Daily Archives: August 7, 2010

Making the Quran a source of Livelihood

August 7, 2010   Islam
Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) as saying: "Recite the Holy Quran to seek the pleasure of Allah before a people will come into existence who will observe formalities in the recitation of Quran, make haste and do not recite properly with a pause." [Abu Dawud transmitted it.] A similar tradition is reported on the authority Sahl bin Sa'd in Sunan of Abu Dawud. He (Sahl Sa'd) said: Once 'Imran (Allah be pleased with him) happened to pass by a preacher who recited the Holy Quran and then begged of the people. 'Imran (Allah be pleased with him) grieved to see this painful sight and recited Read more ...
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In Love with the Word

August 7, 2010   Islam, Politics & News, The Holy Quran
In Love with the Word It never ceases to intrigue us when we actually meet a hafiz. Someone who has committed the entire Quran to memory, word for word. "But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?" (Surah Al Qamar 54:22) One of the miracles of the Quran, is the ease with which it is memorised by young and old. In the month of Ramadan, the Jibreel (AS) would visit the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) every night to rehearse the Quran with him. During the last Ramadan the whole Quran was rehearsed twice. The oral tradition has always been the primary Read more ...
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