Miracle of the Quran that a Hafiz is able to
memorize all of these verses .
I Seek refuge in Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’aala (GOD), from the
Shaitan.
In the name of
Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
Islam has two
primary sources, the Quran, and the authentic Traditions of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam), that explain and sometimes expand on
that of the Quran.
The Quran is core to Islam.
Believing in it is a requirement.
One who does not
believe in the Quran, in its entirety, cannot claim to be a Muslim?
"The Messenger
(Muhammad) believes in what has been sent down to him from his Lord and (so do)
the believers.
Each one believes in Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’aala (GOD), His
Angels, His Books, and His Messengers.
(They say,) ‘We make
no distinction between one another of His Messengers’ —
And they say, ‘We hear, and we obey. (We seek)
Your forgiveness, our Lord,
And to You is the return (of all)’." (Quran 2:285)
Islam has two
primary sources, the Quran, and the authentic Traditions of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam), that explains and sometimes expands on
that of the Quran.
“And We have not sent
down the Book (the Quran) to you (O Muhammad,
Except that you may explain clearly unto them those things
in which they differ, and (as) a guidance and a mercy for a folk who believe.”
(Quran 16:64)
In the life of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi
wasallam),
We find that he Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi
wasallam) used to exhibit the highest level of Awe during recitation of the
Holy Quran.
Abdullah b. Mas’ud – Allah be pleased with him – said:
When a man amongst us learned ten verses [of the Quran], he
would not move on [to the next verses] until he had understood their meanings and
how to act by them.
Abu ‘Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sulamî said:
Those who used to teach us the Quran (the Companions) told
us that they used to learn the Quran from the Prophet –
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him; when they had
learnt ten verses they would not move on until they put into practice what was
in them.
So we learnt knowledge and deeds (implementation) together.
Oral transmission of the Holy Quran was based on hifz
(memorization)
And the Beloved Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi
wasallam) himself was the first to memorize the revelation after the
Angel Jibraeel (Alley salaam...) has brought it to him;
Memorization by the Companions (Sahabas) The Holy Prophet
Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) would declare the revelation and
instructed his Companions to memorize it.
One day he the
Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) called them
And asked each of them as to what of Quran they had
remembered (Memorized) until such time that he Holy Prophet Muhammad
(Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) reached a young man and asked him the same
question.
The young man replied, “I have memorized such and such
(chapters) and Surat
ul-Baqarah (2nd chapter)”.
Thereupon the Holy
Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) told the people,
“Now go away from
here and this young man is your leader (from now onwards)”.
When people said: “O
Messenger of Allah”! “He is still young”, he Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu
alayhi wasallam) said, “He knows Surat
ul-Baqarah”.
The first step in memorizing the Quran after that of Ikhlas
is the obligation o f correcting the pronunciation of the Quran.
This does not occur except by listening to a good reciter or
a precise memorizer of the Quran.
The Quran is not learned except by acquiring it (from
another).
Thus, the Holy
Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) who is the most eloquent of the Arabs
in speech took it from Jibraeel (A.S.) orally.
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam)
himself used to recite the Quran to Jibraeel A.S. once in every year and in the
year that he died he recited it to him twice. [Reported by Bukhari]
Likewise, the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi
wasallam) taught it to the Companions (radiyallaahu ‘anhuma) orally and those
who ca me after them heard it from the Companions and so on for each generation
after t hem.
Abd Allah Ibn Mas’ud (radiyallaahu ‘anhu) says that the Holy
Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) asked me to recite the Quran for
him.
He said to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi
wasallam), 'Should I recite the Quran before you whereas it has been revealed
unto you?'
At this the Prophet said, 'I love it more to hear the Quran
from someone else.
‘Then Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud recited the chapter of 'An-Nisa'.
When he recited the verse,
'How will it be them, when We shall bring out of each
community, a witness,
And We shall bring thee against these as witnesses....’ (4:41),
The Prophet said, 'This is enough.' When Ibn Mas’ud saw the
face of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam),
He saw tears rolling
down both his eyes.
Hasan Ibn Muhammad Ibn Alf Ibn Abi Talib (radiyallaahu
‘anhu) says that while delivering the Jummah sermon,
Umar (radiyallaahu ‘anhu) recited the chapter of 'Takwir',
when he recited the verse,
'Then every soul shall know that which it hath presented.'
(81:14),
His voice got choked
(on account of fear of Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’aala (GOD).
And he could not recite any more.
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) was
asked, “Who is the best reciter of the Quran?
” He: Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam)
replied, “One who is seen exhibiting awe
(a feeling of great
respect and admiration combined with fear) at its recitation”.
“Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have
taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise.”
The first step is to make one’s intention solely for the
pleasure of Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’aala (GOD) and not for any earthly gain.
