The Miracle of The Quran {Jumu ah Khutbah} Shaykh

The Miracle of The Quran

Jumu'ah Khutbah | Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi

Opening

Indeed, whomever Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala guides, none can misguide. And whomever Allah chooses to misguide, none can guide him back to the straight path. I bear witness and I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship other than Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

And I bear witness and I testify that Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is his final prophet and his most perfect worshipper. As to what follows, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has reminded us in the Quran to be conscious of him when he says:

"O you who believe, have taqwa of Allah the way that it is befitting that Allah have taqwa of. And do not die except in a state of Islam."

The Modern Spiritual Crisis

My dear brothers and sisters, we live in an age of spiritual crisis. We live in an age of materialism where our ruh and its needs are barely met. Where a new generation of Muslims sometimes is even doubting its iman.

And we have to remind ourselves, we have to remind ourselves not only of the truth of our religion, but also to be fed from the spirituality to make sure that iman remains strong in our heart. And today's khutbah is about the single greatest mechanism to strengthen iman. The single greatest factor to make us realize that our religion is true and that it is from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

The Miracle of the Quran

And that is in the miracle of the Qur'an. Nothing increases our iman like reciting the Qur'an, like listening to the Qur'an. Nothing fortifies our soul like the book of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Nothing answers the doubts of the naysayers. All of the doubts that people bring about religion, nothing answers them as effectively as the book of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala does. And this is something that is actually mentioned in the Qur'an and in the sunnah.

Because it is the sunnah of Allah. Even Allah has sunnahs, even Allah has customs. It is the sunnah of Allah that Allah blesses his prophets with miracles that his people can understand.

Historical Pattern of Miracles

To know that the prophet is speaking the truth. Look at the previous miracles. The prophet Salih was sent to the nation of Thamud.

And what did Thamud do? Thamud was able to carve into mountains. Thamud built structures inside mountains. To this day we wonder, how did they build those structures? And when the prophet Salih came, what was the miracle given to Salih? Allah azza wa jal gifted him the camel. What was the camel? You think you can create structures out of mountains? Allah can create life out of mountains. You think you are so high and mighty and powerful that you can carve a room into a mountain? Can you create a she-camel from a mountain?

Look at the prophet Musa alayhis salam. He was sent to Pharaoh. And the people of Pharaoh, they excelled in the dark arts, in magic, in sihr.

They excelled in sihr. They managed to do feats of sihr that would amaze the crowds. In front of all of Egypt, they did these quote-unquote miracles, which was nothing but magic.

They made the people think that the staffs that they have were like snakes because they could wiggle. They made the people see the wiggling. And they said, this is a great magic that you can fool 10,000 people.

Then what did Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala do? Allah didn't just pretend to wiggle some staffs. Allah created life from those staffs. Allah created life from those staffs.

And in front of their eyes, it wasn't a miracle of an illusion. It was an actual miracle of creation that Allah created snakes from those staffs. And that is why the magicians recognized this is not a feat of the eye. This is not a joke. This is from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

The Prophet Isa, Jesus, he came in a group of people, the Romans. They prided themselves on their medicine. They prided themselves that we can heal, the cure. We have reached a level of medicinal expertise that no one before us has done.

And perhaps they were right for their time in frame. What did Allah send Isa with? Can you cure the leper? Can you heal the blind? Can you resurrect the dead by the permission of Allah? And they realized this is not magic. This is not medicine. This is from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

The Arabs and Their Excellence in Language

The point being, every nation to whom a Prophet was sent, their miracle reflected their culture so that they best appreciate the miracle. Our Nabi (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was sent to the Arabs. And who were the Arabs? What did they pride themselves in? They did not pride themselves in medicine. They were not experts of the dark arts and magic. They didn't carve things into structures. What was their source of pride? It was their eloquence. It was their balaghah. It was their lughah. That's what they considered themselves to be the best at. And every year after the Hajj, when all of the tribes of Arabia were gathered before Islam, the Arab tribes would send their best poets and their equivalent of the Nobel Prize, their equivalent of the Academy, the Oscars, the Emmys. Who was it given to? Not to actors, to poets.

