privileges of reciting the holy quran

The Holy Quran is the sole holy Book that has

remained unchanged, it is an unprecedented

moral code; it is a book that refutes atheism on

scientific evidence, a book that brings you closer

to the Creator. It talks to you, blames you,

sympathizes with you and guides you. It has a

strange healing power. Moreover, reciting it is

highly rewarded by God in this life and in the

afterlife. On the following slides, you will discover

some of the benefits of Quran

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Abu Umaamah (radiallaahu anhu)

reported that the Messenger of

Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam)

said: "Recite the Qur'an as it will

come on the Day of Judgment as an

intercessor for those who used to

memorize and recite it."[1]


Uthmaan bin Affaan (radiallaahu

anhu) reported that the

Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu

alaihi wasallam) said: "The best

amongst you is the one who learns

the Qur'aan and teaches it. "[2]


Aa'ishah (radiallaahu anhu) reported

that the Messenger of Allaah

(sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said:

"The one who recites the Qur'an and

is skilled in doing so will be with the

obedient and noble angels and the

one who recites the Qur'an in

hesitance due to difficulty will receive

a double reward."[3]


Abdullaah bin Mas'ood (radiallaahu

anhu) reported that the Messenger

(sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said:

"Whoever recites one letter from the

Book of Allaah then he will receive a

good reward, and every good deed is

rewarded with ten times its like. I do not

say that Alif Laam Meem is one word but

Alif is one word, Laam is one word and

Meem is one word."[4]


Abdullaah bin Amr ibn al-Aas reported that the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said: "It will be said to the one who had memorized the Qur'an [and acted upon it]: 'Recite the Qur'an (ascending the levels of Paradise thereby) and do so slowly and melodiously just as you used to recite slowly and melodiously in the world since your abode will be at the place where you finish reciting your last verse."[5]


Nawwaas bin Sam'aan (radiallaahu anhu) reported that the Messenger

of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said: "The Qur'an and its people, those who used to act upon it in the world, will be brought on the Day of Judgment. However, Sooratul-Baqarah and Sooratul-Imraan will precede them and argue in favour of those who memorized and recited these soorah's (in this life)."[6]


Umar ibn al-Khattaab (radiallaahu

anhu) reported that the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi

wasallam) said: "Verily, Allaah will

raise elevate some people by this

Book and He will degrade others

with it."[7]


Al-Bara' narrated: A man was reciting Surat Al-Kahf and his horse was tied with two ropes beside him. A cloud came down and spread over that man, and it kept oncoming closer

and closer to him till his horse started jumping (as if afraid of something). When it was morning, the man came to the Prophet, and told him of that experience. The Prophet said, "That was As-Sakina (tranquility) which descended because of (the recitation of) the Qur'an." [8]


and his horse was tied beside him ,the horse was suddenly startled and

troubled. When he stopped reciting ,the horse became quiet, and when he started again, the horse was startled again. Then he stopped reciting and

the horse became quiet too. He started reciting again and the horse was startled and troubled once again. Then he stopped reciting and his son, Yahya was beside the horse. He was afraid that the horse might trample on him. When he took the boy away and looked towards the sky, he could not see it. The next morning he informed the Prophet who said, "Recite, O Ibn Hudair! Recite, O Ibn Hudair !


"Ibn Hudair replied, "O Allah's Apostle! My son, Yahya was near the horse and I was afraid that it might trample on him, so I looked towards the sky, and went to him. Then I looked at the sky, I saw something like a cloud containing what looked like lamps, so I went out in order not to see it." The Prophet said, "Do you know what that was?" Ibn Hudair replied, "No." The Prophet said, "Those were Angels who came near to you for your voice and if you had kept on reciting till dawn, it would have remained there till morning when people would have seen it as it would not have disappeared." [9]


NOTES 1 Reported by Muslim

2 Reported by Bukhaaree3 Reported by Bukhaaree and Muslim4 This means it is equal to three letters and a person receives thirty rewards for reciting it. Reported by Tirmidhee5 Reported by Abu Daawood and Tirmidhee6 Reported by Muslim7 Reported by Muslim8 Reported by Bukhaaree

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