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said, "They were the angels who had come close to your voice. If you had
continued to recite, morning would have begun with people looking at them
without their concealing themselves."
The version in Muslim has: 'That thing (the canopy) went up into the atmosphere'
instead of 'I went out' in the first person pronoun.1
COMMENTARY: The horse was alarmed on seeing the angels who disappeared when
Sayyiduna Usayd رضى الله عنه paused.
About the Prophet Muhammad's صلى الله عليه وسلم words translated 'you ought to have continued
reciting ... ' (et), Ibn Majar au, said that they mean; 'You should recite it always referring
to surah al-Baqarah. 'If the same things happens again when you recite it, do not stop but
continue to recite.'
However, Teebi als, said that these words are in the past tense and the reply that he was
afraid for his son justifies the translation, 'you ought to have continued ... '
RECITATION BRINGS MERCY
(٢١١٧) وَعَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ كَاتَ رَجُلْ يَقْرَأُ سُوْرَةً الْكَهْفِ وَإِى جَانِهِ حِصَاْ مَرُبُوُظٌ بِشَطَنَيْنِ فَتَفَشَّتْهُ
سَحَابَةٌ فَجَعَلَتْ تَدْنُوْ وَتَدُنُؤْ وَجَعَلَ فَرَسُهُ يَنْفِرُ فَلَنَّأَ أَصْبَحَ أَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ
فَقَالَ تِلْكَ السّكِيْنَةُ تَنَّزَّلَتْ بِالْقُرْانٍ - (متفق عليه)
2117. Sayyiduna Al-Bar usan+, narrated that a man was reciting surah al-kahf while
a horse was tied with two ropes at his side. A cloud overshadowed him and
approached him getting nearer and nearer to him. His horse was alarmed (and
صلى الله عليه وسلم began to jump). When it was morning, he met the Prophet Muhammad
and mentioned that to him. He said, 'That was t he sakinah that descended because
of the Quran."2 (Sakinah is tranquility.)
COMMENTARY: Sakinah is peace of mind that purifies the heart and removes the
darkness of the heart. Thought it is not tangible or perceptible by touch yet it does show
itself sometimes as a mass.
MERIT OF SURAH AL-FATIHAH (CHAPTER)
(٢١١٨) وَعَنْ أَبٍ سَعِيْدٍ بُنِ الْمُعَلَّى قَالَ كُنْتُ أُصَلّى فِي الْتَسْجِدِ فَدَقَانِ النَّبِىُّ صَلَّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ أُجِبُهُ
◌َُّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللّهِ إِى كُنْتُ أُصَلِى قَالَ آَلَمْ يَقُلِ اللّهُ اسْتَجِئْبُوْا لِلّهِ وَ لِلرَّسُوْلِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ ثُؤَّ قَالَ
أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ أَعْظَمَ سُؤْرَةٍ فِى الْقُرْانَ قَبْلَ آَنْ تَّخْرُجَ مِنَّ الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَخَذَّ بِيَدِىٌ فَلَمَّا أَرَدْنَا أَنْ تَخْرُجَ قُلْتُ
يَا رَسُوْلَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ قُلْتَ لَأُعَلِّمَنَّكَ أَعْتَلِمَ سُؤْرَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْانْ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ رَتِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ هِىَ السَّبْعُ
الْمَقَانِ وَالْقُرْاُ الْعَظِيْمُ الَّذِىُ أُوْتِيْتُه- (رواه البخارى)
2118. Sayyiduna Abu Sa'eed ibn Mu'alla usan +, said that he was engaged in salah
(prayer) in the mosque when the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم called him, so he
1 Bukhari # 5018, Musim # 242-796.
2 Bukhari # 5011, Muslim # 795, Tirmidhi # 2894, Musnad Ahmad 4-281.
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did not give him an answer. Then he went to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah,
I was offering salah (prayer) (so could not come then)." He asked, "Does not Allah
say; 'Respond to Allah and to the Messenger when the Messenger calls you .? " Then,
he asked, "Shall I not teach you the greatest surah in the Quran before you go out of
the mosque?" He then took him by the hand, and as they were about to go out, he
reminded him." O Messenger of Allah, you had said to me that you would teach me
the greatest surah in the Quran." He said, (الحمد للهرب العلمين) (surah 1:107). It is the seven
aft-repeated and the mighty Quran ( high,all) that has been given to me."1
COMMENTARY: The words, 'Respond to Allah and to the Messenger ... ' are from the
Quran (8:24). This means that if any one offering salah (prayer) responds to the Prophet
Muhammad (,,làLo then his salah (prayer) will not become void. It is like addressing the
Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم while offering the salah (prayer).
Surah al-Fatihah (chapter) may be brief but its benefit and meanings are unlimited. Some
saintly men did say that everything in the previous heavenly Books is found in the Quran
and everything in the Quran is found in al-Fatihah (chapter) and whatever is in surah ul-
.(بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم) fatihah is found in. the basmalah
The seven verses are often repeated in the salah (prayer) and they are surah al-Fatihah
(chapter). The mighty Quran also refers to surah al-Fatihah (chapter). In terms of meaning
and benefits, it is a great part of the Quran, so it is called the mighty Quran.
EXCELLENCE OF SURAH AL-BAQARAH
(٢١١٩) وَعَرْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةً قَالَ قَالَ تَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا تَجْعَلُوا بُيُوْتَكُمْ مَقَابِرَ إِنَّ الشَّيْظِنَ
يَنْفِرُ مِنَّ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِئْ يُقْرَأُ فِيْهِسُؤْرَةُ الْبَّقَرَةِ- (رواه مسلم)
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah .2119
said, "Do not turn your homes into graveyards. The devil flees from the house in
which surah al-Baqarah is recited."2
COMMENTARY: Graveyards are places where w3orship is not practiced, If the same thing
is done at home, then they are like graveyards and their dwellers are like the dead who do
not engage in worship. Recitation of the Quran, particularly al-Baqarah, attracts Allah's
mercy and preserves from the devil's mischief. Surah al-Baqarah has Allah's attributes and
many commands too.
THE QURAN AS INTERCESSOR
(٢١٢٠) وَعَنْ أَبِ أُمَامَةً قَالَ سَمِعْتُ تَسُولَ اللّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُوْلُ اقْرَأُوا الْقُرْاَ فَإِنَّهِ يَأْنِ يَوْمَـ
الْقِيَامَةِ شَفِيْهَا لِأَصْحَابِهِ اقْرَأُوا الزَّاهْرَاوَيْنِ الْبَقَرَةَ وَسُؤْرَةَ الٍ عِمْرَانَ فَإِنَّهُمَا تَأْتِيَاَ يَوْمِّ الْقِيَامَةِ
كَّهُمَّا غَمَا مَتَانٍ أَوْغَايَتَانٍ أَوْفِرُفَّانٍ مِنْ طَيْرٍ صَوَافَّ تُحَالَّانٍ عَنْ أَصْكَابِهِمَا اقْرَأُوا سُوْرَةً
الْبَقَّرَةِ فَإِنَّ اخُذَهَا بَرَكَةٌ وَتَرُكَهَا حَسْرَةٌ وَلَا يَسْتَطِيْمُهَا الْبَطَّلَةُ(رواه مسلم)
صلى narrated that he heard Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu Umamah .2120
1 Bukhari # 5006, Tirmidhi # 2875, Nasai'i # 913, Musnad Ahmad 4-211.
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tle à say, "Recite the Quran, for on the day of resurrection it will come as an
intercessor for its companions (meaning, those who recite it constantly). Recite the
two radiant surahs, al-Baqarah and surah Aal Imran, for, on the day of resurrection,
they will come as though two clouds or two shades or two flocks of birds in rows
arguing for their companions (who recite them constantly). Recite surah al-Baqarah,
for, being constant with it results in blessings but neglecting it will cause regret,
And, the false and lethargic are unable to recite it."1
COMMENTARY: Teebi , explained that shade is provided in three ways according to
those who recite these surahs, recite and understand them, and (recite, understand and)
teach others too.