They prized poets like they prized no one else. And the best poetry was honored by being hung on the Ka'bah. And for a few generations, at least one generation before the coming of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم), there were seven famous poems called Al-Mu'allaqat Al-Sab'a, the seven hanging poems or hanging odes, because they were tacked to the door of the Ka'bah.

So the Arabs thought, who can beat us in eloquence? Then Allah azza wa jal sent the Quran upon a person who was not known for his poetry. He was not known for being a poet. He had no poetic experience.

And that was the miracle. A person who could not even read and write. A person who did not have the type of formal education of reading and literature and writing that one would expect from a poet. Yes, an honest person. Yes, an amazing person. But somebody who was not known to read and write.

Neither, this is in the Quran. Neither did you write a book before this, nor did you recite any poetry before the Quran. If you were able to recite poetry, maybe those who have doubt could have doubted the Quran.

But you were not known for this. You were not known to be an author. You were not known to be a poet.

And yet overnight, the Quranic miracle comes down. And this was the proof that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was the real prophet. And this is something that is demonstrated in the Quran itself.

The Verses of Challenge

There are five verses in the Quran, exactly five, that are called the verses of challenge, ayatul tahaddi. They challenge mankind to produce something similar to the Quran. If you are in doubt as to the Quran, Allah is saying, you're not sure if the Quran is from Allah.

You're not sure if this is a divine message. Then Allah says, bring a book similar to it. They couldn't do that.

So then Allah lowered it. Bring 10 surahs:

Bring 10 surahs, they couldn't do it. Then Allah says, bring something similar, they couldn't do it. Then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sealed the challenge by the verse in surah al-Baqarah which we all know:

If you are in doubt that this book is from Allah, if you are in doubt, then what should you do? Let them bring one surah like it. In this challenge, Allah is saying, I'll even allow teamwork. Go ahead and cheat.

Go ahead and get the help of anyone besides Allah. Go ahead and get all of mankind to bring three verses, one surah like it. Then Allah sealed the challenge.

If you cannot do it, and you shall never be able to do it, then if you doubt the Qur'an, there is no alternative other than Jahannam. You have failed the challenge. You are allowed to cheat with anyone.

Bring all of the jinn, bring all of the ins, and bring three verses similar to it. This is a simple challenge. And Allah sealed the challenge, because the challenge said, you shall never be able to do it.

The Prophet's Statement About His Miracle

And this is called the verses of tahaddi, or the verses of the miraculous nature of the Qur'an. And our Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, hadith is Sahih Bukhari:

(Sahih Bukhari 4981)

There has never been a prophet except that Allah has given him miracles because of which his people believed in him. There has never been a prophet except that Allah has given him miracles because of which his people have believed in him.

And then he said something that is a bit strange. He said:

And the only miracle that I have been given. Now pause here before I finish the hadith.

The hadith translates as, the only miracle I have been given. But technically, he had been given other miracles as well. I mean after all, how many times did food become a lot in his presence? How many times did water come from his hands? How many times did things happen that the sahaba realized that this is a miracle from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? So then how can he say, the only miracle I have been given?

The response, it is true he was given many miracles, and many books have been written about the miracles of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم). Actually Imam al-Bayhaqi, a famous great scholar, died a thousand years ago.

He wrote a sixteen volume book, no exaggeration, sixteen volumes entitled, The Miracles of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم). He has been given a lot of miracles. So then why is he saying (صلى الله عليه وسلم), the only miracle?

Two Explanations

Two things, number one, all of these other miracles, yes they happen without a doubt. But they were done primarily, primarily for the Muslims to see, or as a result of a search and constant situation, not as a response to a challenge, not as a response, I want to see a miracle, show me you're a prophet.

And secondly, the quantity and the quality of this miracle is so magnificent that all of the other miracles are trivial compared to it. Yes indeed, our Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) made a small amount of food a lot, but so did many prophets before him. Yes indeed, he was saved from the Quraysh multiple times, but so too many prophets were saved from their people and circumstance.

So the miracle, that is the mother of all miracles, the miracle that eclipses all other miracles, the miracle that is the definitive miracle of the Risalah of Muhammadiyah, the Risalah of our Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is the miracle of the Qur'an. That's why he has the right to say, and the only miracle I have been given.

Everything else is trivial compared to this.

The only miracle I have been given is the Qur'an. The only miracle is the Qur'an. And then he said, and that is why I am optimistic that I shall have the largest ummah on the day of judgment.

