Memorizing the Qur'an
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Last night at the Troy masjid there was a celebration, for a brother have finished memorizing the whole quran. So there was a little gathering after salatul isha. This brother apparently has been working full time and finished memorizing the whole Quran in about one and a half years or so, inspite of having other responsibilities such as taking care of parents, wife etc. Then Imam Djafer (who happens to be such a wonderful wonderful man and one of my favorite person in this community being a teacher, guide, guardian) mentioned that there's another brother who is going to college full-time and is down with 25 juz. MashaAllah! Being an engineering major in a private college and then devoting free time to the knowledge of this deen is not something seen very often these days. There are numerous sayings of the prophet (saw) that mention the merits of memorizing the Quran. Like one hadith goes like: On the Day of Judgment, Allah (swt) will tell us to recite and elevate our position in the heaven and the last verse that we recite our place thats where we stop. I know - thinking of elevating in heaven is too much when we can't even think of passing the test of the grave - let alone being promoted to the higher heaven. But inshaAllah! we all can try and try our best to seek His(swt) pleasure and mercy. The story on memorizing Quran that impressed me the most is that of a friend's mother, who memorized the whole quran during her pregnancy while she was going to college and also had a household with five kids and a husband to take care of! So, she finished the quran memorization in approximately nine months. Now that's dedication! It shows us how careful she has been with using her time - MashaAllah. May Allah (swt) give that tawfiq and dedication to more men and women. Ameen! So, this tells us that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala surely assists and rewards those who intends to do something for His and His pleasure alone.
Another story in addition to be above. This kid was going to regular school and at that time he was in 6th Grade. He was also a part-time Hifz school (quran memorizing school) student, then one day his mother took him away from school and admitted him to the hifz school full-time. She knew there would be hardship and it won't be easy to catch up with the class and that he might fall back - but she was determined to make her son memorize the book of Allah (swt). Not only the mother did want it - the son also wanted to do that out of his own will. Thats really unusual for a kid of 6th grade to have such feeling. MashaAllah! ANyways, the kid finished memorizing the quran in two years and when he returned back to regular school, his class mates were two years ahead of him. He started off in grade 6 and within a year of his school time he was doing so well that he was given double promotion. Not only that eventually, he graduated high school ahead of his class and with distinct honors! Subhanallah! This is how Allah (swt) helps you when you do something for His cause. This just shows us how Allah (swt) can assist a person if the true intention is there and if we are willing to take one step towards Him. If we sincerely with our pure intention take one step towards Him, He (swt) will facilitate other doors for us and open such doors that we never ever expected. Its very important we keep asking ourselves every once in a while - why are we doing this? What do i want to get out of it? Who am i trying to please? Am i doing it for the sake of Allah (swt)? We need to check our intention... and inshaAllah He (swt) will assist us.
How many of us today actually devote our time to such noble acts as memorizing the quran or taking leave to learn about deen? We do not even think it's important. Sadly, we all have been so materialized that we hardly think of our profit and loss account in terms of the long-term goal. Moreover, in some countries the educational system has been made such that, people who does the worst in the standardized examinations, they are the ones who go to learn islamic history. Students with good grades go for med school, engineering school and we even look down on people when we hear that so and so person is studying Islamic History. Subhanallah! Look at the history and a little glimpse will make us realize that great scholars in Islam such a Imam Ghazali, Ibn Sina and you name it - they were the best of the students in their time. Their teachers realized their potential and directed them to the study of deen. Islam flourished not becasue of the mollahs who thinks women are not to drive cars and women needs to stay home and take care of the household - thats the only work of women. No! Islam flourished becasue over the centuries and over a period of 14 centuries it has produced the best and the best of the physicians, mathematicians, philosophers, poets who were so attached to their spiritual aspect as well. Unfortunately, these days, we have become more short-term goal oriented, where we cannot think beyond this world and are happy as long as we have a car, a house, a job and some money in the checking account (not to mention the credit cards and the bills due). Why are we all in this state inspite of having the QUran and Sunnah as our guidance? We can't blame the west! That's just wrong to hold this society and its global influence responsible for our weak soul. We have forgotten how to feed our soul - rather we engage in feeding and satisfying our sight and mind. As our prophet (pbuh) said, as the day of judgement comes nearer, the sun will rise from the west! A lot of scholars say that this means that as the Day of Judgment comes nearer, transmission of knowledge would be from the west to the east rather than what has been the usual practice in history. Isn't current situation of the world telling us exactly that? Going to the conference last weekend made me comprehend this matter - as so many young people went to the conference to learn about their deen and gain sacred knowledge from the scholars instead of just spending their spring break weekend going for some tracking or skiing lesson or going for some movies or the disney land - to HAVE SOME FUN! I'm not against all those activities - we all do need to have some relaxing time, but i guess we also need to prioritize our objective as to what really counts and what should count? Are we going to taste death in a state of peace and iman or we are too attached to this dunya to even think of death? Are we preparing ourselves and looking forward to meet our beloved - Allah (swt) ? Do we think about these issues at all? We are so far from what we should be as muslims - we need to work on our inner beings first before taking care of anything else. But khair inshaAllah, Allah Himself is in charge of spreading His own deen and as we disappoint Him in fulfilling our duty to serve Him, He(swt) will raise another nation that can do that job. May Allah (swt) guide us all and save us from the hardships of this dunya and the akhira. -Ameen
Yeah... its time to get ready to head out for work...!