It is hardly possible
for one to embark on this journey without pure intentions,
As it is one that requires great amounts of time, patience,
and perseverance, Continual supplication to Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’aala (GOD)
for success, And Duas deep from the heart and determination.
The student of the Qur’an needs to realize before they start
that Shaitan is going to come to them
And try to dissuade them from their noble goal.
The waswasa can be in the form of making one feel like it is
never going to end, or seeing others having “fun” while the student is
struggling forth, or any other sort of tool.
Knowing this should keep the student on guard and help
recognize the cause of the laziness or feeling of wanting to stop.
The worst thing to do at this time is take a break from
memorizing.
This will make returning to the memorization more difficult
and usually one will feel like the task has become harder.
The best thing to do is make dua’, renew one’s intentions;
change the hadith on the wall to a new one
And read all the previously hung hadith. Reading other’s
stories of struggle can also help.
Memorizing the Holy Quran becomes the great source of reward
for the Muslims
And those who memorize the Holy Quran are the eminent people
among believers.
Some of their privileges are mentioned below: -
"And We (Allah) have made the Holy Quran easy to
understand and remember,
Then is there any that will receive admonition."(The
Quran, 54:17)
One of the means through which Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’aala
(GOD) has assured the protection of the Holy Quran is the fact that He made the
memorization of His Book an easy task for the believers.
In fact, the Holy Quran is the only religious Scripture that
is memorized by its followers.
Innumerable persons in every Muslim community have memorized
the whole Quran since the first day it was revealed.
Children as young as five years old and men and women as old
as 50 years memorize the whole Quran as part of their love and devotion to the
Book of Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’aala (GOD).
The one who memorizes the whole Quran is known as a Hafiz.
It is a miracle that the Hafiz not only memorizes the entire
text of the Holy Quran,
But also the punctuation and iatrical marks of each and
every word and verse of the Quran.
The "And We (Allah) has made the Holy Quran easy to
understand and remember,
Then is there any that will receive admonition."(The Quran,
54:17)
What is more amazing is that Muslims of different languages
are able to memorize the whole Quran perfectly even though they do not speak
Arabic. The Quran is not a small book containing few verses.
Rather, it is a book containing over 6,000 verses!
It is a miracle of the Quran that a Hafiz is able to
memorize all of these verses in order.
(A hafiz (the keeper, keeping against forgetting) is a
person who memorized all of the Holy Quran and could recite it from memory.
There are little kids who are hafiz; this is because they
started at an early age. The younger they start the better).
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said
that Hafiz of the Holy Quran is very close to Allah (Subhana hu WA Ta’aala -The
Glorious and the Exalted).
The Holy Prophet
Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said that Hafiz of the Holy Quran is the
friends of Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’aala (GOD).
The Holy Prophet
Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Hafizes are the most
respectable people of my Ummah."
The Holy Prophet
Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) also said that on the day of Qiyamah (Judgment
Day),
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said
a hafiz will be rewarded on the day of Qiyamah (Judgment Day), as will his or
her parents,
And will be granted
the ability to intercede on behalf of ten family members
The Holy Prophet
Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said the parents of Hafiz will be made
to wear a crown on the day of Qiyamah,
The brilliance of
which will excel that of the sun.
Allah is always monitoring, watching our every move and
knows what is in our hearts.
Ibn Mas'ud – (radiyallaahu 'anhu) – would advise his
students, "If your intention is one of these three, do not seek knowledge:
To shame the ignorant, or to argue with the Fuqaha' (scholars), or to cause
people to turn their faces in your direction.
Intend with your actions and words that which is with Allah,
for indeed that which is with Allah shall remain and everything else shall
perish.
Don’t Speak Without Knowledge, Say “Allahu Alam”:
Abu Bakr – radiyallaahu ‘anhu – said:
Which sky would shade me and which earth would carry me
(I.e. let me live upon it) if I were to say about the Book
of Allah that which I do not know (about)?
May Allah make us from the Companions of His Book and unite
us with His righteous slaves in the highest gardens of Paradise.
Amen.
May Allah Subhanawataala grant us what is best in this world
and the next!
Action speaks louder then words my friend’s practice Islam
the way of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) did.
May Allah Subhanahu
WA Ta’aala (GOD) help us to do that which He loves and which pleases Him?
May Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’aala (GOD) make our efforts
sincere and keep us all on the straight path...........
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1 comment:
Qur'an is the book of Miracles and so easy for those who will make his better for it's learning as Akkag said in His Glorious Qur'an that:There is nothing for man but for that he struggles.
Because the language which has been used for Qur'an is Arabic and the Arabic language has mentioned as pure language and don't forget that Arabic will be the language of The people of Paradise.
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