The Connection to the Largest Ummah

What has the largest ummah got to the miracle of the Qur'an? This hadith shows us that the miracle of the Qur'an is so miraculous that all of the other miracles of all of the other prophets don't even come close to the miracle of the Qur'an. Why? Because what did he link the miracle of the Qur'an to? The number of the ummah. He said, because of the Qur'an, I'm optimistic that I shall have the largest ummah.

What does that indicate about the Qur'an? That it is the most effective miracle that Allah has ever revealed to any prophet bar none. No exceptions. The Qur'an is the miracle of miracles.

The Qur'an is the greatest miracle that Allah has ever sent to any prophet. And that is why our Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is saying, Therefore I'm optimistic, I shall have the largest ummah on Qiyamah. And you know what? That has already been proven.

The Muslim ummah is the largest ummah. It has always been. In terms of quantity, it is the largest ummah from the history of mankind.

No ummah has been larger than the ummah of our Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم). The other ummahs, they might statistically be more, but as we know theologically, they have strayed. They're not technically following the teachings of Jesus or Moses anymore. So in terms of those who are faithful to their Prophet, more than a billion Muslims of this generation, add all of the billions that have come, add all of the billions that will continue to come, there is no question that merely in terms of quantity, the Muslim ummah is the largest ummah.

And the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) prediction has fallen true.

What Makes the Quran's Miracle Unique

Now, our scholars have mentioned, why is the miracle of the Qur'an more powerful than all the other miracles? What makes... After all, Isa, Musa, Thamud, Salih, they all have their miracles. Why is the miracle of the Qur'an more powerful? And our scholars have mentioned that this is actually because of two primary points that make this miracle different from the other miracles of the previous Prophets.

First Difference: The Message IS the Miracle

Two points that make this miracle different from the miracle of all of the previous Prophets. Number one, the miracle and the message is one and the same. You see, go back a thousand years, two thousand years, five thousand years, every Prophet comes and he has a book, he has a message, and then he has a miracle to prove the book and the message.

Musa had the staff, he had the hand, he did all of that he did. Isa resurrected the dead, cured the blind, healed the leper. Thamud, Salih did what he did.

So there's a miracle and there's a message. And the two are disconnected from one another. The miracle proves the message, the message comes after the miracle.

How about the Qur'an? The message is the miracle, and the miracle is the message. The Qur'an does not need external validation to prove it. The Qur'an is intrinsically able to prove itself without needing any external miracle to prove the truth of the Qur'an.

No previous book can claim this. So the proof and the boast, the response and the challenge, the miracle and the message is combined in one, and no previous scripture could claim that. This is unique.

Second Difference: Timeless and Placeless

Number two, and it is related to point number one. Number two, the Qur'an is removed from the constraints of time and place. If I ask you, do you believe that Musa and his staff became a snake? Every Muslim he will say yes.

If I ask you, do you believe that his hand was light? He will say yes. If I ask you, do you believe Isa resurrected Lazarus from the grave? You will say yes, I believe. I ask you, why do you believe? What will you say? The Qur'an says so.

Did you see it? Did anybody you know see it? Did you physically witness this miracle? No, we simply have to believe what has happened before, and we believe.

Now, the miracle of the Qur'an, did you have to be in 7th century Arabia to witness that miracle? Or is it accessible to you here and now? 4,000 miles away, 1,400 years later. The Qur'an is timeless.

The Qur'an has removed the constraints of time and place. Any human being, anywhere in the world, in any society, in any frame of time, in any place and location, can witness the miracle directly. And what other miracle can claim this? What other miracle?

Every other miracle, you need to have been an eyewitness, or else you're simply believing other people, which is fine. We believe the Qur'an, we believe in other people. But the miracle of the Qur'an is independent of a particular time and place. And hence our Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) has every right to say, I therefore am optimistic that I will have the largest ummah.

Because the Qur'an is not constrained by time and place. Any non-Muslim wants to challenge the Qur'an, here, here it is, read it, listen to it, ponder over it, and see if you can produce a chapter similar to it. The challenge is still operative, the Qur'an is still here amongst us that we can read and recite.

What other miracle can claim this? Therefore, there is no question that the Qur'an is the ultimate miracle.

