Qur’an’s Rights on Every Muslim Mohamed Haroon Sait May 20, 2016
“God, the Merciful Benefactor. It is He Who has taught the Quran.” - Holy Qur’an 55:1-2 fardh salaat we repeat Surah al Muhammad Allah is reminding us that the Qur’an (PBUH) has is the most merciful thing that He Fatihah. In that recitation is a line where we are asking Allah to guide declared, has provided us with. Most of us are us on the straight way. That guidance “The best familiar with the rights of a Muslim is the Qur’an! If we pray without among you upon another, however, the Qur’an understanding, then it cannot guide are those who learn Qur’an and itself is the word of Allah and it has us in making a change in our lives. teach it to others.” certain rights upon us as Muslims. 4. The right to be practiced. Once we 1. The right to be believed as Allah’s learn something, we are obligated to Furthermore, we have no excuse in today’s technology age to be ignorant. word. The Qur’an is not just a book apply it. The Qur’an is not merely a on a shelf, it is an integral part of book to be read for entertainment, Our computers and cell phones our faith. but it is a guidebook for life. We empower us to listen to guidance must put the lessons of Allah’s from all over the world. We can ask 2. The right to be recited in a questions to scholars and Arabic word into action. melodious and beautiful fashion. The recitation of Qur’an has the 5. The right to be propagated. The teachers at any time to enhance our power to touch people’s hearts even Qur’an is not just for Muslims, it is deen. We are obligated to use the if they do not know the words. not something to keep to ourselves resources at our disposal to progress Muhammad (PBUH) encouraged selfishly. We are commanded by in our religion and not merely for us to recite the Qur’an in a beautiful Allah to give dawah, and the best entertainment. way and to respect its beauty. way is to share the Qur’an. How This Ramadan, the month of the 3. The right to be understood. can we speak better for Allah than Qur’an, be certain to give the rights His own words in the Qur’an? that it deserves. Seventeen times a day during our
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