As-Sajdah
21-02-07, 10:31 PM
"The present work has been an attempt to present to the reader a glimpse of the power and beauty of the Qu'raan. There can be no doubt that the Qur'aan is the greatest miracle of the Prophet PBUH - a miracle that can be appreciated by all of mankind. Yet, despite the power and status of the Qur'aan, many Muslims are heedless of it.
It is distressing to see the Muslims of today have turned away from this great treasure that has been revealed to them - the very Speech of Allah. They have made the Qur'aan a sacred family heirloom; to be treasured in exotic and expensive covers, yet to be uninhibited by the best of all covers - their hearts; to be recited and listened to in the best and most melodious of voices, yet to ignore its meanings; to be placed high above all other objects in any room, yet to occupy the lowest station in their daily lives; to be read when a death has occurred, yet to be ignored by the living; to be written in the fanciest of scripts and on the most expensive of papers, yet to be heedless of its commandments and prohibitions.
"What is the matter with them, that they have turned away from the Rememberance?" [74:49]
"O Mankind! What has made you careless concerning your Lord, the Most Generous?" [82:6]
O Muslims! O Believers of the Qur'aan! Beware that you do not fall into those whom the Prophet PBUH will complain about to his Lord on the Day of Judgement:
"And the Messenger (will) say: "O My Lord, indeed my people took this Qu'raan as something worthy of being abandoned!" [25:30]
The Scholar Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (d. 758 AH) said,
There are various types of the 'abandonment' of the Qur'aan:
1) To abandon listening to it and believing in it.
2) To abandon acting upon it, and ignoring its lawful and prohibited
ordinances (halaal and haraam), even if one believes in it and recites it.
3) To abandon judging by it, and resorting to it as a judge when there are differences in the essence of religion or other matters.
4) To abandon pondering over it, and understanding it, and seeking the explanation of it.
5) To abandon using it as a cure in all types of diseases of the heart, and instead to seek to cure these diseases by other means.
And all of these categories are included in the statement of Allah:
"And the Messenger(will) say: "O My Lord, indeed my people took this Qu'raan as something worthy of being abandoned!" " [25:30]
even though some of these types of abandonment are worse than others.
How many of these abandonments are we guilty of?
O Muslims! Have you not read the outcome of the one who turns away from the Qur'aan?
"And whoever turns away from My Rememberance (the Qur'aan), for him is a life of hardship, and We shall raise him up, on the Day of Judgement, blind. He will say, 'O My Lord! Why have you resurrected me blind, when I used to see (in this world)?' Allah will respond, 'Likewise (in this manner), Our verses came to you, but you ignored them. And, likewise, today you shall be ignored'" [20:124-126]
The one who was blessed with sight, but turned away from the light and guidance of the Qu'raan, deserves that his sight be snatched away from him, for of what use was it? If his sight was blind to the light of the Qur'aan, then, on the Day of Judgment, it shall be blind to all else.
"And whoever is blind in this world (to the Qur'aan), then he will be blind on the Day of Judgment, and even more astray!" [17:72]
The Prophet PBUH said, "Indeed, Allah will honour people (i.e., in this world and the Hereafter) by this Book, and He will debase others by it" [Muslim].
There are only two categories of people when it comes to the Qur'aan; those that will be honoured because of it, and those that will be humiliated because of it. The Prophet PBUH also said, "Whoever puts (the Qur'aan) ahead of him, it will lead him to Paradise; and whoever throws it behind him, it will drag him into Hell". [at-Tabaraani]
Which of these two categories do you wish to be in? "
(4gv me for any Typos)
This is an extract from the book:
"An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur'aan - Abu Ammar Yasir Qadhi" , Pg 393-395 , 2 pages out of 424!
This is a OUTSTANDING book Masha'Allah, I highly recommend to everyone!
http://www.ummah.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1664187&postcount=653 (http://www.ummah.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1664187&postcount=653)
It is distressing to see the Muslims of today have turned away from this great treasure that has been revealed to them - the very Speech of Allah. They have made the Qur'aan a sacred family heirloom; to be treasured in exotic and expensive covers, yet to be uninhibited by the best of all covers - their hearts; to be recited and listened to in the best and most melodious of voices, yet to ignore its meanings; to be placed high above all other objects in any room, yet to occupy the lowest station in their daily lives; to be read when a death has occurred, yet to be ignored by the living; to be written in the fanciest of scripts and on the most expensive of papers, yet to be heedless of its commandments and prohibitions.
"What is the matter with them, that they have turned away from the Rememberance?" [74:49]
"O Mankind! What has made you careless concerning your Lord, the Most Generous?" [82:6]
O Muslims! O Believers of the Qur'aan! Beware that you do not fall into those whom the Prophet PBUH will complain about to his Lord on the Day of Judgement:
"And the Messenger (will) say: "O My Lord, indeed my people took this Qu'raan as something worthy of being abandoned!" [25:30]
The Scholar Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (d. 758 AH) said,
There are various types of the 'abandonment' of the Qur'aan:
1) To abandon listening to it and believing in it.
2) To abandon acting upon it, and ignoring its lawful and prohibited
ordinances (halaal and haraam), even if one believes in it and recites it.
3) To abandon judging by it, and resorting to it as a judge when there are differences in the essence of religion or other matters.
4) To abandon pondering over it, and understanding it, and seeking the explanation of it.
5) To abandon using it as a cure in all types of diseases of the heart, and instead to seek to cure these diseases by other means.
And all of these categories are included in the statement of Allah:
"And the Messenger(will) say: "O My Lord, indeed my people took this Qu'raan as something worthy of being abandoned!" " [25:30]
even though some of these types of abandonment are worse than others.
How many of these abandonments are we guilty of?
O Muslims! Have you not read the outcome of the one who turns away from the Qur'aan?
"And whoever turns away from My Rememberance (the Qur'aan), for him is a life of hardship, and We shall raise him up, on the Day of Judgement, blind. He will say, 'O My Lord! Why have you resurrected me blind, when I used to see (in this world)?' Allah will respond, 'Likewise (in this manner), Our verses came to you, but you ignored them. And, likewise, today you shall be ignored'" [20:124-126]
The one who was blessed with sight, but turned away from the light and guidance of the Qu'raan, deserves that his sight be snatched away from him, for of what use was it? If his sight was blind to the light of the Qur'aan, then, on the Day of Judgment, it shall be blind to all else.
"And whoever is blind in this world (to the Qur'aan), then he will be blind on the Day of Judgment, and even more astray!" [17:72]
The Prophet PBUH said, "Indeed, Allah will honour people (i.e., in this world and the Hereafter) by this Book, and He will debase others by it" [Muslim].
There are only two categories of people when it comes to the Qur'aan; those that will be honoured because of it, and those that will be humiliated because of it. The Prophet PBUH also said, "Whoever puts (the Qur'aan) ahead of him, it will lead him to Paradise; and whoever throws it behind him, it will drag him into Hell". [at-Tabaraani]
Which of these two categories do you wish to be in? "
(4gv me for any Typos)
This is an extract from the book:
"An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur'aan - Abu Ammar Yasir Qadhi" , Pg 393-395 , 2 pages out of 424!
This is a OUTSTANDING book Masha'Allah, I highly recommend to everyone!
http://www.ummah.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1664187&postcount=653 (http://www.ummah.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1664187&postcount=653)