Aspects of the Quran's Miraculous Nature

And our scholars have written many treatises and many books about this. And in a few minutes I have remaining in the first khutbah, I wanted to illustrate what some of our scholars have said about how the Qur'an is miraculous.

We talked about two points that makes the miracle of the Qur'an different from other miracles. Fine, understood. Now the question arises, what is so miraculous about the Qur'an? What makes the Qur'an unique? And our scholars mentioned a long list, more than 15 points are mentioned.

And even these 15, the fact of the matter is no list can suffice, you can keep on going on and on and on. But for the purposes of this khutbah, let me just mention very quickly six or seven things that make the Qur'an miraculous.

1. Language and Style

The most obvious of them, and the most self-evident, and the one that the Quraysh understood immediately, was the language and the style, the rhetoric and the eloquence of the Qur'an.

Nothing ever composed by men resembles the Qur'an. Go look at the seven poems, the muallaqat al-sebaa, go look at pre-Islamic poetry, go look at all types of what is called nathr, and rhythm and rhyme of pre-Islam and post-Islam. The genre of the Qur'an, the style of the Qur'an, the eloquence of the Qur'an is something that no human has even come close to.

It truly is timeless, and that is why when the greatest poets of Quraysh heard it, when the greatest poets of Arabia heard it, they didn't know what to do, they were mesmerized. It is mentioned in the Qur'an multiple instances of the seerah. Allah jalla wa azza mentions al-Walid for example ibn Uqbah, what he did when he heard the Qur'an.

Abu Jahl, the enemy of Islam, at night he would go stand outside the house of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) to listen to the Qur'an being recited. Because it was mesmerizing, he didn't know how to interpret it. So many of the Quraysh even as they rejected the Qur'an, they didn't know how to explain it because it was atypical.

And this is something that every one of us recognizes and realizes, subhanAllah, even if we don't speak Arabic, we appreciate the beauty of the Qur'an.

2. Preservation and Prediction of Preservation

So this is the obvious point, and our scholars have written many books and treatises going into detail about what is so unique about the language and style of the Qur'an. The second point that we'll mention, and this list is not exhaustive, there's much to be said.

The second point we'll mention, the preservation of the Qur'an and the prediction of the preservation. This is unique, it's one thing to be preserved, it's one thing Allah says in the book it's going to be preserved.

"Indeed, it is We who sent down the dhikr (reminder - the Quran), and indeed, We will be its guardian."

If you study the literature and the holy scripture of any other civilization, you will see the Qur'an is in its own category, not the Gita's of Hinduism, not the books of ancient Buddhism, not the Old Testament, not the New Testament, nothing is even in the same category as Qur'anic preservation.

We have some of the earliest manuscripts of the Qur'an. The Qur'an was compiled and written down in the lifetime of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم), the rudimentary form, within a year after his death when all of the major sahaba were alive. The first from Fatiha to Nas compilation was done, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq.

Then in the time of Uthmanradiallahu anhu, it was standardized across the ummah so that no two groups, we differ about everything. We don't differ about the Qur'an. Our Muslim ummah has so many ikhtilafat. There are no versions of the Qur'an. There is but one Qur'an around the globe. No other religion can claim this.

And the beauty, Allah said so from the beginning. I'm gonna preserve it, don't worry.

3. Predictions of the Quran

The third point we'll mention is the predictions of the Qur'an. The Qur'an predicts things that's going to happen. For example, the famous incident of the Romans and the Persians:

"The Romans have been defeated - In the nearest land. But they, after their defeat, will overcome - Within a few years."

Allah says, right now the Romans have lost. In a few years, the Romans will win over the Persians. And this happened. And the Qur'an speaks in the future tense. And it happened in the lifetime of the sahaba and other predictions as well.

4. Stories of Ancient Prophets

Of the miracles of the Qur'an, the miraculous nature of the Qur'an is something that we rarely think about. And the Qur'an mentions it as being a miracle. And that is the stories of the Qur'an.

The stories of the ancient prophets. You see, the Arab peoples, the Quraysh and all of the Arab tribes, they were disconnected from Bani Israel. They have nothing to do with the children of Ishaq. The stories of the Old Testament are not known in Mecca. Yusuf and Ishaq, and what's happening with even Nuh, and the flood, and Ibrahim. This is not something the Arabs are concerned with. Musa and what happened with Musa is not something the people of Mecca are talking about. There are no Bibles in Arabic at the time. There is no library in Mecca.