(٢١٢١) وَعَنِ الثَّوَاسِ بْنِ سَمْعَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَِّيَّ عَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ يُؤْثَى بِالْقُرْآنٍ يَوْمٌ
الْقِيْمَةِ وَأَهْلُهُ الَّذِيْنَ كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ بِهِ تَقْدُمُهُ سُوْرَةُ الْبَقَّرَةِ وَالٍ عِمْرَانَ كَأَنَّهُمَا غَمَا مَتَانٍ أَوْنُلَّتَانٍ
سَوْدَاوَانٍ بَيْتَهُمَا شَرُقْ أَوْ كَأَهُمَا فِرْقَانٍ مِنْ طَيْرٍ صَوَافَ تُحَاجَّانٍ عَنْ صَاحِبِهِمَا (رواه مسلم)
2121. Sayyiduna An-Nawwas ibn Sam'ran said that he heard the Prophet
Muhammad ,tlc à . say. "On the day of resurrection, the Quran and its people
who abided by it will be brought, surah al-Baqarah and Aal Imran will lead the
Quran, as though two black clouds or two canopies. There will be light between
them. Or, they will be as though two flocks of birds in rows. They will dispute for
their companion (who recited them both)."2
COMMENTARY: This hadith (tradition) is evidence that only those who abide by the
Quran are its people for whom it will intercede. The Quran will perhaps be given a form.
The light between them is said by some to mean the basmalah(~ low la .~ ).
AAYAT UL KURSI IS THE GREATEST VERSE.
(٢١٢٢) وَعَنْ أُنَ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَتَدْرِى أَّ أَيَّةٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللّهِ
تَعَالِى مَعَكَ أَعْلَمُ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُوْلُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ آَتَدْرِى أَّ أَيَّةٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالى مَعَكَ أَعْظَهُ
قُلْتُ اللّهُ لَ إِلهَ إِلَّ هُوَالْحُّ الْقَيُّوُمُ قَالَ فَضَرَبَ فِى صَدُرِىٌ وَقَالَ لِيَهْنِكَ الْعِلُهُيَا آَمَا الْمُنْذِرِ - (رواه مسلم)
صلى الله عليه وسلم said that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Ubayy ibn Ka'b .2122
asked him, "O Abu al Mundhir, do you know which verse of Allah's Book is the
greatest in your sight?" He said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." (But)
Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم asked him again, "O Abu al-Mundhir, do you
know which verse of the Book of Allah,, the Exalted, is the greatest in your
sight?" He said (this time) (ْاللّهُ لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَالْحَى الْقَيُّوُم) (otherwise 255 of al-Baqarah)." He
patted him on his chest and commanded him, "May knowledge be beneficial for
you, O Abu al-Mundhir!"3
COMMENTARY: This verse is the aayat ul kursi. It asserts the unity of God, It speaks of
1 Muslim # 252-804, Musnad Ahmed 4.154.
2 Muslim # 253-805, Tirmidhi # 2883, Darimi # 3391, Musnad Ahmad 5-361.
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Allah's Greatness and mentions His attributes.
(٢١٢٣) وَعَنْ أَبِيْ هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ وَتََّنِيْ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ محِفْظِ زَكَاةِ رَمَضَانَ فَآتَانِی اتٍ
فَجَعَلَ يَحْفُوُ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ فَأَخَذْتُهُ وَقُلْتُ لَأَرْ فَعَنَّكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِّعْ مُحْتَاجٌ وَعَلَىَّ
◌ِيَّالْ وَلِيْ حَاجَةٌ شَدِيْدَةٌ قَالَ فَخَلَّتُ عَنْهُ فَأَصْبَحْتُ فَقَالَ النَّبِىُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا أَبَاهُرَيُرَةَ مَا فَعَلَ
اسِيُكَ الْبَارِحَةَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللّهِ شَكَا حَاجَةٌ شَدِيْدَةً وَعِيَالًا فَرَحِمْتُهُ فَخَلَّيْتُ سَبِيْلَهُ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ
كَذَّبَكَ وَسَيَئُودُ فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيُوْدُ لِقَوْلِ رَسُوْلِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّهُ سَيَهُوْهُ فَرَصَدُتُّهُ فَجَاءِ يَحْفُوُ
مِنَ الطَّعَامِ فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لَأَرْ فَعَنَّكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ دَعْنِى فَإِنِّى مُحْتَاجٌ وَعَلَّىَّ
عِيَّالْ لَا أَعُوْدُ فَرَحِمْتُهُ فَخَلَّيْتُ سَبِيْلَهُ فَأَصْبَحْتُ فَقَالَ لِيْ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا أَبَاهُرَيْرَةَ مَا
فَعَلَ اسِيْرُكَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِشَكَا حَاجَةٌ شَدِيْدَةٌ وَعِيَالًا فَرَحِمْتُهُ فَخَلَّيْتُ سَبِيْلَةٍ فَقَالَ آَمَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ كَذَبَّكَ
وَسَيَكُوْدُ فَرَصَدُتُّهُ فَجَاء يَحْتُؤْ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ فَأَخَذُّتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لَأَرْ فَعَنَّكَ إِلَى رَسُوْلِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
وَهُذَا أَخِرُ ثَلَاثٍ مَرَّاتٍ إِنَّكَ تَزْعَهُ لَا تَكُوْدُ ثُمَّ تَهُوْدُ قَالَ دَعْنِى أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ يَنْفَعُكَ اللَّهُ بِهَا إِذَا آَوَيْتَ
إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ فَاقْرَأُ أَيَّةَّ الْكُرْسِيِّ اللّهُ لَا إِلهَ إِلَّ هُوَ الْخِىُّ الْقَيُُّمُ حَتَّى تَخْتِمَ الْأَيَّةَ فَإِنَّكَ لَنْ يَزَالَ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ
اللَّهِ حَافِظٌ وَلَا يَقْرَبُكَ شَيْطَانْ حَتَّى تُضُبِحَ فَخَلَّيْتُ سَبِيْلَةٍ فَأَصْبَحْتُ فَقَالَ لِيْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ مَا فَعَلَ أَسِيْرُكَ قُلْتُ زَّعَمَ أَنَّهُ يُعَلِّمُنِ كَلِمَاتٍ يَنْفَهُنِى اللهُ بِهَا قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّه صَدَقَّكَ وَهُوَ كَذُوُبٌ
وَتَعْلَمُ مَنْ تُخَاطِبُ مُنْذُ ثَلَاثِ لَيَالٍ قُلْتُ لَّا قَالَ ذَاكَ شَيْطَاٌ (رواه البخارى)
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated: Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah .2123
assigned to me the charge of the zakah of Ramadan (which is sadaqah (charity) of
eed ul fitr). Someone came to me and began to collect handfuls of food (in his
صلى الله عليه vessel). I seized him and said to him, "I will take you to Allah's Messenger
). He pleaded, "I am needy with children and family dependent on me. I am very
needy. "I let him go. In the morning, the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم asked me,
"What happened to your captive of last night, O Abu Hurayrah?" (Allah had
informed him). I said, "O Messenger of Allah, he complained to me of his dire need
and dependent children, so I was sorry for him and let him go." He said, "Beware!
He has lied to you and will come back.' I was sure that he would return because
Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم had said so. Hence, I waited for him. He arrived and
began to collect handfuls of food. I caught him and told him that I would certainly
take him to Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم. He pleaded that I should let him go, for,
he was needy and had children who depended on him. He assured me that he
would not return. So, I felt sorry for him and released him. In the morning. Allah's
Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم asked me about my captive and I informed him of what had
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would return. I wait ed for him as he came and collected handfuls of food, I aught
him and said that I would definitely take him to Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم since
this was the third time that he asserted that he would not return, but he always did.
He pleaded, "Let me go. I shall teach you some words whereby Allah will benefit
you. When you go to your bed notice the aayat ul kursi (ُالله لا إلهَ إلَّ هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّوم) to the end of
the verse. Then, a guardian from Allah will watch over you and no evil will
approach you will morning." I let him go once again. In the morning. Allah's
Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم asked me, "What happened to your captive?" I said that he
taught me some words whereby he assured me that Allah would benefit me. He
said, "Certainly, he told you the truth but he is a liar otherwise, indeed. Are you
aware who you have been talking to those three nights?" I said, "No," and he said,
"He was the devil. (He had come to rob the property of sadaqah (charity))"1
MERIT OF AL-FATIHAH (CHAPTER) & LAST VERSES OF AL-BAQARAH
(٢١٢٤) وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا جِبْرِئِلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَاعِدْ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَمِعَ نَّقِيًُّا مِنْ
فَوْقِهِ فَرَفَةَ رَأُّسَهُ فَقَالَ هُذَا بَابٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فُتِحَ الْيَوْمّ لَمْ يُفْتَعُ فَتٌ إِلَّ الْيَوْمَ فَنَزَّلَ مِنَّهُ مَلَكْ فَقَالَ هُذَا
مَلَكْ نَزّلَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ لَمْ يَنْزِلُ قَتٌ إِلَّ الْيَوْمَ فَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَبْشِرُ بِئُوْرَيْنٍ أُوْتِيْتَهُمَا لَمْ يُؤَّمُمَا نَبِىٌّ قَبْلَكَ
فَاتِحَةُ الْكِتَابِ وَخَوَاتِيْمُ سُوْرَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ لَنْ تَقْرَأَ بِحَرُفٍ مِنْهُمَا إِلَّا أُعْطِيْتَّه (رواه مسلم)
2124. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas رضى الله عنه said that Jibril (gabriel) عليه السلام was sitting with
the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and he heard a creaking sound from above
him (of a door opening). He raised his head and said, "This is a door of the
heaven that is opened today. It was not opened until today." An angel descended
from it. Jibril (gabriel) plate said, "This angel has come down to earth. He had
never come down till today." He offered salaam (greetings to the Prophet
Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and said, "Glad tidings to you for two lights that have
been granted to you as have never been granted to any Prophet Muhammad a.
que you; fatihat ul kitab (surah al Fatihah) and the last verses of surah al
Baqarah. For every letter (word) of them that you recite, you will be given the
reward thereof, of your prayer will be answered."2
COMMENTARY: Surah al-Fatihah (chapter) and al-Baqarah's verses will lead their reciters
with light on the day of resurrection.