Last night at the Troy masjid there was a celebration, for a brother have finished memorizing the whole quran. So there was a little gathering after salatul isha. This brother apparently has been working full time and finished memorizing the whole Quran in about one and a half years or so, inspite of having other responsibilities such as taking care of parents, wife etc. Then Imam Djafer (who happens to be such a wonderful wonderful man and one of my favorite person in this community being a teacher, guide, guardian) mentioned that there's another brother who is going to college full-time and is down with 25 juz. MashaAllah! Being an engineering major in a private college and then devoting free time to the knowledge of this deen is not something seen very often these days. There are numerous sayings of the prophet (saw) that mention the merits of memorizing the Quran. Like one hadith goes like: On the Day of Judgment, Allah (swt) will tell us to recite and elevate our position in the heaven and the last verse that we recite our place thats where we stop. I know - thinking of elevating in heaven is too much when we can't even think of passing the test of the grave - let alone being promoted to the higher heaven. But inshaAllah! we all can try and try our best to seek His(swt) pleasure and mercy. The story on memorizing Quran that impressed me the most is that of a friend's mother, who memorized the whole quran during her pregnancy while she was going to college and also had a household with five kids and a husband to take care of! So, she finished the quran memorization in approximately nine months. Now that's dedication! It shows us how careful she has been with using her time - MashaAllah. May Allah (swt) give that tawfiq and dedication to more men and women. Ameen! So, this tells us that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala surely assists and rewards those who intends to do something for His and His pleasure alone.
Another story in addition to be above. This kid was going to regular school and at that time he was in 6th Grade. He was also a part-time Hifz school (quran memorizing school) student, then one day his mother took him away from school and admitted him to the hifz school full-time. She knew there would be hardship and it won't be easy to catch up with the class and that he might fall back - but she was determined to make her son memorize the book of Allah (swt). Not only the mother did want it - the son also wanted to do that out of his own will. Thats really unusual for a kid of 6th grade to have such feeling. MashaAllah! ANyways, the kid finished memorizing the quran in two years and when he returned back to regular school, his class mates were two years ahead of him. He started off in grade 6 and within a year of his school time he was doing so well that he was given double promotion. Not only that eventually, he graduated high school ahead of his class and with distinct honors! Subhanallah! This is how Allah (swt) helps you when you do something for His cause. This just shows us how Allah (swt) can assist a person if the true intention is there and if we are willing to take one step towards Him. If we sincerely with our pure intention take one step towards Him, He (swt) will facilitate other doors for us and open such doors that we never ever expected. Its very important we keep asking ourselves every once in a while - why are we doing this? What do i want to get out of it? Who am i trying to please? Am i doing it for the sake of Allah (swt)? We need to check our intention... and inshaAllah He (swt) will assist us.
How many of us today actually devote our time to such noble acts as memorizing the quran or taking leave to learn about deen? We do not even think it's important. Sadly, we all have been so materialized that we hardly think of our profit and loss account in terms of the long-term goal. Moreover, in some countries the educational system has been made such that, people who does the worst in the standardized examinations, they are the ones who go to learn islamic history. Students with good grades go for med school, engineering school and we even look down on people when we hear that so and so person is studying Islamic History. Subhanallah! Look at the history and a little glimpse will make us realize that great scholars in Islam such a Imam Ghazali, Ibn Sina and you name it - they were the best of the students in their time. Their teachers realized their potential and directed them to the study of deen. Islam flourished not becasue of the mollahs who thinks women are not to drive cars and women needs to stay home and take care of the household - thats the only work of women. No! Islam flourished becasue over the centuries and over a period of 14 centuries it has produced the best and the best of the physicians, mathematicians, philosophers, poets who were so attached to their spiritual aspect as well. Unfortunately, these days, we have become more short-term goal oriented, where we cannot think beyond this world and are happy as long as we have a car, a house, a job and some money in the checking account (not to mention the credit cards and the bills due). Why are we all in this state inspite of having the QUran and Sunnah as our guidance? We can't blame the west! That's just wrong to hold this society and its global influence responsible for our weak soul. We have forgotten how to feed our soul - rather we engage in feeding and satisfying our sight and mind. As our prophet (pbuh) said, as the day of judgement comes nearer, the sun will rise from the west! A lot of scholars say that this means that as the Day of Judgment comes nearer, transmission of knowledge would be from the west to the east rather than what has been the usual practice in history. Isn't current situation of the world telling us exactly that? Going to the conference last weekend made me comprehend this matter - as so many young people went to the conference to learn about their deen and gain sacred knowledge from the scholars instead of just spending their spring break weekend going for some tracking or skiing lesson or going for some movies or the disney land - to HAVE SOME FUN! I'm not against all those activities - we all do need to have some relaxing time, but i guess we also need to prioritize our objective as to what really counts and what should count? Are we going to taste death in a state of peace and iman or we are too attached to this dunya to even think of death? Are we preparing ourselves and looking forward to meet our beloved - Allah (swt) ? Do we think about these issues at all? We are so far from what we should be as muslims - we need to work on our inner beings first before taking care of anything else. But khair inshaAllah, Allah Himself is in charge of spreading His own deen and as we disappoint Him in fulfilling our duty to serve Him, He(swt) will raise another nation that can do that job. May Allah (swt) guide us all and save us from the hardships of this dunya and the akhira. -Ameen
Yeah... its time to get ready to head out for work...!
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