Excellent Qualities.pdf

The Excellent Qualities of the Holy Quran

Imam Muhammed Bin Abdul Wahab

Rendered into English by Muhammed Iqbal Siddique

• Foreword

• The Recitation of the Holy Qur'an and the Virtues of its Knowledge

• The Excellence of the Followers of the Holy Qur'an

• The Obligation to Acquire Knowledge and Reflect upon the Holy Qur’an, and a Warning to the Heedless

• Suspicion of Hypocrisy regarding the Heedless

• The Word of Allah

• Disobedience of the Holy Qur'an

• Recitation of the Holy Qur'an in a Hypocritical Spirit

• Making the Holy Qur'an a Source of Livelihood

• Faithfulness to the Holy Quran

• The Fate of those Who Seek Guidance from other than the Holy Qur'an

• Exaggerated Statement about the Holy Qur’an

• The Mandate of the Holy Prophet in respect of Allegorical Verses

• Admonition to those Who Express their Opinion in the Holy Qur'an without Knowledge

• Disputation about the Quranic Revelations

• The Consequence of Dispute Regarding the Words and Meanings of the Holy Qur'an

• Disperse When Any Difference of Opinion Arise

• The Fate of those Who Turneth Away from the Revelations of Allah

• The Recitation of the Holy Qur’an in Trial

FOREWORD

This is an English version of the book entitled Fada il-e-Qur'an originally written in Arabic by the Imam

Muhammad bin 'Abdul Wahb, an eminent Muslim Scholar, and translated into Urdu by Maulana Mahmud

Ahmad Ghazanfar, Mab'uth, Dar al-Ifta, Government of Saudi Arabia. Strictly speaking it is not a literal

rendering of the original; rather it is the presentation of the meaning of the original in easy English

language; in presenting the meaning, however, an attempt has been made to be very close to the original.

All footnotes are added by the Translator to clarify difficult phrases and words, and to provide the reader

with more relevant information. It is hoped that this small book will be of great help to the English-

knowing reader in his understanding of the Holy Qur'an.

I must record my sincere thanks to Maulana Ghazanfar for carefully going through the manuscript and

making valuable suggestions for improving the rendering.

May Allah accept this humble effort of a worker who is neither a well versed Scholar nor a reputed Writer,

and forgive him for the mistakes and shortcomings due to his ignorance and lack of knowledge.

Muhammad Iqbal Siddiqi

CHAPTER 1

THE RECITATION OF THE HOLY QUR'AN AND THE VIRTUES OF ITS KNOWLEDGE

The Holy Qur'an says :

''Allah will exalt those who believe among you, and those who have knowledge, to high ranks," (58:ll)

In another Verse the Almighty Allah says :

" It is not (possible) for any human being unto whom Allah had given the Scripture and Wisdom and the

Prophethood that he should afterwards have said unto mankind: Be slaves of me instead of Allah (what he

said was): Be faithful servants of the Lord by virtue of your constant teaching of the Scripture and of your

constant study." (3 : 79)

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)

as saying: "One who is skilled in the Qur'an is associated with the noble, upright recording angels; and he

who falters when reciting the Qur'an and finds it difficult for him will have a double reward." Bukhari and

Muslim transmitted it.

The following tradition is also reported in Sahih al-Bukhari :

"Hadrat 'Uthman (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be

upon him) as saying ;The best amongst you is he who learns the Qur'an and teaches it."

Abu Umama (Allah be pleased with him) said that he heard Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of

Allah be upon him) as saying: Recite the Qur'an, for on the Day of Resurrection it will come as an

intercessor for those who recite it. Recite the two shinning ones Sura al-Baqarah and Sura Al-i-'Imran, for

on the Day of Resurrection they will come as two clouds or two shades, or two flocks of birds in ranks

pleading for those who recite them. Recite Sura al-Baqarah, for reciting it produces blessing and

abandoning it produces regret, and the slothful are unable to recite it. Muslim transmitted it.