The last verses of surah al-Baqarah begin from (ِبِهِ مَا فِى الشَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِى الأَرْض) to the end of the surah
(the final ruku). The prayers in these readings will be answered and the words will fetch
reward on reading them. The letter in hadith stands for words (zale).
(٢١٢٥) وَعَنْ أَبٍ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اَلْأَيَتَانٍ مِنْ آخِرِ سُوْرَةِ الْبَقَّرَةِ مَنْ
قَرَأَبِهِمَا فِي لَيْلَةٍ كَفَتَاه(متفق عليه)
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud .2125
1 Bukhari # 2311.
2 Muslim # 254-806, Nasai'i # 912.
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said, "The two verses at the end of surah al-Baqarah are enough for one who recites
them at night."1
COMMENTARY: These verses are enough to preserve the reciter from the mischief of men
and jinn. Or. They are enough to replace standing in prayer at night.
MEMORIZING FIRST TEN VERSES OF AL-KAHF
(٢١٢٦) وَعَنْ أَبِ الدَّرْدَاء قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللّهِ صَلَّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ حَفَظَ عَشْرَ إِيَاتٍ مِنْ آَقَلِ سُؤْرَةٍ
الْكَهُفِ عُصِمَ مِنَ الذَّجَّالِ (رواه مسلم)
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu ad-Darda .2126
said, "He who memorizes ten verses at the beginning of surah al-Kahf will be
protected from the dajjal (the great deceiver) ."2
COMMENTARY: The dajjal (the great deceiver) could be the one who will appear near the
last Hour, or every liar and fraud who troubles the people.
The version of Tirmidhi (# 2146) to follow mention any one who> recites three verses of al-
kahf. Scholars say that while this hadith means one who will meet the dajjal (the great
deceiver) will be safe from him, the next one (# 2146) mean one who does not encounter
him will be safe. The trial be severe if one encounters the dajjal (the great deceiver) more
than if one does not encounter him.
MERIT OF SURAH AL-IKHLAS
(٢١٢٧-٢١٢٨) وَعَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ آَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُ كُمْ أَرْ يَقْرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ ثُلُثَ
الْقُرْانٍ قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ يَقْرَأُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْأنِ قَالَ قُلُ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدْ تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْأنِ - رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمْ وَ
رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِىُّ عَنْ آَبِئْ سَعِيُپٍ۔
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu ad-Darda .2127
asked, "Can any of you be unable to recite one third of the Quran in a night?" They
(the sahabah) w >, asked, "How may one third of the Quran be recited?" He
explained that (is tan si ji) (surah al-Ikhlas) stands for one third of the Quran.3
2128. Sayyiduna Abu Sa'eed +, narrated that (the same hadith).4
COMMENTARY: Basically, the topics of the Quran are the three kinds:
I.
Stories of the past.
II.
Commands.
III.
Monotheism.
The unity of Allah is mentioned in Surah al-Ikhlas in a very strong and eloquent manner ..
The gist of tawhid (or monotheism) mentioned in the Quran is found in surah al-ikhlas.
Reciting it is like reciting one third Quran.
Some scholars say that the reward of surah al-Ikhlas is multiplied to be equivalent to that of
1 Bukhari # 4008, Muslim # 255-807, Tirmidhi # 2881, Ibn Majah # 1368, Darimi # 3388, Musnad
Ahmad 4-118.
2 Muslim # 257-309, Abu Dawud # 4323, Tirmidhi # 2886, Musnad Ahmad 5-196.
3 Muslim # 259-811, Abu Dawud # 1461, Tirmidhi # 2896, Nasai'i # 996.
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one third of the Quran.
(٢١٢٩) وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ آَّ النَّيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَ رَجُلًا عَلَى سَرِيَّةٍ وَكَاتَ يَقْرَأُ لِضْحَابِهِ فِى
صَلَاقِمْ فَيَخْتِمُ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللّهُ أَحَدْ فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوْا ذَكَّرُوا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ سَلُوُهُ لِآَيّ
شَىْءٍ يَصْنَّعُ ذُلِكَ فَسَأَلُوْهِ فَقَالَ لِأََّا صِفَةُ الرَّحْمنِ وَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَقْرَأَهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِىُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
اخْبِرُؤُهِ آَّ اللَّهُ يُحِيُّه (متفق عليه)
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that the Prophet Muhammad رضى الله عنها Sayyiduna Ayshah .2129
sent a man as amir (commander) of an expedition. (He also was their imam.) During
the salah (prayer), when he recited for his men, he finished it with (asian gh ji) (Surah
al-Ikhlas). When they returned, they mentioned it to the Prophet Muhammad at.
dythe who instructed them to ask him why he did so. When they asked him, he
said, "Because it is a description of Rahman (the compassionate) and I love to recite
it (with the unity of God)." The Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said, 'Inform him
that Allah loves him."1
COMMENTARY: In the last raka'sh of every salah (prayer), he recited al-Ikhlas with surah
al-Fatihah (chapter). However, Ibn Hajar als, explained that in every raka'ah (complete
part of a prayer), he recited surah al-Ikhlas either with surah al-Fatihah (chapter) alone or
with surah al-Fatihah (chapter) and another surah. The first explanation is more plausible
because all the ulama (Scholars) say that in this case, the salah (prayer) is correctly offered
without distaste.
(٢١٣٠) وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ إِّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللّهِ إِّ أُحِبُّ هذِهِ السُّوْرَةَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدْ قَالَ إِكَّ
حُبَّكَ إِيَّاهَا أَدْخَلَكَ الْجِنَّةَ - رَوَاءُ التِّرْ مِذِىُّ وَرَوَى الْبُخَارِىُّ معناه.
2130. Sayyiduna Anas us à >, narrated that a man submitted. "O Messenger of
Allah, I love this surah (al-Ikhlas) (فَلْ هُوَ اللّهَ آخد)." (He meant that he recited it often.) He
said, "Surely, your love for it will admit you to paradise."2
MERIT OF MU'AWWATAYN
(٢١٣١) وَعَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اَلَمْ تَرَايَاتٍ أُنْزِلَتِ اللَّيْلَةَّ لَمْ يُرَ
مِثْلُهُنَّ قَتٌ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَقُلُ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ- (رواه مسلم)
صلى الله عليه narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Uqbah ibn Aamir .2131
, said, "Very excellent verses have been revealed tonight. Their like has not been
seen! They are: (ِقُلْ أَعُوذُبِرَبِّ الْفَلَق) and (ِقُلْ أَغْوِ ذْبِرَتِّ النَّاس) (al-Falaq and an-Naas)."3
AL-IKHLAS TO THE MU'AWWATAYN BEFORE RETIRING
(٢١٣٢) وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَّ النَِّيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَاتَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلِى فِرَاشِهِ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ جَمَّةَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُؤَّ نَفَثَ
1 Bukhari # 7375, Muslim # 263-813, Nasai'i # 993.
2 Tirmidhi # 2901, Bukhari # 7748.
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فِيْهِمَا فَقَرَأَ فِيْهِمَا قُلُ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدْ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَتِّ الْفَلَقِ وَقُلُ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ ثُمَّ يَمْسَعُ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاءً
مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَبْدَأُ بِهِمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ وَمَا أَقْبُلَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَفْعَلُ ذُلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ مُتَّفَقٌّ عَلَيْهِ وَسَنَذْكُرُ
حَدِيْثَ ابْنِ مَسْكُوْدٍ لَمَّا أُسْرِىٌ بِرَسُوْلِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي بَابِ الْمِعْرَاجِ إِنْشَاء اللّهُ تَعَالى-
2132. Sayyidah Ayshah q >, narrated that on retiring every night to his bed, the
Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم put his hands together and breathed into them.
