Quran Para 2: Reciting the Quran is an integral part of a good Muslim’s life. Most practicing Muslims regularly recite the Quran. This is a very nice act, which should be appreciated by everyone, especially their fellow humans. However, some Muslims think that reciting the Quran cannot be effective if they do not know the meaning of what they are reciting. However, this is a misconception.
Why Quran Recitation is Important For Muslims?
Yunus [10:61] And you are not (engaged) in any affair, nor do you recite concerning it any portion of the Quran, nor do you do any work but We are witnesses over you when you enter into it, and there does not lie concealed from your Lord the weight of an atom in the earth or in the heaven, nor anything less than that nor greater, but it is in a clear book.
Of course, the Quran recitation has certain manners and ethics. These manners and ethics are both physical and spiritual.
1. Be clean. A person should do ‘ghusl’ or at least ablution before the Quran recitation. It should essentially be mentioned here that the ablution is not Farz (compulsory) for the recitation. However, it is a practice among the Muslims to do it any way out of respect.
2. A person should cover his or her ‘satar’ properly before the Quran recitation.
The spiritual manners of the Quran recitation are mentioned below in the following two verses of the Quran.
1. Al-Araf [7:204] And when the Quran is recited, then listen to it and remain silent, that mercy may be shown to you.
2. An-Nahl [16:98] So when you recite the Qur'an, seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan,
Undoubtedly, in the Quran, Allah Almighty has explained everything in an extremely elaborate way. The verses might be concise but they never fail to convey the minutest of the details.
About the Quraan recitation, one must make sure that it is done in the proper way. The angel Jibril used to recite the Quran to our prophet Muhammad (s.a.w). Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) used to convey the Quran to his companions in the best form of the recitation. Allah Almighty has also said in the Quran that the Quran recitation should be done in a proper way. Consider the part of a verse given below.
Al-Muzzammil [73:4] and recite the Koran as it ought to be recited.
Our prophet used to recite the Quran to the people around him. Allah Almighty had given him the responsibility of passing the message. If people did not respond that was their own choice. This is the strategy about the Quran recitation, which is explained, in the following verse. Every Muslim should also keep this strategy about Quran recitation in mind.
An-Naml [27:92] And that I should recite the Mushaf. Therefore whoever goes aright, he goes aright for his own soul, and whoever goes ‘ astray, then say: I am only one of the warners.
The rewards of Quran recitation are manifold. However, one of the biggest rewards is given in the Quran.
Al-Isra [17:45] And when you recite the Quran, We place between you and those who do not believe in the hereafter a hidden barrier.
Quran Majeed is a compilation of the verbal revelations given to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) over a period of twenty three years. Quran e Pak is the Holy Book or the Scriptures of the Muslims. It lays down for them the law and commandments, codes for their social and moral behaviour, and contains a comprehensive religious philosophy. The language of the Quran is Arabic.
Besides its proper name, the Quran Shareef is also known by the following names:al Kitab The Book;al Furqan (The Discrimination): al Dhikr (The Exposition); al Bayan (The Explanation); al Burhan (The Argument); al Haqq (The Truth); al Tanzil (The Revelation); al Hikmat (The Wisdom); al Huda (The Guide); al Hukm (The Judgment); al Mau'izah (The Admonition); al Rahmat (The Mercy); al-Noor (The Light); al-Rooh (The Word).
Quran Sharif is divided into thirty equal parts also known as thirty PARA's (chapters). In this app you can recite the 2nd PARA (chapter).