Hadhrat ' Umar ( Radhiyallaho anho )

Hadhrat ' Umar ( Radhiyallaho anho ) narrates that Rasullullah ( Sallallaho alaihe wasallam ) said :"Allah exalts many people by means ofthis Book ( the Holy Qur'an ), and He also degrades and disgraces many others by of the same."People who believe in the Holy Book and act upon it are given by Allah position of honour and respect, both in this life as well as in theHereafter, while those who do not act upon it disgraced by Allah. This principle is also borne out by the various ayaat of the Holy Qur'an.At one place it reads:"He misleads many by this Book and guides many thereby."At another place we came across:"And We send down in the Qur'an that which is a healing and mercy for believers, though it increases for the evil-doers naught save ruin."The Prophet ( Sallallaho alaihe wasallam ) is also reported to have said;"Many hypocrites of this Ummat will be the qurraa,i.e., those who recite the Qur'an correctly." In 'Ihya-ui-Ulum' it is reported from some Mashaa ' ikh," As soon as a man start reading a surah (chapter ofthe Holy Qur'an), the Angels start invoking mercy for him and they continue to do so till he stops reading; on the contrary another personstarts reading a surah and the Angels start cursing him and theycontinue to do so till he completes the reading." ( FAZA'IL-E-A'MAAL )

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such is the speciality of the Qur'an. Some physians say that citron stengthens the memory and it isreported in 'Ihya' by Hadhrat Ali ( Radhiyallaho anho ) that three things, i, e, cleaning the teeth withmiswak, fasting and reding the Holy Qur'an strengthen the memory. In the book of Abu Dawood, it is mentioned at the conclusion of the hadith given above that a good companion is like a person having musk. Even if you do not get musk, you will at least enjoyits fragrance. An evil companion is like a person with a furnace, near whom, even if you do not getblackened, you certainly cannot avoid the smoke. It is therefore, important that one should be verycareful in choosing hid companions, with whom he has to mix generally. ( FAZA'IL-E-A'MAAL )

HADHRAT ABU MUSA ( RADHIYALLAHO ANHO )

  Hadhrat abu Musa ( Radhiyallaho anho ) narrated that Rasulullah ( Sallallaho alaihe wasallam ) said :"The example of a mo'min ( beliver ) eho reads the Qur'an is like that of citron which has a pleasantsmell and a sweet taste. The example of a mo'min who does not read the Qur'an is like that of a date,which has no smell, though its taste is sweet. The munafiq ( hypocrite ) who does not read theQur'an is the like a wild gourd, which has a bitter taste and no smell, and the munafiq who readsthe Qur'an is like a raihan ( sweetsmelling flower ), which is fragrant but has a bitter taste." In this hadith an abstract quality of reading the Glorious Qur'an, has been compared to concreteobjects in order to illustrate the difference between reading and not reading the Holy Qur'an.Otherwise it is obvious that material objects of this world like citrons and dates cannot match thesweetness and perfume of the Qur'an. There are, however, special points in this similitude, whichpertain to the deep knowledge of the Prophets and testify to the vast understanding of Rasulullah( Sallallaho alaihe wasallam ). Consider, for example, the citron, which gives flavour to the mouth,cleans the stomach and stimulates digestion. These are the qualities specially associated with thereading of the Qur'an since, fragrance in the mouth, internal purity and spirtual strength result fromreading the Qur'an. It also said that if there is citre in the house, no jinn can enter it.If it is true, thensuch is