Then he recited (قُلْ أغوذُ بِرَتِ الْفَلَقِ) ,(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهَ أَخَذ) and (ِقُلْ أَغوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاس) (al-Ikhlas, al-Flaq and al-
Naas). Then, he wiped his body as for as he could reach his hands. He began with
his head, his face and the front of his body. He did it three times (meaning the
whole exercise and after the front of his body, he wiped the rest of it).1
COMMENTARY: He first breathed into his hands and then recited. It is either that he did it
to counter the securers who recited before breathing. Or it means that he decided to breathe
before reciting. Then he recited and breathed into his hands.
وسنذكر حديث ابن مسعود لما اسرى برسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فى باب المعراج ان شاء الله تعالى
We shall mention the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud a+, in the chapter on Miraj (# 5865) Insha
(لما اسرى برسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم) :Allah
SECTION II
الفضلُ الثَّانِى
THREE THINGS UNDER THE THRONE ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION
(٢١٣٣) عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحُمُنِ بُنِ عَوْفٍ عَنِ الَِّيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ثَلاثَةٌ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
الْقُرْابُ يُحَاُّ الْعِبَادَ لَهْ ظَهْرٌ وَبَطْنْ وَالْآَمَانَةُ وَالرَّحِمُ تُنَادِى أَلَّا مَنْ وَصَلَنِى وَصَلَهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ قَطَعَنِيْ قَطَعَهُ
اللهُ- (رواه فى شرح السنة)
2133. Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman ibn Awf w a >, narrated that the Prophet
Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "On the day of resurrection, three things will be
under the Throne.
The Quran will content with men, in a clear, obvious sense and a obscure,
complicated sense.
The trust, and,
Ties of relationship that will call, 'Allah will join those who joined me and sever
those who severed me." 2
COMMENTARY: These three things will be near Allah. The reward of those who respected
them not be wasted.
The Quran will get those people punished who had neglected it in the world.
The verses of the Quran are very clear about the commands and most people comprehend
them. Some however, are allegorical which need a deep thinking to understand them and
only a few can fathom them.
1 Bukhari # 5017, Tirmidhi # 3402, Ibn Majah # 3876, Musnad Ahmad 6-116.
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Trust refers to rights of Allah and of fellowmen. They must be honoured.
RECITING THE QURAN WITH PAUSES
(٢١٣٤) وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍ وقَالَ قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُقَالُ لِصَاحِبِ الْقُرْآنِ اقْرَأْوَارْتَقِ
وَرَتِّلُ كَمَا كُنْتَ تُرَتِّلُ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَإِنَّ مَنْزِلَكَ عِنْدَ اخِرِ آيَةٍ تَقُرَؤُهَا(رواه أحمد والترمذى وابوداود والنسائى)
2134. Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn amir (commander) « a », narrated that Allah's
Messenger ,tle à said, "The man of the Quran (who recited and learnt it)
will be told. "Recite and ascend. Recite gently with pauses (in tartil) as you were
used to recite it gently in the world. Indeed, your goal will be at the last verse
that you recite."1
COMMENTARY: The man of the Quran is he who recited the Quran regularly and abided
by it. He is not one who recited the Quran but did not act according to its commands, for,
he will deserve the curse that the Quran calls on such a one.
Rather, a person who abides by the Quran is as one who recites it always though he may
not have recited it really.
Such a one will be asked to go on reciting and walk on in paradise. He will rise in ranks
according to the verses he recites. The ranks or degrees in paradise are commensurate with
the verses of the quran. Hence, if he recites the entire Quran, then he will get to the highest
degrees of paradise and attain the one which he deserves and which is suitable for him.
Among the manners of the recitation of the Quran is that it should be recited with tartil
(adequate pauses), meaning with pauses and proper articulation.
The number of verses of the Quran according to the kufis whose science is valid in our
neighbourhood is six thousand two hundred thirty seven. There are other opinions too.
See the books on tajwid (rules of recital)and qirat for details.
HEART WITHOUT QURAN IS A DESOLATE PLACE
(٢١٣٥) وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ الَّذِىْ لَيْسَ فِي جَوْفِهِ شَىْءٍ مِنَ
الْقُرْآنِ كَالْبَيْتِ الْحُرِبِ - رَوَاءُ التِّرْ مِذِىُّ وَالدَّارِمِيُّ وَقَالَ التِّزْمِذِىُّ هِذَا حَدِيْثُ صَحِيمٌ۔
2135. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas رضى الله عنه narrated that Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said,
"He whose heart has nothing of the Quran in it is like a deserted house (he himself
or his heart)."2
COMMENTARY: This applies to one who does not know anything of the Quran, or does
not believe in it.
BEING OCCUPIED WITH THE QURAN
(٢١٣٦) وَمَنْ أَبِي سَعِيْدٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالِى مَنُ شَخَلَهُ
الْقُرْابُ عَنْ ذِكْرِى وَمَسْأَلَّتِى أَعْطَيْتُهُ أفْضَلَ مَا أُعْطِى السَّائِيْنَ وَفَضْلُ كُلَّامِ اللهِ تَعَالِى عَلَى سَائِرِ الْكَلَامِ كَفَضْلٍ
1 Tirmidhi # 2923, Abu Dawud # 1464, Musnad Ahmad 2-192.
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اللَّهِ عَلى خَلْقِهِ رَوَاهُ التِّزْ مِذِىُّ وَالدَّارِبِىُّ وَالْبَيْمَقِىُّ فِى شُعَبِ الْإِيمَانٍ وَقَالَ التِّزْمِذِىُّ هُذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيُبْ.
2136. Sayyiduna Abu Sa'eed رضى الله عنه narrated that Allah's Messenger صلى اللهعليه وسلم said
that the Lord, Blessed and exalted, says, "He whom the Quran keeps occupied from
my remembrance and from supplicating me, I grant him what is better than that
which I grant the supplicants" And the excellence of Allah's words over all other
words is like the excellence of Allah over His creation. 1
COMMENTARY: This is a Hadith Qudsi(kind of tradition) from the words, "He whom the
Quran keeps occupied ... " The closing sentence, "The excellence of Allah's words .... "
- صلى الله عليه وسلم Could be part of it or it could be a saying of the Prophet Muhammad
TEN PIETIES AGAINST EACH LETTER
(٢١٣٧) وَعَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنُ قَرَ أَحَرْقًا مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ قَلَهُ بِ؟
حَسَنَةٌ وَالْحْسَنَةُ بِعَشْرٍ أَمْثَالِهَا لَا أَقُوْلُ الَّ حَرْفٌ أَلِفْ حَرْقْ وَلَا مُ حَرْقْ وَ مِيْرٌ حَرُفْ رَوَاهُ التِّزْمِذِىُّ
وَالدَّارِمِّ وَقَالَ التِّرْ مِذِىُّ هُذَا حَدِيْتْ حَسَنْ صَحِيْمٌ غَرِيُبُ إِسْنَاءًا-
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud .2137
said, "He who recites a letter from the Book of Allah is rewarded with a piety and
each piety is rewarded ten times. I do not say that (¿) (alif laam meem) is one letter.
Rather, alif is a letter, laam is a letter and meem is a letter."2
QURAN IS A SOURCE OF GUIDANCE
(٢١٣٨) وَعَنِ الْخَارِثِ الْأَعْوَرِ قَالَ مَرَرْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا النَّاسُ يَخُوُضُوْنَ فِى الْآَحَادِيْثِ فَدَ خَلْتُ عَلى
عَلِيٍّ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ أَوَ قَدْ فَعَلُوْهَا قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ آَمّا إِّ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ أَلَا
إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ فِتْنَةٌ قُلْتُ مَا الْمَخْرَجُ مِنْهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ كِتَابُ اللّهِ فِيْهِ نَبَأُمَا قَبْلَكُمْ وَخَبْرُ مَا بَعْدَكُمُ
وَحُكُمُ مَا بَيْنَكُمُ هُوَ الْفَضْلُ لَيْسَ بِالْتَزْلِ مَنْ تَرَكَهُ مِنْ جَبَّارٍ قَسَمَهُ اللّهُ وَمَنِ ابْتَغْىِ الْهُدَى فِى غَيْرِهِ آَضَلَّهُ
اللهُ وَهُوَ حَبْلُ اللهِ الْمَتِيْنُ وَهُوَ ذِكْرُ الْحَكِيْمِ وَهُوَ الصِّرَاطُ الْمُسْتَقِيْمُ هُوَالَّذِىٌ لَا تَزِئُهُ بِهِ الْأَهُوَّاءُ وَلَّا
تَلْتِسُ بِهِ الْأَلْسِنَّةُ وَلَا يَشْبَهُ مِنْهُ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَلَّا يَخْلُقُ عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الرَّدِ وَلَا يَنْقَّفِى عَجَائِبَهُ هُوَالَّذِىُ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ الْجِنُّ
إِذَا سَمِعَتْهُ حَتَّى قَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْأنَّا عَجَبًا يَّهْدِىُ إِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَامَنَّا بِهِ مَنَ قَالَ بِهِ صَدَقَ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ بِهِ أُجِرَ
وَمَنْ حَكَّمَ بِهِ عَدَلَ وَمَنْ دَعَا إِنَيْهِ هَدِىَ إِلَى صِرَاطِ الْمُسْتَقِيُمِ رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِىُّ وَالدَّارِمِيُّ وَقَالَ التِّزْمِذِىُّ هَذَا
حَدِيْتْ إِسْتَادُهُ مَجْهُوْلُ وَفِى الْحَارِثِ مَقَالٌ-
2138. Sayyiduna Harith al A'war ala, narrated that he passed by the mosque and
found people plunged into chatter. He went to Sayyiduna Ali us an +, and told him