This knowledge is not just not known, it is unheard of. And in the middle of Arabia, a shepherd comes along without any formal education, without the capability to read and write, without having a library. And he begins narrating the tales that are known to all other civilizations.

Imagine in a pre-internet era when the world was cut off and what not. You found a tribe in Brazil cut off from all of society. And it knows the histories of what is going on in Rome and Persia.

It knows everything that's happening in the world and telling you its stories. You will say, how did this tribe get this information? And Allah mentions this in the Qur'an:

"You were not with them when they cast their pens as to which of them should be responsible for Mary."

You were not there, Ya Rasulullah. You were not there when they argued.

You were not there when Allah spoke to Musa. You were not there when Zakariya and the angel came. Allah mentions in the Qur'an that these stories are a miracle.

"You did not know it, neither you nor your people, before this."

How did you know this? Neither you nor your people knew these stories before the revelation of the Qur'an.

5. The Theology

Number four, of the miracles of the Qur'an, I will go over very quickly, the theology. In the middle of an idolatrous society, the Qur'an preaches a unique monotheism.

A monotheism that is unheard of. Strict monotheism. Belief in Allah, belief in the angels, belief in Qadr.

The theology is unique and it makes sense. How can a shepherd in the 7th century come forth with this perfect? And that's why Allah says:

"And He found you lost and guided [you]."

You did not know.

"And you did not know what was the Book or [what was] faith."

You did not know, Ya Rasulullah, what was the Kitab, the Qur'an, what was Iman, until we sent it down to you.

6. Laws and Morality

Number six, the laws and the morality of the Qur'an, the Shari'ah of Islam. In a society where racism was rampant, Allah says, O mankind, we created you from one man and one woman, and we made you different races and tribes, so that you can get to know one another. Allah eliminated racism.

In a society that preferred men over women, and allowed women to be buried alive, the first revelations:

"And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked - For what sin was she killed."

Protecting females, protecting those innocent girls that were killed. In a society where lawlessness was rampant, where there was no Haqq and Batil, Allahazza wa jal revealed in the Qur'an laws about truth, about honesty, about justice, about virtue. And that's what Ja'far As-Sadiq said to the Negus, that, O Negus, we were a society immersed in Jahiliyyah, we would do every type of sin, then Allah sent us a prophet with the revelation that taught us truth from falsehood.

7. The Impact on Hearts

So the laws and the ethics of the Qur'an, and we'll conclude because of time, of the things that are miraculous about the Qur'an, is the impact that the Qur'an has on those who listen to it. Simply by listening to the Qur'an, you know in your instinct, in your fitrah, your gut of guts, your heart of hearts, you know that this is from Allah.

And the beauty, and I speak as somebody who did not know Arabic at once upon a time, I for my whole entire life until I was 20 did not speak Arabic, I did not understand any Arabic.

The beauty, us who are non-Arabs and we don't understand the phrase of Arabic, even us when we hear the Qur'an, we know this is not the speech of a man, we know this is the speech of Allah. The impact, the emotions, the crying, the fear, the hope, that a language we don't even understand has upon us, this cannot be (قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ - qawl al-bashar). This is the kalam of (رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ - rabb al-'alamin).

And that's the beauty and the miracle of the Qur'an. And Allah mentions this in the Qur'an:

"And when they hear what has been revealed to the Messenger, you see their eyes overflowing with tears because of what they have recognized of the truth."

When they hear what has been recited to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم), they find them crying. This is upon non-Muslims that are good.

Allah says good non-Muslims, righteous non-Muslims, when they hear the Qur'an, you find them impacted. And you know there are YouTube videos of famous people being put the Qur'an on

earphone for the first time, and we see the impact. Some of them crying, some of them mesmerized, they cannot understand what they have heard.

8. The Miracle of Memorization

The impact of the Qur'an on the qalb that is pure, it is a miracle from Allah. And the final point we'll mention, and again this is not an exhaustive list. The final point we'll mention, which is a miracle that is palpable, we can sense it, we can see it, we can feel it, is the miracle of the memorization of the Qur'an.

