qur’an, so take it as an Imam and a leader.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 4029]

4– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The superiority of the Qur’an over any other speech is as the superiority of Allah over His creation.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 92, p. 19, no. 18]

5– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He, most High, has manifested Himself for them in His Book, without them seeing Him, by showing them His power.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 147]

6– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Allah Allah
[i.e. I advise you] with the Qur’an, nobody other than you should be quicker in acting according to it.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 4]

7– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Learn the Book of Allah Almighty; for it is the best of speech and the most eloquent exhortation. Get educated through it, for it is the spring of the hearts. Get cured by its light, for it is the cure for everything in the heart. Excel in its recitation for it is the best of stories.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, 150]

8– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘If everyone from the east to the west was to die, I would not feel lonely if I had the Qur’an with me.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 602, no. 13]

9– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The Qur’an is rich, and there is no richness like it, and no poverty after it.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 92, p. 19, no. 18]

10– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever is given the Qur’an, and then doubts that someone has been given something more than him, this person has aggrandized something little and belittled something great.’
[Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 279]

11– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever wants the knowledge of the first and the last should explore the Qur’an.’
[meaning that they should contemplate its meaning and interpret its exegesis. al-Nihaya, v. 1, p. 229]
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2454]

12– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The frequency of its recitation and its falling on ears does not render it old.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 156]

13– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘In it there is the cure for the greatest sickness, which is disbelief, hypocrisy, error, and going astray.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 176]

14– Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when asked, ‘Why is it that the Qur’an only increases in freshness the more it is promulgated and taught?’ He replied, ‘Because Allah, Blessed and most High, did not make the Qur’an for a certain time and not another, or for certain people and not others. It is new in every time and fresh for all people until the Day of Judgment.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 92, p. 15, no. 8]

15– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The best of you are those who learn the Qur’an, and teach it.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 92, p. 186, no. 2]

16– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘It will be said to the reciter of the Qur’an, ‘Read and rise in rank, and recite as you recited in the world, for your station is as per the last verse that you recited.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2330]

17– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘You must learn the Qur’an, and recite it a lot.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2368]

18– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever teaches a person the Qur’an, he becomes his master. He should not disappoint him or favor anything over him.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2382]

19– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The right of a child incumbent upon his father is that he should give him a good name, good manners, and teach him the Qur’an.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 399]

20– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The believer should be such that he does not die without learning the Qur’an, or without being engaged in learning it.’
[al-Da`aawat, p. 220, no. 600]

21– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever has been endowed by Allah the memorization of His Book, and doubts that someone has been given something better than what he has, has despised the greatest bounty.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2317]

22– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Someone who has none of the Qur’an in their self is like a wrecked house.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2478]

23– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘How wretched is the one who says that he has forgotten such and such verse – rather it is that he has been forgotten. Remember the Qur’an, for by He who owns my soul, it is stronger at detaching itself from the hearts of men than the detachment of an animal from its shackle.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2850]

24– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The bearers of the Qur’an
[i.e. those who memorize it] are surrounded by the mercy of Allah and are dressed with the light of Allah.’
[Jami`a al-Akhbar, p. 115 no. 202]

25– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The noblemen of my community are the bearers of the Qur’an
[i.e. those who memorize it] and the people of night vigil.’
[al-Khisal, p. 7, no. 21]

26– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The worthiest of people in their humbleness, both secretly and openly, are the bearers of the Qur’an, and the worthiest of people in terms of their prayers and fasting, both secretly and openly, are the bearers of the Qur’an.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 604, no. 5]

27– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The owner of the Qur’an
[i.e. he who has memorized it] should not restrict it with those who restrict it, nor behave ignorantly like those who are ignorant, while he has the words of Allah inside him.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2347]

28– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The memorizer of the Qur’an who acts according to it will be with the envoys, noble and pious.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 603, no. 2]

29– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Whoever forgets a chapter (Surah) from the Qur’an, it will exemplify to him as a form of a reward and a high station. When he sees it, he will ask, ‘Who are you? How great you are! If only you were mine!’ and it will say to him, ‘Don’t you know me? I am chapter so and so, and if you did not forget me I would have elevated you to this place.’
[Thawab al-A`amal, p. 283, no. 1]

30– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘When one of you would like to converse with his Lord, he should read the Qur’an.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2257]

31– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘These hearts rust the way metal rusts.’ He was asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, and what can clean them?’ He replied, ‘The recitation of the Qur’an.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2441]

32– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘You must read the Qur’an, for verily reading it is a penance for the sins, protection from the Fire, and a safeguard from punishment.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 92, p. 17, no. 18]

33– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘O son, do not neglect reading the Qur’an, for verily the Qur’an revives the heart, and prevents the committing of the erroneous, wrong and corrupt.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 4032]

34– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘For everything there is an ornament, and the ornament of the Qur’an is a nice voice.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2768]

35– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Decorate the Qur’an with your voices.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 92, p. 190, no. 2]

36– The Prophet (SAWA), when he was asked about the person with the best voice at reciting the Qur’an, he said, ‘He who when you hear his recitation you can see that he fears Allah.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 92, p. 195, no. 10]

37– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Read the Qur’an sorrowfully, for verily it came down sorrowfully.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2777]

38– Imam al-Sadiq, with respect to Allah’s verse in the Qur’an: “Those to whom We have given the Book follow it as it ought to be followed.”
[ Qur’an 2:121] said, ‘They recite its verses and understand its meanings and act according to its laws. They hope for His reward, fear His punishment, take examples from His stories, take lesson from His parables, perform His orders, stay away from what He has prohibited. By Allah, it is not just memorizing its verses, citing its words, reciting its chapters, and learning its parts. They have memorized its words and lost its limits. That which is important is contemplating into its verses, Allah Almighty says: “
[It is] a blessed Book that We have sent down to you, so that they may contemplate its signs.”
[ Qur’an 38:29]
[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 236]

39– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Clean the path of the Qur’an.’ He was asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, and what is the path of the Qur’an?’ He replied, ‘Your mouths.’ They asked, ‘How
[should we clean them]?’ He said, ‘
[By brushing them] With a tooth cleanser (siwak).’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 92, p. 213, no. 11]

2ـ الاستِعاذةُ

2. Seeking refuge

40– Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when he was asked about seeking refuge at the beginning of every chapter, said, ‘Yes, seek refuge in Allah from the outcast Satan. And he mentioned that the outcast (al-rajim) is the most wicked of Satans.’
[Tafsir al-`Aayyashi, v. 2, p. 270, no. 68]

3ـ التَّرتيلُ

3. Recitation

41– The Prophet (SAWA), with regard to Allah’s verse in the Qur’an: “and recite the Qur’an in a measured tone” said, ‘Recite it clearly, do not disperse it prosaically, nor rave it like raving poetry. Stop where it mentions wonders, and move the hearts with it, and do not let your only concern be
[to finish] the end of the chapter.’
[Nawadir al-Rawandi, p. 30]

4ـ التَّدبّرُ

4. Contemplation

42– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily, there is no good in recitation that does not have contemplation in it. Verily, there is no good in worship that does not have understanding.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 92, p. 211, no. 4]

43– Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when asked about completing the Qur’an in one night, said, ‘I do not like it for you to complete it all in less than a month.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 617, no. 1]

5ـ الخُشوعُ

5. Humbleness

44– The Prophet (SAWA), when asked about the people who recite the best, replied, ‘When you hear their recitation, you see that they fear Allah.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 4143]

45– Imam al-Rida (AS) constantly recited the Qur’an in his bed at night during the path to Khurasan. When he would read a verse that mentioned Heaven or Hell, he would cry and ask Allah for Heaven or seek refuge from Hell.’
[`Uyoun Akhbar al-Ridha (AS), v. 2, p. 182, no. 2]

46– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Many a reciter of the Qur’an is cursed by the Qur’an itself.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 92, p. 184, p. 19]

47– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘You read the Qur’an and it prevents you
[from sins]. And if it does not prevent you, then you are not reading it
[correctly].’
[Sharhe Nahj al-Balagha li Ibn Abi al-Hadid, v. 10 p. 23]

48– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘In Hell there is a metal millstone that grinds the heads of criminal reciters and scholars’
[Jami`a al-Akhbar, p. 130, no. 254]

49– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily, whoever yearns for Allah should listen to the words of Allah.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 2472]

50– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever listens to a verse from the Book of Allah, a multiplied reward will be written for him, and whoever recites a verse from the Book of Allah, they will have a light on the Day of Resurrection.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. , no. 2316]

51– Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when Zurara asked him whether paying attention and listening was obligatory upon one who hears the Qur’an being recited, replied, ‘Yes, if the Qur’an is recited in your presence, it is obligatory for you to listen and pay attention.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 92, p. 222, no. 7]

52– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah the Exalted has said, ‘Those who interpret My words with their own opinion do not believe in Me.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 92, p. 107, no. 1]

53– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The worst thing I fear for my community after me is for someone to interpret the Qur’an wrongfully.’
[Munyat al- Murid, p. 369]

54– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Whoever interprets the Qur’an with his own opinion and is correct, will not be rewarded, and if he is wrong, he will bear the burden of a sin.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 92, p. 110, no. 11]