1 Tirmidhi # 2935, Darimi # 3356.
2 Tirmidhi # 2919, Darimi # 3308.
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of it and he asked, "Is it like that?" He said, "Yes!" Whereupon he said, "Indeed, I
had heard Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم say that a fitnah would overtake people
and I asked him how we would find relief from it. He said, "The Book of Allah. It
contains an account of those who preceded you, news of those who will follow you
and commands on what you will encounter. It is unmistakable judgement, not a
jest. If any despotic abandons it. Allah will deride him into pieces and if any one
seeks guidance from something other than it, then Allah leaves him to stray. It is
Allah's strong rope. It is the wise reminder. It is the straight path. It is whereby
desires cannot divert and tongues cannot be confused. The scholars will never be
satiated with it. It does not become stale by much repetition and its wonders are
never exhausted. It is the Book of which the jinn were not shy to say on hearing it:
إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْأَنًا عَجَبًّا يَّهْدِئْ إِلَى الرُّشُدِ فَامَنَّا
{Surely we have heard a wonderful Quran. It guides to rectitude, so we believe in it}
(22: 1-2)
He who affirms it, speaks the truth. He who abides by it is rewarded. He who
judges by it, is just. He who invites to it is guided on the straight path."1
COMMENTARY: Teebi als, said that if anyone stops to obey even one verse or one word
of the Quran out of arrogance or to recite it then he is a disbeliever. But if he omits to recite
it out of lethargy or weakness and respects the Quran at heart then he is not committing a
sin though deprives himself of reward.
If we say that desires cannot divert then how is it that the innovators stray though they too
deduce from the Quran? The first things is that they lie when they say that they make their
conclusions from the Quran. Secondly, their arguments and evidences, too, are wrong
because they ignore the ahadith (traditions) and other sources which are necessary to
understand the Quran.
Therefore, they are misled because they do not follow the guidance of the Quran. Rather,
they make it subservient to their ideology. Junayd u & >, describes a person who is
satisfied with his ignorance as laughable.
Allamah Teebi amo, said about this portion of the hadith that the innovators are not capable
of altering the meaning of the Quran.
The tongue cannot be confused means that no other language howsoever fluent can
compare with the Qur'an's eloquence, Or, that the recitation of the Quran is not difficult for
the believers even if their mother-tongue is not Arabic. The recitation appeals to hearts. It is
as. Allah says:
وَلَقَدُ يَسَّرُنَا الْقُرْابَ لِلذِّكْرِ
{And certainly we made the Quran easy for admonition .... } (54:17 ctc)
The sciences of the Quran are so vast that with it. They cannot comprehend all of the them
and they keep studying it for more knowledge.
No matter how much one may recite the quran yet he will not weary of it. Every time he
begins a fresh recital, he finds more savour in it.
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PARENTS OF SCHOLARS OF THE QURAN WILL BE CROWNED
(٢١٣٩) وَعَنُ مُعَاذِ الْجُهَنِيّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَمِلَ بِمَا فِيْهِ أُلْبِسَ
وَالِدَاهُتَاجًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ضَوْءُهُ أَحْسَنُ مِنْ ضَوْءِ الشَّمْسِ فِ بُيُوتِ الدُّنْيَا لَوْ كَانَتْ فِيُكُمْ فَمَا ظَتُّكُمْ بِالَّذِى
عَمِل بهذا- (رواه احمد وابوداؤد)
صلى الله عليه narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Mu'adh al-Juhanni .2139
, said, "The parents of one who recites the Quran and abides by what it says will
be given to put on a crown on the day of resurrection. Its light will be more bright
than the light of the sun in the homes of this world if it were among you. Hence,
what do you say of one who abides by it?"1
COMMENTARY: Teebi said that it is about one who has memorized the Quran.
The hadith (tradition) concludes with the question that if the parents of this person who
recites and puts into practice the Quran are made to wear a crown, what may be expected
of one who abides by it?
A MIRACLE OF THE QURAN
(٢١٤٠) وَعَنْ عُقْبَةَ بُنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَوْ جُعِلَ الْقُرَادُ فِى
إِهَابٍ ثُمَّ أُلْقِى فِى النَّارِ مَا اخْتَرقَ-(رواه الدارمى)
2140. Sayyiduna Uqbah ibn Aamir ucal+, narrated that he heard Allah's Messenger
Say, "If the Qur'an were cased in a skin and cast into the fire, it would صلى الله عليه وسلم
not burn."2
COMMENTARY: Some people say that this miracle was in the times of the Prophet
Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم. It is like the miracles of other Prophet ام.lyle, that ceased with them.
However, some people say that 'skin' refers to the humen heart cased in his body and hide.
The fire of hell will not burn one in whose heart the Quran is preserved.
WILL INTERCEDE FOR TEN RELATIVES
(٢١٤١) وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْاَ فَاسْتَظْهَرَ، فَأَحَلَّ حَلَالَة
رْ حَرَّمَ حَرَامَةٍ أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَشَفَّعَهُ فِ عَشْرَةٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهٍ كُلُّهُمْ قَدْ وَجَبَتُ لَهُ النَّارُ ـ رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ
وَالتِّزْ مِذِىُّ وَأْنُّ مَاجَةَ وَالدَّارِِّ وَقَالَ النِّزْ مِذِىُّ هُذَا حَدِيْتْ غَرِيْتُ وَحَفْصُ بْنُّ سُلَيْمَاتَ الرَّاوِىُّ لَيْسَ
هُوَ بِالْقَوِيِّ يُضَغَفُ فى الحَدِيثِ۔
2141. Sayyiduna Ali رضى الله عنه narrated that Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "As for
him who recites the Quran and memories it, and respects its lawful as lawful and
unlawful as unlawful, Allah will admit him to paradise and let him intercede for
ten members of his family, each of whom would be otherwise eligible for hell."3
1 Abu Dawud # 1453, Musnad Ahmad 3-440.
2 Musnad Ahmad 4-455, Darimi # 3130.
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SURAH AL-FATIHAH (CHAPTER) IS INOCMPARABLE
(٢١٤٢) وَعَنْ آبيْ هُرَيْرَةً قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأُتَّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ كَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ فِي
القَّلوةِ فَقَرَأَ أُمَّ الْقُرَانٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالَّذِى نَفْسِئٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا أُنْزِلَتْ في
التَّوْرَاةِ وَلَا فِي الْإِنْجِيْلِ وَلَا فِيِ الزُّبُوْرِ وَلَا فِىِ الْقُرْاِ مِثْلُهَا وَإِنَّهَا سَبْهُم ◌ِنَ الْمَثَانِيُ وَالْقُرْاُ
الْعَظِيْمُ الَّذِى أُعْطِيْتُه - رَوَاءُ التِّرْ مِذِىُّ وَرَوَى الدَّارِمِيُّ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ مَا أُنْزِلَتُ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرُ اُنَّ بُنَ گَهُبٍ
وَقَالَ التِرْمِذِىُّ هُذَا حَدِيْثُ حَسَنٌ صَحِيُ۔
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah .2142
.
asked (Sayyiduna) Ubayy ibn Ka'b ws a >), "How do you recite in the salah
(prayer)?" He recited the umm ul quran. So, Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "By
Him in whose hand is my soul, no surah like it is revealed in the Torah, the Injil or
the Zabur and not even in the Quran. It is the sab'un minal mathani (the mighty
Quran that is given to me."Darimi has it from 'no surah like it is revealed ... ' but
1 رضى اللهعنه does not name Ubayy ibn Ka'b
COMMENTARY: See the commentary against the hadith (tradition) # 2118 on 'the seven
oft repeated and the mighty Quran.'
