The month of Quran is upon us, and I wanted to reshare a personal story about what it means to exert yourself with it in Ramadan.
In 2006, I told my mom (may Allah have mercy on her) that my Shaykh challenged his students to elevate their Ramadan Quran goals and read significantly more than they had in previous years. She told me that she also intended to take it to the next level that year and would join in. By the end of Ramadan, the Shaykh had finished 8 readings (2 of which were in Qiyam), and I barely got past 2. My mom on the other hand would read half the Quran a day finishing 14 complete khatms in 29 days. I saw her push herself that year like never before and thought this was the type of Ramadan you only read about in the books of history. She busied herself with the Quran seemingly every minute even as she moved between other daily tasks.
It turned out that would be her last Ramadan, and what a Ramadan to meet her Lord with.
Now obviously different people have different circumstances. Some have larger workloads they still need to maintain, some have language barriers, some have burdensome family duties. Just know that Allah is most Kind, and will reward your sincere efforts according to your circumstances. But all of us could do better by elevating our Quran goals this Ramadan in our homes. Ramadan is the month of Quran, and the Quran is what we nourish our hearts and souls with as we remain physically restrained.
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "The Qur'an will come on the day of judgement in the form of a bright man and say, "I am the one who kept you up at night, and thirsty throughout the day." (Ibn Majah)
May Allah make us amongst the people of Quran, now and forever. May the Quran be the spring of our hearts, the light of our chests, and the reliever of our distress. Ameen
It’s funny that people think having 3-4 eggs for breakfast is “a lot of eggs” but they never think that having cereal for breakfast, a sandwich & pretzels for lunch, pasta for dinner, and cookies for dessert is “a lot of wheat.”
“Dan apabila hamba2Ku bertanya kpdmu ttg Aku, maka (jawablah), Aku adlh dekat. Aku kabulkan permohonan org yg berdoa apabila ia memohon kpdKu, maka hendaklah mrk itu memenuhi (segala perintahKu) & hendaklah mrk beriman kpdKu, agar mrk selalu berada dlm kebenaran.”- AlBaqarah2:186
- "Beristighfar bukan sahaja mengundang keampunan Allah, malah turut menggamit limpahan rezeki."
- "Jika sayang diri, maka baikilah diri. Jika sayang akan orang lain, serulah mereka ke arah kebaikan dengan kasih sayang."
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Recite the Qur’an slowly as it will enable you to contemplate, think and see beyond the words. Reading in this way will not only help you to understand but it will showing greater respect and reverence to Him (ﷻ), His book (ﷻ), and it will have much deeper effect on your heart!