Today is the 17th day of Ramadan. On this day, in 610 AD, the most significant event in history occurred – the revelation of the Qur’an to Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. (Nuzul Al-Qur’an). Let us ponder and reflect on this momentous event and consider it impact on the Prophet s.a.w., his Companions, and especially on us today. Note: Some sentences and phrases are bolded for us to reflect deeply.
RAMADHAN – MONTH OF THE QUR’AN AND ITS AFFECT UPON US
The graceful month of Ramadhan has set in; the month during which the gates of Mercy are wide open, the gates of Hell are shut and the Shayateen are chained up. It is a month chosen by Allah as a month of fasting; an act of Ibadat that Allah made special to Him. He favoured this month over all other months by making it the month of mercy and reverence for all the believers.
Also, in this month were revealed the scriptures of Ibrahim (as) and Musa (as), as well as the Zabuur and the Injeel. Indeed, this month is the most superior of months in which Allah revealed His final revelation, the Qur’an.
So in this month we recite the Qur’an everyday, we pray the Taraweeh salah in which the Qur’an is recited. But do we understand and practice this Qur’an? Aisha (ra) described the Prophet’s (saw) character as being the walking Qur’an, are we in our characters like the Qur’an. Do we implement in our lives? Do we feel the weight of the Qur’an on our shoulders? Do we feel the burden of the Qur’an? Have we realised the power and might of this Qur’an which revealed by the One Almighty in Power?
Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Al-Hashr:
Also, in this month were revealed the scriptures of Ibrahim (as) and Musa (as), as well as the Zabuur and the Injeel. Indeed, this month is the most superior of months in which Allah revealed His final revelation, the Qur’an.
So in this month we recite the Qur’an everyday, we pray the Taraweeh salah in which the Qur’an is recited. But do we understand and practice this Qur’an? Aisha (ra) described the Prophet’s (saw) character as being the walking Qur’an, are we in our characters like the Qur’an. Do we implement in our lives? Do we feel the weight of the Qur’an on our shoulders? Do we feel the burden of the Qur’an? Have we realised the power and might of this Qur’an which revealed by the One Almighty in Power?
Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Al-Hashr:
“Had We sent down this Qur’an on a mountain, you would surely have seen it humbling itself and split asunder (crumbling) by the fear of Allah. Such are the parables that We put forward to mankind that they may reflect.” [Al-Hashr, 59:21]
Allah is saying that if He had sent the Qur’an upon a mountain, imagine the size and magnitude of a mountain. From humbling itself it would split asunder by the fear of Allah.
Let us ask ourselves, the Qur’an has been revealed to us, not to the mountain! Do we feel humbled by it?
Let us ask ourselves, the Qur’an has been revealed to us, not to the mountain! Do we feel humbled by it?
“Such are the parables that We put forward to mankind that they may reflect.”
Is this the impact that the Qur’an has on our souls and on the lives of this Ummah? Let us look at the impact that this Qur’an had on the Sahabah (the Prophet’s (saw) Companions) and the Muslims in the past; it is known that some of the Sahabah when hearing a verse of the Qur’an would faint.
So what made Abdullah ibn Masud go out and recite this Qur’an in front of the Quraysh and endured a beating, fearing none but Allah.
So what made Abu Huraira (ra), one of the stars of the sky cry on his deathbed and he was asked: “What makes you cry?” He replied: “I do not cry for this world of yours, rather I cry over the long journey ahead of me and how few provisions I have with me. I am rising on a runaway to paradise and Hellfire and I do not know which of them it would lead to.”
What made Tariq bin Ziyad, the conqueror of Spain in the month of Ramadhan burn his boats motivating the Muslims that Paradise lay ahead of them and defeat and the sea to the rear, leading to the conquest of Spain in this blessed month.
So what made Abdullah ibn Masud go out and recite this Qur’an in front of the Quraysh and endured a beating, fearing none but Allah.
So what made Abu Huraira (ra), one of the stars of the sky cry on his deathbed and he was asked: “What makes you cry?” He replied: “I do not cry for this world of yours, rather I cry over the long journey ahead of me and how few provisions I have with me. I am rising on a runaway to paradise and Hellfire and I do not know which of them it would lead to.”
What made Tariq bin Ziyad, the conqueror of Spain in the month of Ramadhan burn his boats motivating the Muslims that Paradise lay ahead of them and defeat and the sea to the rear, leading to the conquest of Spain in this blessed month.
“Verily Allah hath bought of the believers their lives and their riches for the price that theirs shall be the Garden” [Tawba, 9:111]
Mu’ad ibn Jabal (ra) once called the people of the town and said to them, “Today the reciters of Qur’an are few but the implementers are many, what of the time when the reciters will be many and the implementers will be few.”
He was describing our time! Today the reciters may be many but the implementers are few.
Why is it that many Muslims come to the mosque and pray taraweeh - so we see the mosques are full but as soon as Eid comes, many people stop coming to the mosque, stop reading the Qur’an and even stop praying regularly. Today we read the Qur’an but do we implement it?
Allah said:
Why is it that many Muslims come to the mosque and pray taraweeh - so we see the mosques are full but as soon as Eid comes, many people stop coming to the mosque, stop reading the Qur’an and even stop praying regularly. Today we read the Qur’an but do we implement it?
Allah said:
“O mankind! We have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that you may know one another. The noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Allah is the Knower, Aware.” [Hujraat, 49:13]
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