LEARNING & ACTING ON QURAN
(٢١٤٣) وَعَنْ أَبٍ مُرَيْرَةً قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَعَلَّمُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَاقْرَأُؤُهُ فَإِنَّ مَثَلَ
الْقُرْآنِ لِمَنْ تَعَلَّمَ فَقَرَأْ وَقَّامَ بِهِ كَمَثَلِ جِرَابٍ مَكْتُرٍ مِسْكًا تَفُوْءُ رِيْحُدُ كُلَّ مَكَانٍ وَمَثَلُ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَهُ فَرَقَّدَ
وَهُوَ فِي جَوْفِهِ كَمَثَلِ جِرَابٍ أُوْكِىِّ عَلى مِسٍْ(رواه الترمذى والنسائى وابن ماجة)
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah .2143
said, "Learn the Quran and read it. Know that he, who learn it and recites it
(always) and occupies himself in it by keeping awake in the night, is like a bag full
of musk whose fragrance spreads throughout the place. And, he, who learns it and
goes to sleep with it in his heart, is like a bag that has musk tied up in it."2
COMMENTARY: Abu Muhammad aus, said that it is a fard Kifayah(adequate obligation) to
learn the Quran and to teach it to other people. Further, it is fard(compulsory) ayn on every
Muslim to learn the surahs or verses to be able to recite in the salah (prayer).
Imam (leader)Nawawi ata, said that to occupy oneself in memorizing more than surah al-
Fatihah (chapter) (at least enough for the fard(compulsory) recitation) whether verses or surah is
better than occupying in offering the optional salah (prayer) because it is a fard kifayah (adequate
obligation) and more important than optional salah (prayer). Some later day scholars rule that it
is better to engage in memorizing the Quran than to occupy in acquiring the sciences that are
fard kifayah (adequate obligation). However, it is not better to engage in memorizing the quran
than to acquire those branches of knowledge as are fard(compulsory) ayn to acquire.
1 Tirmidhi # 2884, Nasai'i # 914, Musnad Ahmad 4.211 (Also Bukhari # 5006, Abu Dawud # 1458),
Darimi.
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The heart of one who learns and reads the Quran which is like musk when he recites the
Quran, its blessing spreads in his house up to the listeners. But, one who learns it but
neither recites it nor acts on it, does not get the blessing of the quran and does not diffuse it
to other people. He is like a sealed bag of musk that spreads no fragrance at all.
BLESSING OF AAYATUL KURSI & SURAH AL-MUMIN
(٢١٤٤) وَعَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ قَرَأَ حَمّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِلى إِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيْرُ وَأَيَّةَ الْكُرُسِيّ
حِيْنَ يُضْسُِ حُفِظَ بِهِمَا حَتَّى يُمُسِىَ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ بِهِمَا حِيْنَ يُمْيِ حُفِظَ بِهِمَا حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ - رَوَاهُ التِّرْ مِذِىُّ وَالدَّارِمِىُّ
وَقَالَ التِزْ مِذِىُّ هُذَا حَدِيْتُ غَرِيُبْـ
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah .2144
said, "If anyone recites in the morning (َخمّ الْمُؤْمِن) up to (3-40:1) (إِلَيهِ الْمَصِيز) and aayat ul
Kursi (2:255), then he is protected till evening because of that. And if he recites
them in the evening then he is protected thereby till it is morning."1
COMMENTARY: The first three verses of surah al-Mumin of Ghafir are;
حمّ تَنْزِيُّلُ الْكِتَابِ مِنَ اللهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيْمِ غَافِرِ الذَّنْبِ وَقَابِلِ التَّوْبِ شَدِيْدِ الْعِقَابِ ذِى الَّوْلِ لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا
هُوَ إِلَيْهِ الْمُصِيِّرُ
{Ha Meem. The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Mighty, the knower,
forgiver of sin and Acceptor of repentance, Severe in retribution Lord of bounty.
There is no God but he, to Him is the eventual return) (40:1-3)
INSCRIBED ON THE PRESERVED TABLET
(٢١٤٥) وَعَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيْرٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَإِنَّ اللَّهُ كَتَبَ كِتَّابًا قَبْلَ آَنْ
يَخْلُقَ السَّمْوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِالْقَى عَامٍ أَنْزَلَ مِنْهُ أَيَتَيْنِ خَتَمَ بِهِمَا سُؤْرَةَ الْبَقَّرَةِ وَلَا تُقْرَانٍ فِي دَارٍ ثَلَاثَ
لَيَالٍ فَيَقْرَبُهَا الشَّيْطَابُ - رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِىُّ وَالدَّارِمِيُّ وَقَالَ التِّزْ مِذِىُّ هُذَا حَدِيْثْ غَرِيُبْ-
صلى الله عليه narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Nu'man ibn Bashir .2145
, said that Allah wrote a Book two thousand years before He created the heavens
and the earth. Of that, He sent down two verses with which surah al-Baqarah is
concluded. If they are recited three nights in a house, then the devil does not
approach it. 2
FIRST THREE VERSES OF AL-KAHF
(٢١٤٦) وَعَنْ أَبِ الدَّرُدَآءَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ قَرَأَ ثَلَاثَ ايَاتٍ مِنْ آَقَلِ الْكَهُفِ
مُصِمَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ - رَوَاءُ التِّزْمِذِىُّ وَقَالَ هُذَا حَدِيْثُ حَسَنْ صَحِيْهُ۔
1 Tirmidhi # 2888, Darimi # 3386.
2 Tirmidhi # 2891, Darimi # 3388, Musnad Ahmad 4-274.

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صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu ad-Darda .2146
said, "If any one recites the first three verses of surah al-Kahf, then he is protected
from the fitnah (trial) of the dajjal (the great deceiver) ."1
COMMENTARY: See the commentary against hadith (tradition) # 2126. Besides that,
initially ten verses of surah al-Kahf were mentioned. Then, they may have been brought to
three to allow for ease.
SURAH YASIN IS THE HEART OF THE QURAN
(٢١٤٧) وَعَنُ أَنٍَّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِّ لِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَلْبًّا وَقَلْبُ الْقُرْآنُ يُسْ وَمَنُ
قَرَأَ يُسْ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِقِرَاء ◌ِمَا قِرَائَةَ الْقُرْانٍ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ - رَوَاءُ التِّرْ مِذِىُّ وَالدَّارِيُّ وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِىُّ هُذَا
حَدِيْثْ غَرِيُبْ-
2147. Sayyiduna Anas رضى الله عنه narrated that Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said,
"Surely, there is a heart for everything, and the heart of the Quran is (surah) Yasin.
For him who recites Yasin, Allah records (as if) he recited the Quran ten times."2
COMMENTARY: The surah Yasin contains the gist of the knowledge of the Quran. It
mentions the last day and the objectives of the Quran.
SURAH TAHA & YASIN
(٢١٤٨) وَعَنْ أَبِيْ هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِّ اللّهُ تَعَالِى قَرَأَظُهُ وَ يُسْ قَبْلَ آَنْ
تَخُلُقَ السَّمْوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِأَلْفٍ عَامٍ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ الْقُرْآنَ قَالَتْ كُوْبِى لِأُنَّةٍ يَّنْزِلُ هُذَا عَلَيْهَا
وَطُوْبِى لِأَجُوَافٍ تَحْمِلُ هُذَا وَطُوُبي ◌ِاَلْسِنَةِ تَتَكُلَّمُ بِهِذَا(رواه الدارمى)
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah .2148
said, "Indeed, Allah recited (the surah) TaHa and Yasin one thousand years before
He created the heavens and the earth. When the angels heard the Quran (meaning,
these two surahs), they said, "Happy, indeed, are the ummah (people/followers) to
whom this will be revealed. Happy indeed, are the heart that will hold them! And,
happy are the tongues that will recite them!" 3
COMMENTARY: The words that Allah recited the Quran mer n that He disclosed it, or that
He made some angels recite to the others, or that He informed them of these surah.
The word 'Quran' is used for qirat (recital) and also any part of it.
