CONTEMPLATE YOUR QUR'AN RECITATION!

Reciting the Qur’an has many benefits, but it's not just meant for recitation. It's a blessing meant for reflection, contemplation, reasoning and thoughtful consideration. ALLĀH encourages us to frequently engage in this type of contemplation:

كِتَـٰبٌ أَنزَلۡنَـٰهُ إِلَیۡكَ مُبَـٰرَكࣱ لِّیَدَّبَّرُوۤا۟ ءَایَـٰتِهِۦ وَلِیَتَذَكَّرَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلۡأَلۡبَـٰبِ

˹This is˺ a blessed Book which We have revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ so that they may contemplate its verses, and people of reason may be mindful.

{Sād: Verse 29}

Contemplation of the Qur’an means contemplation of its meanings, purposes, and rulings, not just recitation, despite its great reward. While explaining the importance of contemplation, Ibn al-Qayyim, may ALLĀH have mercy on him, said:

“In short, there is nothing more beneficial for the heart than reading the Qur’an and with contemplation and reflection. The Qur’an encompasses all the levels of the travellers, the conditions of the workers, and stations of those possessing knowledge. It is the Qur’an that generates love, desire, fear, hope, repentance, reliance, pleasure, entrustment, gratitude, patience, and the rest of the different states that are life to the heart and perfection of it. Likewise, it repels all the rebuked characteristics. If people only knew the great value of reciting the Qur’an with reflection, then they would devote themselves to it above anything else.” 

{Miftāh Daar as-Sa'ādah || Page 204}

To truly be guided by the Qur'an, it's important to understand what we recite. For those of us who can't comprehend Arabic, reading the translation and tafsir can help us reflect on what we have recited. By reflecting on what we have learned and considering how we can apply it to our daily lives, we can realize the true purpose of the Qur'an and use it as guidance.

May ALLĀH make it easy for us and help us reflect and understand the Qur'an, and make it a means of attaining higher status in this world and the hereafter, Aamīn. 

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