Tazkiyah #5 - Second Greatest Purifier - Quran

2.   Quran. The next greatest matter that cleanses the soul is Quran. It is harder than the Salah because it is Sunnah. When humans have choice in any matter, they incline toward that option. That is why lesser people recite Quran daily.

It is the speech of our Lord.

a.   You want to become from the VIP, then commit yourself to Quran. They are those whom Allah selects for His special love.

إِنَّ لِلَّهِ أَهْلِينَ مِنْ النَّاسِ"، قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ:

مَنْ هُمْ؟ قَالَ: “هُمْ أَهْلُ الْقُرْآنِ أَهْلُ اللَّهِ وَخَاصَّتُهُ

Verily, Allah has His Ahl among humanity. They said, O Messenger of Allah, who are they? The Prophet said, They are the people of the Quran, the Ahl of Allah and His chosen ones.

b.   There is no gathering in which Quran is recited and studied except that:

وَمَا اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ فِي بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِ اللَّهِ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَيَتَدَارَسُونَهُ بَيْنَهُمْ

 إِلَّا نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ السَّكِينَةُ وَغَشِيَتْهُمْ الرَّحْمَةُ وَحَفَّتْهُمْ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَذَكَرَهُمْ اللَّهُ فِيمَنْ عِنْدَهُ

No people gather together in one of the Houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves, except that sakeenah (tranquility) descends upon them, and mercy envelops them, and the angels surround them, and Allah mentions them amongst those who are with Him.

c.    No other book or speech is rewarded like the Quran is.

مَنْ قَرَأَ حَرْفًا مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَلَهُ بِهِ حَسَنَةٌ وَالْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا لَا أَقُولُ:

 (الم) حَرْفٌ وَلَكِنْ أَلِفٌ حَرْفٌ وَلَامٌ حَرْفٌ وَمِيمٌ حَرْفٌ
Whoever recites a letter from the Book of Allah will be credited with a good deed, and every good deed is multiplied ten-fold. I am not saying that “ألم” Alif-Lām-Mīm is one letter, but Alif is a letter, Lām is a letter and Mīm is a letter.

Here the prophet is telling us that there is reward in the mere recital of the Book of Allah even if we do not understand the meanings of it.

d.   As for the one who chooses to memorize the Quran, then he has committed his days and nights to it. Thus, he is called the companion of Quran.

يُقَالُ لِصَاحِبِ الْقُرْآنِ: اقْرَأْ وَارْقَ وَرَتِّلْ كَمَا كُنْتَ تُرَتِّلُ

 فِي الدُّنْيَا فَإِنَّ مَنْزِلَتَكَ عِنْدَ آخِرِ آيَةٍ تَقْرَؤُهَا

It will be said to the companion of the Qur’an: Read, and ascend, and recite as you used to recite in the world, for your status in paradise will be at the last verse that you recite.