BLESSING OF HA MEEM DUKHAN
(٢١٤٩) وَعَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ قَرَأَخُرُ الدُّخَاكَ فِيْ لَيْلَةٍ أَصْبَحَ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ
سَبُهُوُكَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ - رَوَاءُ التِّرْمِذِىُّ وَقَّالَ هُذَا حَدِيْتْ غَرِيبٌ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ آَنٍ خَفْعَرٍ الرَّاوِىُّ يُضْغَفُ وَقَالَ
مُحَمَّدْ يَعْنِى الْبُخَارَِّ هُوَ مُنْكَّرُ الْحَدِيْثِ-
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah .2149
1 Tirmidhi # 2895, Muslim # 809, Musnad Ahmad # 21771.
2 Tirmidhi # 2896, Darimi # 3416, Musnad Ahmad 5-26.
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said, "If anyone recites (the surah) Haa Meem ad-Dukhan in the night, then he will
wake up in the morning with seventy thousand angels seeking forgiveness for
Him."1
(٢١٥٠) وَعَتْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ قَرَأَ حَمّ الدُّخَانَ فِى لَيْلَةِ الْجُمُعَةِ غُفِرَلَه- رَوَاءُ
التِّرْ مِذِىُّ وَقَالَ هُذَا حَدِيْتْ غَرِيبٌ ضَعِيُفْ وَهِشَامْ أَبُو الْمِقْدَامِ الرَّاوِىُّ يُضَتَّفُ.
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah .2150
said, "He, who recites Haa Meem ad-Dukhan on the night of Friday (meaning, the
night preceding Friday), will be forgiven (his sins)."2
MERIT OF THE MUSABBIHAT
(٢١٥١- ٢١٥٢) وَعَنِ الْحِرُبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَّ أَكَّ النَِّيِّ صَلَى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ الْمُسَبِّحَاتِ قَبْلَ
أَنْ يَّرُقُدَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ فِيهِنَّ ايَةًّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ آيَةٍ - رَوَاءُ المِّزْ مِذِىُّ وَأَبُوْدَاؤدَ وَرَوَاهُ الدَّارِمِىُّ غنُ خَالِدِ ابْنِ
مَعْدَانَ مُرْسَلًا وَقَالَ التِّزْ مِذِىُّ هُذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيُبْـ
2151. Sayyiduna al-Irbad ibn sariyah wca+, narrated that the Prophet used to recite
al-Musabbihat before going to sleep. He would say. "Indeed there is in them a verse
that is better than one thousand verses."3
2152. Sayyiduna Khalid ibn Ma'dan also narrated it in a Mursal form.4
COMMENTARY: The musabbihat are the surahs that begin with the word (s) or (cia) or
(¿) or (¿) and they are seven surahs;
(سُبْحَانَ الَّذِى أَمْزِى بِعَبْدِه الآية) 17# Surah al-Isra .1
2.
Surah al-Hadid # 57.
3.
Surah al-Hashr # 59
4. Surah as-Saff # 61.
5. Surah al-Jummah (people/followers) # 62
6. Surah al-Taghabun # 63
7. Surah al-A'la # 87.
About the verse that is better than me thousand verses some scholars say that it is the verse:
لَوْ اَنْزَلْنَا لهذَا الْقُرْآنَ
{Had we sent this Qur'an on a mountain} (59:21)
Others say that it is:
هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْء عَلِيمٍ
{He is the first and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He is the knower
of everything.} (al-Hadid, 57:3)
However, Teebi atas, said that it is very difficult to determine the verse, He says, that like
1 Tirmidhi # 2897.
2 Tirmidhi # 2898, Darimi # 3420.
3 Abu Dawud # 5057, Tirmidhi # 2921, Musnad Ahmad.
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laylat ul qadr (most important night of the year) and the hour of Friday, this verse too is
undisclosed. The ulama (Scholars) agree that the Teebi's am, idea is more correct.
EXCELLENCE OF OURAH AL MULK
(٢١٥٣) وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِّ سُؤْرَةً فِي الْقُرْآنٍ ثَلَاثُوْنَ أَيَّةًّ
شَفَعَتْ لِرَجُلٍ حَتَّى غُفِرَلَهُ وَهِىَّ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِئْ بِيَدِهِ الْمُلُكُ (رواه أحمد والترمذى وابو داود والنسائي وابن ماجة)
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah .2153
said, "Surely, a surah of the Quran containing thirty verses interceded for a man till
he was forgiving (his sins). It is (تبارَكَ الَّذِى بِيدِهِ الْمُلْك) (Surah al-Mulk # 67)" 1
COMMENTARY: This hadith (tradition) could refer to a man in the past who valued surah
al-Mulk. When he died, this surah interceded for him with Allah so that he was preserved
from punishment.
However, it could also mean to refer to the future. Whoever recites it, this surah will
intercede for him on the day of resurrection. Allah will accept it intercession.
(٢١٥٤) وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ ضَرَبَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خِبَّءٍ، عَلَى قَبْرٍوَهُوَ لَا يَحُسِبُ
أَنَّهُ قَبْرْ فَإِذَا فِيْهِ إِنْسَاهْ تَقْرَ أْسُوْرَةً تَبَارَكَ الَّذِى يَدِهِ الْمُّلْتُ حَتَّى خَتَّمَهَا فَتَّ النَِّيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
فَأَخْبَرَةُ فَقَالَ النَّبِىُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هِىَ الْمَانِعَةُ هِىَ الْمُنْجِيَّةُ تُنْجِيْهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللهِ- رَوَاهُ التِّزْ مِذِىُّ وَقَالَ
هُذَا حَدِيْتُ غَرِيُبْ-
2154. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas رضى الله عنه narrated that a companion of the Prophet
Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم pitched a tent over a grave but did not know that there was
a grave (underground). The grave dweller was a man who recited surah al-Mulk (#
67) to the end of it. He came to the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and informed
him of it. He said, "It is the repeller. It is the rescuer. It rescues him from Allah's
punishment."2
COMMENTARY: The Prophet Muhammad's صلى الله عليه وسلم companion may have heard the
grave dweller in his dream, or, what is more correct, he may have heard him in his
wakening state.
THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S صلى الله عليه وسلم PRACTICE BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP
(٢١٥٥) وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ أَثَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ لَا يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ الَّذِّ تَنْزِيْلُ وَتَبَارَكَ الَّذِىُ
بِيَّدِهِ الْمُلُكُ - رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالتِّرْ مِذِىُّ وَالدَّارِمِيُّ وَقَالَ التِّزْ مِذِيُّ هُذَا حَدِيْنٌ صَحِيْمٌ وَكَذَا فِيْ شَرُحِ السُّنَّةِ وَفِى
الْمَصَابِيحِ غَرِيُبُ-
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that the Prophet Muhammad رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Jabir .2155
3 (#67) (تَبَارَكَ الَّذِى بِيدِهِ الْمُلْكُ) and (32 #) (المّ تَنْزِيلْ) never went to sleep without having recited
1 Abu Dawud # 1400, Tirmidhi # 29C), Ibn Majah 3786, Musnad Ahmad 2.299.
2 Tirmidhi # 2899.
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MERIT OF THE SURAHS AZ-ZILZAL, AL-IKHLAS & AL-KAFIRUN
(٢١٥٦) وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَاَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَّا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا زُلْزِلَتُ تَعْدِلُ نِصْفَ
اتَّقُ أنْ وَقُلْ هُوِ اللَّهُ أَحَدْ تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ وَقُلُ يَايُّهَا الْكُفِرُوْتَ تَعْدِلُ رُبُّعَ الْقُرَانِ - (رواه الترمذى)
2156. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas رضى الله عنه and Anas ibn Maalik رضى الله عنه both narrated that
Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said (ْ99 #) (إذَا زَلْزِلَت) is like half the Quran, (قُلْ هُوَّ اللَّأَخَذ) is
like a third of the Quran and (َقُلْ نأيُهَا الْكُفِرُون) is like one fourth of the Quran."1
COMMENTARY: The Quran speaks of this world and the next. The surah az-Zilzal
describes the end emphatically, so it is called half of the Quran.
We have spoken of al-Ikhlas earlier (hadith # 2127). The Surah al Kifirun is described as
one-fourth of the Quran because it mentions tawhid (monotheism) very succinctly, it being
one of four topics of the Quran.