And this is something that once again, we as Muslims undervalue, undervalue completely. When somebody becomes a hafidh amongst us, oh, mashaAllah, good boy, jazakallah, that's it, move on. Do you not realize that a 10-year-old child memorizing 600 pages in a language that he doesn't even understand is a walking, talking, living miracle?

Can you memorize one page in a language you don't understand? If I were to give you, if you don't speak Japanese, I give you a page of Japanese, could you memorize that page in 10 minutes, 5 minutes, 50 minutes? How about memorizing 600 pages in a language you don't even understand, without a single mistake, haraka, sukoon, word for word, letter for letter.

The hufadh are walking miracles that this is a book from Allahsubhanahu wa ta'ala. Every hafidh is an ayah min ayatillahi ta'ala. Because no other book can be memorized like this.

"Rather, it is distinct verses [preserved] within the breasts of those who have been given knowledge."

Allah mentions in the Qur'an, these are clear verses in the hearts of those who have ilm. No other book has been preserved in this manner. No other book can be memorized with such ease.

No other book has that impact. No other book has within it the theology, the morality, the laws of the Qur'an. And my dear brothers and sisters, Allah has praised Himself because of the Qur'an.

"[All] praise is [due] to Allah, who has sent down upon His Servant the Book."

"Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant."

All praise be to Allah who has sent the Qur'an down. Allah is worthy of praise because of the Qur'an.

Conclusion and Call to Action

This is the miracle of the Qur'an. May Allah bless me and you with and through the Qur'an. And may He make us of those whose verses they understand.

And those who applies halal and haram throughout our lifespan. I ask Allah to forgive me. You as well ask Him. He is the Ghafoor, the Rahman.

"Say, "He is Allah, [who is] one. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, Nor is there to Him any equivalent."

My dear brothers and sisters, indeed the Qur'an is the miracle of miracles. But the book is not to be put on a shelf.

It was not revealed to be written in decorative script and left there. It was not revealed to be put in a fancy cover only to be brought down when somebody has died and not used for the living. Dear Muslims, make the Qur'an a regular part of your lives.

Dear Muslims, listen to the Qur'an, memorize the Qur'an, read the Qur'an. Nothing increases your iman like the Qur'an. Nothing cleanses your heart from the rust of the dunya like the Qur'an.

Nothing gives you the yaqeen that Islam is from Allah, that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is true other than the Qur'an. The Qur'an is the most effective miracle that any prophet has ever been given. And that's why Allahsubhanahu wa ta'ala mentions in the Qur'an, we should be thankful for the Qur'an.

"Certainly did Allah confer [great] favor upon the believers when He sent among them a messenger from themselves, reciting to them His verses."

Allah has favored the believers by sending them a prophet who recites his verses to them. The sending of the prophet, the revelation of the book, Allah has favored the believers. Allah says in the

"Say, "In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy - in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate."

That rather, from Allah'srahma and His signs, you should be happy for that rather than the dunya, the tafsir is, as Ibn Abbas said, Allah is referencing the coming of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and the revelation of the Qur'an.

Allah says, (فَلْيَفْرَحُوا - falyafrahu). Let them be happy that they have the Qur'an. Let them be happy that Allah has sent them a prophet. It is much better than all the money that they can combine.

Practical Steps

Let us appreciate the Qur'an. And how do we appreciate the Qur'an? By listening to it, memorizing it, understanding it, reciting it, by surrounding ourselves with it. Dear Muslims, when you're driving in the car, don't just listen to news all the time.

You forget the news by tomorrow. Put on a few minutes of the Qur'an. Dear Muslims, as you have breakfast every single day for your body, have some breakfast for your soul.

Wake up 5-10 minutes earlier and just read two verses, one paragraph, half a page, one page, every day. Let no day go by except that you feed your soul a little bit of the Qur'an so that insha'Allah ta'ala the Qur'an will have the impact on you that it should have. Read the Qur'an before it is too late and it is read over you.

Read the Qur'an before judgment day comes because our Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, the Qur'an is either a hujjah for you or against you. It will either bear witness for you or against you. There is no middle ground.

Either the Qur'an is your ally or it is not. And we seek Allah's refuge from it being not our ally.

Closing Supplications

O Allah, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment