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Imaam Ibn Qayyim says in his book Mukhtasar Zaad al-Ma’aad (Provisions of the Hereafter):

And what is intended by the Qur’aan is to reflect upon it, to try and comprehend it, to act upon it, to recite it and to memorize it in order to attain its meanings, as one of the salaf said:

“The Qur’aan was revealed in order that it be acted upon, so act upon its recitation.”

Shu’bah said: “Abu Jamrah told us: “I said to the son of Al-Abbas: “I am a person who recites very quickly and I might recite the Qur’aan once or twice in a night.” Ibn ‘Abbaas (radiyallaahu ‘anhu) said: “Reciting one surah is more pleasing to me than what you do; so if you must recite, do so in a manner by which your ears may hear the recitation and your heart may retain it.”

Ibrahim said: “Alqamah recited to ‘Abdullah and he said: “Recite slowly and pleasantly, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, for it is the beauty of the Qur’aan.”

And ‘Abdullaah Ibn Mas’ood radiyallaahu ‘anhu said:“Do not babble like the babbling of poetry when reciting the Qur’aan and do not let the words tumble out the way dry dates fall from the bunch when it is shaken; and stop at its miracles and move the hearts thereby and do not let the object of anyone of you be the end of the surah.”

And he said:

“If you heard Allah’s Words “Oh you who believe!” , then listen to it, for it is some act of goodness which you are being commanded to do or some evil deed from which you are being turned away.”

‘Abdur-Rahman Ibn Abi Laila said:

“A woman came to me while I was reciting Surah Hud and she said to me: “Oh ‘Abdur-Rahman! Is this the way you recite Surah Hud? By Allaah, I have been reciting it for six months and I have not yet completed the recitation of it”

Imaam Al-Aajurree [d.360H] – may Allaah have mercy upon him – said in his great book Akhlaaq Hamalat al-Qur’aan:

“Whoever contemplates His Words, will know the Lord (‘Azza wa Jall) and he will know of His great Power and Capability, His immense Favour upon the believers, and of the obligation upon himself to worship Him.

Accordingly, the person imposes this obligation upon himself – being on his guard against that which His Generous Patron and Protector (Allaah subhaanahu wa ta’aalaa) has warned of and coveting that which He has made desirous. Whoever is of this description when reciting the Qur’aan or when listening to it when recited by another, the Qur’aan will be a cure for him. He becomes rich without money, he attains power and strength without kinsfolk and finds intimacy in that which others find alienation towards. His desire when opening a surah for recitation will be When will I accede to the admonition contained within what I read? and his desire will not be When will I complete this surah?

His aspiration is none other than, When will I understand what Allah is addressing me with? When will I refrain (from committing sins?) and When will I take heed?’

This is because reciting the Qur’aan is worship and it is not to be done so in a state of heedlessness, and Allah is the one who grants the tawfeeq towards that.”

Sources: 

http://sistersfisibilillah.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/reciting-quran/

http://companionofquran.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/reciting-the-noble-quraan-and-contemplating-upon-it/

The love for the Holy Book and a determination to memorize it enabled a Saudi to overcome age and other barriers to fulfill a life’s ambition. Though he was above 70, Abdullah Muhammad Musa was able to memorize the Holy Qur’an and graduate with honors from the Qur’an Memorization Group for Adults at King Abdul Aziz Mosque here. He scored an average of 91 percent.
“When I was young, I memorized two chapters of the Holy Book but later forgot them completely, carried away by the cares of life,” Musa told Arab News. He, however, made it clear that his love for the Qur’an was always there and it was this love that pushed him to fulfill his dream at such an advanced age. He joined the special courses being held at mosques during the evenings for old men. “This gave old people like me and employees a chance to learn the Book of Allah,” he said. Musa said he began memorizing the Qur’an at King Abdul Aziz Mosque where he was able to learn 10 chapters by heart. “At first I faced great difficulty in pronunciation and Tajweed but was later able to overcome these problems,” he recalled.
He later joined the Qur’an memorization circle at Salah Karamah Mosque where he memorized all the 30 chapters of the Holy Book in two and a half years. “I used to memorize two to three pages every day during the day and in the evenings I would go to King Abdul Aziz Mosque to revise about two chapters of the Holy Book,” he said. Musa said without the encouragement and assistance from his wife and sons his quest to learn the Qur’an would have been unfulfilled. Despite his age, Musa walked daily for about six km from his house to the two mosques where he studied the Qur’an.
Muhammad Humaidan | Arab News JEDDAH:

Source: http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§… KEN=77460159

Last week’s Question

Last week’s question was on Soorah an-Naas. The question was regarding the connection between al-Waswaas or yuwaswisu and the actual action of whispering in real life, and the reason Allaah chose this particular word in terms of the characteristics.

The answer is:

The answer to this question is in the actual word al-Waswaas or yuwaswisu and if you read the comment left on last week’s post, you would know the correct answer already left by one of our readers. Try saying the word al-Waswaas or yuwaswisu several times, what do you hear? You will hear some ‘whispering’ sound coming from your mouth due to the letter ‘seen’. This is also the reason why each verse in this soorah ends with the letter ‘seen’. When one whispers into someone else’s ear, a person next to them will hear nothing but sounds of ‘seen’. So Allaah has chosen this particular word because of the voice characteristic that it contains and its relation to the meaning of this soorah.

This week’s Question

This week’s question is on Soorah az-Zukhruf – read the aayah (verse) and the question below:

وَهُوَ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاء إِلَهٌ وَفِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَهٌ وَهُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ

It is He (Allaah) Who is the only Ilaah (God to be worshipped) in the heaven and the only Ilaah (God to be worshipped) on the earth. And He is the All-Wise, the All-Knower. (Az-Zukhruf 43:84)

The question is:

Islaam is known for being the only religion that calls to pure tawheed (the oneness of Allaah) and this is what makes us distinct from all other religions since we worship Allaah, the One God. The orientalists used to try and find errors in the doctrine of Islaam, and especially to try find errors in the Qur’aan, and the above aayah (verse) is one of the so-called errors they claimed to have found. They stated that this verse clearly states that Muslims believe in two gods, one in the Heavens and the other on the Earth. And if they do believe in One God, then how is He is in the Heavens and on the Earth at the same time and if he is not then what does it mean by He is the God in the heaven and the God on the earth? How would you respond to them? And what would you use from the aayah (verse) as proof?