An-Nawwas Ibn Sam'an (Allah be pleased with him) said that he heard the Apostle of Allah (peace and

blessings of Allah be upon him) as saying: On the Day of Resurrection the Qur'an and those who acted

according to it will be brought with Sura al-Baqarah and Sura Al-i-'lmran preceding them. The! Messenger

of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) likened them to three things, which I did not forget

afterwards. He (the Holy Prophet) likened them to two clouds or two black canopies with light between

them, or like two flocks of birds in ranks pleading for one who recited them. (Muslim)

'Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud (Allah be pressed with him) reported Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of

Allah be upon him) as saying : If anyone recites a letter of the Holy Qur'an, he will be credited with a good

deed, and a good deed gets a tenfold reward. I do not say that A.L.M (alif, laam, mim) are one letter, But

alif is a letter lam is a letter and mim is a letter. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying that this is a hasan sahih

hadith

'Abdullah Ibn 'Amr (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of

A1IHh be upon him) said : On the Day of Judgment it will be said to the reciters of the Qur'an "Go on

reciting the Qur'an and continue ascending the storeys of Janat (paradise) and in measure you had been

reading in worldly life; your final abode will be where you reach at the time of the last ayat (verse) of your

recitation." Ahmad and Tirmidhi)

A similar tradition is reported on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) in

Musnad of Imam Ahmad but with the following additional words :

"He will go on ascending and for every Verse Allah will exalt him to one step higher in the ranks till he

reads the last Verse."

A marfu'' hadith is reported on the authority of Imam Ahmad Buraida (Allah be pleased with him) as

follows :

"Obtain the knowledge of Sura al-Baqarah."

And after the above directive similar words are repeated which have been narrated earlier in the preceding

pages while describing the virtues of Sura al-Baqarah and Sura Ali-i-'Imran. However this tradition

contains the following additional words:

On the Day of Resurrection the Holy Qur'an will appear in the guise of a lean human being and will say,

"Do you recognize me?" He will reply, "No, I do not recognize you." The Holy Qur'an will say, "I am your

companion, the Holy Qur'an who kept you thirsty in the scorching heat and awake at night. Every trader

expects to be benefited from his articles of trade and today you are under the shade of your all kinds of

articles of trade. Then he will be given kingship in his right hand and the warrant permission for entry into

Paradise in his left hand. He will be made to wear the crown of respect and dignity. His parents will be

made to wear two silky robes. The worldly people did not attach any importance to them. They will ask,

"Why they have been made to wear this dress?" They will be told that your son obtained knowledge of the

Holy Qur'an. Then his son will be asked to start recitation of the Holy Qur'an, and for every Verse (ayat)

read by the child, status of the parents will be raised to the next higher grade of the Paradise (janat) till the

recitation of the Holy Qur'an is completed.

Anas (Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be

upon him) said : Those who act upon the Injunctions of the Holy Qur'an are the favorites and friends of

Allah. Ahmad and Nisa'i transmitted it.

CHAPTER 2

THE EXCELLENCE OF THE FOLLOWERS OF THE HOLY QUR'AN

Members of the Advisory Council of Hadrat 'Umar (Allah be pleased with him), the second Caliph of

Islam, were always the 'Ulema' (the Learned in religion) whether they are old or of young age. Abu Huraira

(Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon

him) said: Anyone who is most versed in Allah's Book should act as an Imam for the people; but if they are

equally versed in reciting it, then the one who has most knowledge regarding the Sunnah; if they are equal

regarding the Sunnah, then the earliest of them to emigrate; if they emigrated at the same time then the

oldest of them.

In another version it is reported: No man must lead another in Prayer where the latter has authority, or sit in

his place of honor in his house, without his permission." Muslim transmitted it.

Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) said : Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had

each pair of those killed at the Ghazwa of Uhud wrapped in a single garment and asked which of them

knew more of the Holy Qur'an. When one of them was pointed out to him, he had him put first in the side

of grave. Bukhari transmitted it.

