Abu Musa Ash'ari (Radhiyallaho anho) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) said, "Be watchful towards the Qur'an. I swear by Him in Whose hands my life is, that the Qur'an is apt to escape from the hearts more rapidly than do the camels from their strings."
If a man becomes neglectful in looking after an animal, and the animal frees itself from the halter, it will bolt away. Similarly if the Holy Qur'an is not looked after, it will not be remembered and will be forgotten. The fact that the Holy Qur'an gets committed to memory is a distinct miracle of the Book itself.Otherwise memorizing a book one-half or even one-third of its size not only difficult but well-nigh impossible. Therefore, the fact that the Holy Qur'an gets committed to memory is mentioned by Almighty Allah as a Divine favour in surah al-Qamar, where it is repeated over and over-
We have made the Qur'an easy for remembrance,So is there any one who will remember? The author of al-Jalalain writes that the interrogatory clause in this ayat is in fact an imperative one. Thus Almighty Allah has stressed over and over again the importance of memorizing the Qur'an, but if we Muslims are so perverse as to think that this act is useless and wasteful of time and energy, this blunder on our part is sufficient to justify our destruction. It is a matter of surprise indeed that, when 'Uzair (Alayhis salaam) reproduced the Torah from memory he was exalted to be called the "Son of God; "poor indeed is the regard that we have for the blessing and favour of Allah, that He has made the memorizing of the Glorious Qur'an easy for all of us (and not only for an individual as in the case of Torah). It is for such people that the Qur'an says:
And those who do wrong will come to know by what a (Great) reverse they will be over-turned!
It is merely thorough the grace and blessing of Almighty Allah that the Qur'an gets memorized, but afterwards, if a person neglects it, he is made to forget it. There are severe admonitions for those who forget the Glorious Qur'an after having learnt it. Rasulullah (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) is reported to have said,"The sins of my ummat were shown to me. I did not find any sin as great as that of forgetting the Holy Qur'an after having read it."In another hadith it is said that any one who forgets Qur'an after having read it, will appear in the Court of Allah as a leper. According to a riwaayat of Razeen (Rahmatullah alaih) in 'Jam'ul-Fawaa'id, the following ayat refer to it:
But whosoever turns away from My Massage, verily for him is a narrowed life and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Judgement. He shall say:" My Lord, why hast Thou raised me blind, and I was a seeing on eindeed."He will say,"Even so Our commandments came to thee, but thou didst neglects them; even thus shalt thou be forsaken today. "
-(Faza'il-e-a'mal)
If a man becomes neglectful in looking after an animal, and the animal frees itself from the halter, it will bolt away. Similarly if the Holy Qur'an is not looked after, it will not be remembered and will be forgotten. The fact that the Holy Qur'an gets committed to memory is a distinct miracle of the Book itself.Otherwise memorizing a book one-half or even one-third of its size not only difficult but well-nigh impossible. Therefore, the fact that the Holy Qur'an gets committed to memory is mentioned by Almighty Allah as a Divine favour in surah al-Qamar, where it is repeated over and over-
We have made the Qur'an easy for remembrance,So is there any one who will remember? The author of al-Jalalain writes that the interrogatory clause in this ayat is in fact an imperative one. Thus Almighty Allah has stressed over and over again the importance of memorizing the Qur'an, but if we Muslims are so perverse as to think that this act is useless and wasteful of time and energy, this blunder on our part is sufficient to justify our destruction. It is a matter of surprise indeed that, when 'Uzair (Alayhis salaam) reproduced the Torah from memory he was exalted to be called the "Son of God; "poor indeed is the regard that we have for the blessing and favour of Allah, that He has made the memorizing of the Glorious Qur'an easy for all of us (and not only for an individual as in the case of Torah). It is for such people that the Qur'an says:
And those who do wrong will come to know by what a (Great) reverse they will be over-turned!
It is merely thorough the grace and blessing of Almighty Allah that the Qur'an gets memorized, but afterwards, if a person neglects it, he is made to forget it. There are severe admonitions for those who forget the Glorious Qur'an after having learnt it. Rasulullah (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) is reported to have said,"The sins of my ummat were shown to me. I did not find any sin as great as that of forgetting the Holy Qur'an after having read it."In another hadith it is said that any one who forgets Qur'an after having read it, will appear in the Court of Allah as a leper. According to a riwaayat of Razeen (Rahmatullah alaih) in 'Jam'ul-Fawaa'id, the following ayat refer to it:
But whosoever turns away from My Massage, verily for him is a narrowed life and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Judgement. He shall say:" My Lord, why hast Thou raised me blind, and I was a seeing on eindeed."He will say,"Even so Our commandments came to thee, but thou didst neglects them; even thus shalt thou be forsaken today. "
-(Faza'il-e-a'mal)