TEST THREE VERSES OF AL-HASHR
(٢١٥٧) وَعَنْ مَعْقِلٍ بُنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ قَالَ حِيْنَ يُصْبِعُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ أَعُوذُ
بِاللّهِ السَّمِيْعِ الْعَلِيُمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيْمِ فَقَرَأَ ثَلَاثَ ايَاتٍ مِنْ آخِرِ سُؤْرَةِ الْخُشْرِ وَكَّلَ اللّهُ بِهِ سَبْحِيْنَ
اَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُمْسِىَ وَإِنْ مَاتَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ مَاتَ شَهِيْدًا وَمَنْ قَالَهَا حِيْنَ أُمْسِى كَانَ
بِتِلْكَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ - رَوَاهُ التِّرْ مِذِىُّ وَالدَّارِمِيُّ وَقَالَ التِّزْ مِذِىُّ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيُبُ
صلى الله narrated that the Prophet Muhammad رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Ma'qil ibn Yasar .2157
three times in the morning (اغوذُ بِاللهِ السَّمِنْعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الَّجِيمِ) said, "If anyone recites عليه وسلم
and then recites the three last verses of surah al Hashr, then Allah deputes over him
seventy thousand angels who invoke blessings on him till evening, end if he dies that
days he will die a martyr And, he who observes this in the evening. he too will be of
that rank."2
AL-IKHLAS TWO HUNDRED TIMES
(٢١٥٨) وَعَنْ آَنَّسٍ عَنِ النَِّيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنُ قَرَأَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مِأَنْ مَرَّةٍ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدْ مُحِىَ عَنْهُ
ذُنُوْبُ خَمْسِيْنَ سَنَّةً إِلَّ أَكْ يَّكُوْنَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنْ - رَوَاءُ الْقِّزْ مِذِىُّ وَالدَّارِمُِ وَفِيْ رِوَايَتِهِ خَمْسِيْنَّ مَرَّةً وَلَمُ
يَذْكُرُ إِلََّ آَنْ تَكُوْنَ عَلَيْهِدَیْنٌ.
2158. Sayyiduna Anas رضى الله عنه narrated that the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said,
"As for one who recites every day (isian ji ji) two hundred times, sins of fifty years
will be erased from him unless he is indebt." (see commentary for in debt)
According to another version, it is fifty times (instead of two hundred times) and it
does not mention, 'unless he is in debt.'3
COMMENTARY: 'Unless he is in debt' - the word for debt is (+ dayn). The Urdu
1 Tirmidhi # 2894.
2 Tirmidhi # 2922, Darimi # 3425.
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translation says 'rights of fellow men over him. This could mean that dayn will not be
forgiven, or that because of it, this concession will not be available to him at all and none of
his sins will be erased for him. Dayn (¿) means right of fellow men.
AL-IKHLAS BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP
(٢١٥٩) وَعَتْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ أَرَادَ آَ يَّنَامَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَتَامَ عَلَى يَمِيْنِهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأْ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدْ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ يَقُولُ لَهُ الَّبِّ يَا عَبْدِى ادْخُلُ عَلَى أَمِيْنِكَ الْجُنَّةَ - رَوّاهُ التِّرْمِذِىُّ
وَقَالَ هُذَا حَدِيْتُ حَسَنْ غَرِيُبْـ
2159. Sayyiduna Anas رضى الله عنه narrated that the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said,
"If anyone decides to sleep on his bed and lies on his right side and recites (is tan + ji)
(al-Ikhlas) one hundred times, the Lord will say to him on the day of resurrection 'O
My slave, enter paradise to your right side."1
COMMENTARY: It is a sunnah(Practice of Holy Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to lie on the
right side. This hadith (tradition) hints that the gardens on the right side of paradise are
better than those to its left side.
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(٢١٦٠) وَعَنْ أَبِيْ هُرَيْرَةَ أَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَّقْرَأُ قُلُ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدْ فَقَالَ وَجَبَتُ
قُلْتُ وَمَا وَجَبَتْ؟ قَالَ الْهُنَّةُ (رواه مالك والترمذى والنسائى)
صلى الله narrated that the Prophet Muhammad رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah .2160
He said, "It is become wajib (obligatory)!" He .(قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَخَذ) heard a man recite عليه وسلم
asked him, "what is wajib (obligatory)?" He said, "Paradise."2
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MERIT OF AL-KAFIRUN
(٢١٦١) وَعَنْ فَرُوَةَ بْنِ تَوْفَلٍ عَنْ أَبِّهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِيُ شَيْئًا أَقُوْلُهُ إِذَا أَوَيْتُ إِلَى فِرَاشِى فَقَالَ
اقْرَ أْقُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكُفِرُوْكَ فَإِنَّمَا بَرَآءَةٌ مِّنَ الشِّرُكِ- (رواه الترمذى وابو داؤد والدارمى)
2161. Sayyiduna Farwah ibn Nawfal ales, narrated on the authority of his father
that he had asked Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم to teach him something that he may
say when he retired to bed. So, he instructed him to say (َقُلْ نَّ أَيُّهَا الْكُفِرُون) because it is an
acquittal from polytheism.3
MERIT OF MU'AWWADHATAYN
(٢١٦٢) وَعَنُ عُقْبَةً بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ بَيْنَا أَنَّا أَسِيْرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْنَ الْجُحْفَةِ وَالْأَبُوَآءِ إِذْ
غَشِيَتْنَا رِئْمٌ وَظُلْمَةٌ شَدِيْدَةٌ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَعَوَّذُ بِأَعُوذُ بِرَتِّ الْفَلَقِ وَأَعُوذُ بِرَتٍّ
1 Tirmidhi # 2898.
2 Tirmidhi # 2897, Nasai'i # 994, Muwatta Maalik # 8 (Quran), Musnad Ahmad 2-302.
3 Abu Dawud # 5055, Tirmidhi # 3403, Musnad Ahmad 5-456, Darimi # 3427.

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النَّاسِ وَيَقُولُ يَا عُقْبَةُ تَعَوَّذُ بِهِمَا فَمَا تَعَوَّذَ مُتَعَوّذٌ بِمِثْلِهِمَا(رواه ابوداود)
2162. Sayyiduna Uqbah ibn Aamir narrated that while he was with Allah's
Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم on the path between al-Juhfah and al-Abwa, a wind and deep
darkness covered them. So, Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم began to seek refuge in
Allah with (ِأعُوذُبِرَتِ الْفَلَق) and (ِأعُوذُبِرَتِ النَّاس) (surah al-Falaq and an-Naas). And, he said, "()
Uqbah, seek refuge with them (in Allah). There is no set of words to seek refuge
like them."1
(٢١٦٣) وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خُبَيٍْ قَالَ خَرَجُنَا فِي لَيْلَةِ مَظْرٍ وَظُلْمَةٍ شَدِيْدَةٍ نَظُلُبُ رَسُولَ اللّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ فَأَذْرَكْنَاهُ فَقَالَ قُلْ قُلْتُ مَآ أَقُوْلُ؟ قَالَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدْ وَالْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ حِيْنَ تُصْبِحُ وَحِيُّنَ تُمُسِئْ ثَلَاثَ
مَرَّاتٍ تَكُفِيُكَ مِنْ كُلِّشَمِئٍ(رواه الترمذى وابوداود والنسائى)
2163. Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Khubayb رضى الله عنه said that on a rainy and intensely
dark night they went out not seek Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم They found him he
said, "Recite!" He submitted, "what may I recite?" He instructed him to recite al-
Ikhlas and al-Mu'awwidatayn three times each morning and evening saying. "They
will suffice you for every purpose."2
(٢١٦٤) وَعَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَقْرَأُ سُوْرَةَ هُوَدٍ أَوْ سُوْرَةً يُؤْسُفَ قَالَ لَنْ تَقْرَأَ شَيْئًّا
ابْلَغَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ قُلْ آَمُوْذُ بِرَتِّ الْفَلَقِ- (رواه احمد والنسائى والدارمى)
2164. Sayyiduna Uqbah ibn Aamir رضى الله عنه narrated that he asked Allah's Messenger
whether he should recite surah Hud or surah Yusuf. He said, "You صلى الله عليه وسلم
cannot recite anything better with Allah than (ِقُلْ أَعُوذُبِرَتِ الْقَلَق) (Surah al-Falaq)." 3
COMMENTARY: No other surah is as effective in seeking refuge from trials and
tribulations as surah al-Falaq is.
Allamah Teebi alus, said that this hadith (tradition) refers to both surahs, al-Falaq and an-
Naas. Ibn Maalik a , also said that both the surahs are recommended by this hadith
(tradition). Though only one is mentioned, both are meant.
SECTION III
الفَضلُ الثَّالِثُ
OBEY THE QURAN
(٢١٦٥) عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةً قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْرِبُوا الْقُرْأَ وَاتَّبِعُوْا غَرَآئِيَهُ
وَغَرَآئِبُهُ فَرَآئِضُه وَحُدُودُه۔
صلى الله عليه وسلم narrated that Allah's Messenger رضى الله عنه Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah .2165
said, "Explain the meaning of the Quran. Follow its gharib. Its gharib are its
prescribed duties and its limits."4
1 Abu Dawud # 1463.
2 Abu Dawud # 5082, Tirmidhi # 3575, Nasai'i # 5428.
3 Nasai'i # 953, Darimi # 3439, Musnad Ahmad 4-149.
4 Bayhaqi in Shu'ab ul eeman # 2293.