Abu Musa Ash'ari (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah

upon him) as saying: The respect of a Muslim who is of an old age and a follower of the Qur'an leads to the

pleasure of Allah provided the follower of the Qur'an is not a transgressor and unfaithful to the Holy Qur'an

CHAPTER 3

THE OBLIGATION TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE AND REFLECT UPON THE HOLY QUR'AN

AND A WARNING TO THE HEEDLESS

The Holy Qur'an says:

"And We place upon their hearts veils lest they should understand it, and in their ears a deafness." (17 :46)

In another verse the Almighty Allah says:

"Lo! the worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the deaf, the dumb who have no sense." (8: 22)

Again the Holy Qur'an says:

"But he who turneth away from remembrance of Me, his will be a narrow life, and I shell bring him blind

to the assembly on the Day of Resurrection." (20 :124)

Abu Musa Ash'ari (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be

upon him) as saying: The similitude of that guidance and knowledge with which Allah, the Exalted and

Glorious, has sent me is that of rain falling upon the earth. There is a good piece of land which receives the

rainfall (eagerly) and as a result of it there is grown in it herbage and grass abundantly. Then there is a land

hard and barren which retains water and the people derive benefit from it and they drink it and make the

animals drink. Then there is another land which is barren. Neither water is retained in it, nor is the grass

grown in it. And that is the similitude of the first one who develops the understanding of the Religion of

Allah and it becomes a source of benefit to him with which Allah sent me. (The second one is that) who

acquires the knowledge of religion and imparts it to others. (Then the other type is) one does not pay

attention to (the revealed knowledge) and thus does not accept guidance of Allah with which I have been

sent. Bukhari and Muslim transmitted it.

'Abdullah Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah

be upon him) as saying: Be merciful to others and Allah will be merciful to you. Forgive when others

wrong thee and Allah will forgive you your sins. There is destruction for a man in whose words and deeds

exists contradiction and also for those who persist upon their deeds willfully. Ahmad transmitted it.

CHAPTER 4

SUSPICION OF HYPOCRISY REGARDTNG THE HEEDLESS

The Holy Qur'an says:

"Among them are some who give ear unto thee (Muhammad) till, when they go forth from thy presence."

(47 : 16)

In another Verse the Almighty Allah says:

"Already have We urged unto hell many of the jinn and human-kind, having hearts wherewith they

understand not." (7:179)

Asma' (Allah be pleased with her) reported Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah upon him) as

saying: You will be put to trials in your graves and these trials will be like the trials of ad-Dajjal. You will

be asked, "What do you know about this man(the Prophet Muhammad (peace end blessings of Allah be

upon him). Then the faithful believer will reply, "He is Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon

him), Allah's Apostle who had come to us with clear evidences and guidance and so we accepted his

teachings and followed him." Then the angels will say to him, "Sleep in peace as we have come to know

that you were a faithful believer." On the other hand, a hypocrite of suspicious nature will reply, "I do not

know, but I heard the people saying something and so I said it (the same)." Bukhari and Muslim transmitted

it.

In another tradition reported by Bara' b. 'Azib, the words are as follows: A believer will reply that he is

Allah's Messenger. Both the Angels will say : Yon read Allah's Book, believed in it. Indeed you have

spoken the truth.

CHAPTER 5

THE WORD OF ALLAH

"And there are amongst them, the unlettered ones who do not know the Book, but vain desires." (2 :71)

The Holy Qur'an says:

"The likeness of those who are entrusted with the Law of Moses, yet apply it not, is as the likeness of the

ass carrying books." (62: 5)

Abu Darda' (Allah be pleased with him) reported that we were in the company of the Holy Prophet (peace

and blessings of Allah be upon him). He (the Holy Prophet) looked towards the sky and mentioned a matter

saying: "That will be at the time when knowledge departs." Ziad b. Labid Ansari (Allah be pleased with

him) asked, "How can knowledge part when we recite the Qur'an and teach it to our children and they will

teach it to their children up till the Day of Resurrection?" He (the Holy Prophet) replied, "I am astonished at

you, Ziad. I thought you were the most learned man in Medina. Do not these Jews and Christians read the

Torah and the Injil (Bible) without knowing a thing about their contents?"" Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying

this is a hasan gharib hadith.

'Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that when the following Verse was revealed to the Messenger of

Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) :

"Lo! in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of night and day, and the ships which

run upon the sea with that which is of use to men, and the water which Allah sendeth down from the sky,

thereby reviving the earth after its death, and dispersing all kinds of beasts therein, and (in) the ordinance of

the winds, and the clouds obedient between heaven and earth: are signs (of Allah's Sovereignty) for a

people who have sense." (2 : 164)

he (the Holy Prophet) said: There is a destruction for a person who recited this Verse but did not ponder

over it. Ibn Hibban transmitted it.

CHAPTER 6

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