Virtues of Reciting the Holy Qur’aan

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The Holy Qur’aan should be recited daily. Here we mention some Ahaadith with regards to the excellence of reciting the Holy Qur’aan:


"Recite the Holy Qur’aan for it will come as an intercessor for its reciter on the Day of Judgement."
"Allah Ta’ala says, "If anyone finds no time for My remembrance and for begging My favours due to remaining engaged in the recitation of the Qur’aan, I shall give him more than what I give to all those who beg favours of Me." The superiority of the word of Allah over all other words is like the superiority of Allah over the entire creation."


"Learn the Qur’aan and recite it, because the example of one who learns the Qur’aan, reads it and recites it in Tahajjud is like an open bag full of musk whose fragrance permeates the entire place. And the person who has learned the Qur’aan but sleeps while the Qur’aan is in the heart is like a bag full of musk with its mouth closed.


"Whoever recites one letter of the Book of Allah, for him will be one hasanah (blessing); and one hasanah is worth ten others. I do not say that Alif Laam Meem is one letter, but Alif is one letter, Laam is one letter and Meem is one letter."


"Envy is not permitted except in respect of two persons - one whom Allah blesses with the recitation of the Qur’aan and he remains engaged in it day and night, and the other is one who is given abundance of wealth by Allah and he spends it (in Allah’s path) day and night."


"It will be said to the reciter of the Qur’aan (on the Day of Qiyaamah), "Go on reciting the Qur’aan and continue ascending the stages of Jannah; and recite it in the same manner as you had been reciting it in the worldly life; your final abode will be where you reach when you read the last aayah of your recitation."
"One who recites the Qur’aan and is well versed in it (i.e. its recitation), will be in the company of angels who are scribes, noble and righteous; and one who falters in its recitation and has to exert himself, will get double the reward."

 

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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Baqarah & Surah Aale Imran[/SIZE] [SIZE=+1]1. Abu Umaamah radiyallahu anhu said he heard Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam say, "Recite the Qur’aan, for on the Day of Resurrection it will come as an intercessor for those who recite it. Recite the two shining ones, Baqarah and Surah Aale Imran, for one 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 Surah Al-Baqarah, for reading it produces blessing and abandoning it causes regret, and the Batalah are unable to recite it." (Some have translated Batalah as magicians).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]2. Nawas ibn Sam’aan radiyallahu anhu said he heard the Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam say, "On the Day of Resurrection the Qur’aan and those who acted according to it will be brought with Surah Al-Baqarah and Aale Imran preceding them like two black clouds or canopies with light between them, or two flocks of birds in ranks pleading for the one who recited them."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]3. Makhul said, "If one recites Aale Imran on a Friday, the angels will invoke blessings on him till night comes."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]4. Hazrat Usman ibn Affan radiyallahu anhu said, "If anyone recites the end of Surah Aale Imran at night, the reward for a night spent in prayer will be recorded for him."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]5. Imaam Qurtubi rahmatullahi alaihe reports Abu Salil saying that a man started bleeding, he then took refuge in the valley of Majanna, in which no one lay a foot but was harmed by a snake. At the edge of the valley were two monks, when night fell one monk said to the other, "By Allah this man will perish."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Abu Salil says that the man started reciting Surah Aale Imran. The monks said, "This man has read Surah Taibah may he be saved."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Abu Salil says that the man was safe and sound in the morning.[/SIZE]

 

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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Nisaa[/SIZE] [SIZE=+1]Hazrat Abdullah ibn Mas’ood radiyallahu anhu has said, "Verily there are 5 verses in Surah Nisaa and in place of these verses this world and all that is in is does not please me."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1](i) "If you avoid great sins which you are forbidden to do, We shall remit from you your (small) sins, and admit you to a Noble Entrance (i.e. Paradise)."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Surah Nisaa:31)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1](ii) "Surely, Allah wrongs not even of the weight of an atom (or a small ant), but if there is any good (done), He doubles it, and gives from Him a great reward."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Surah Nisaa:40)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1](iii) "Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with him in worship, but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners with Allah in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Surah Nisaa:48)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1](iv) "If they (the hypocrites), when they had been unjust to themselves, had come to you (Muhammad sallallahu alaihe wasallam) and begged Allah’s forgiveness, and the Messenger had begged forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah indeed the All-Forgiving (One who accepts repentance), Most Merciful."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Surah Nisaa:64)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1](v) "And whoever earns a sin, he earns it only against himself. And Allah is every All-Knowing, All-Wise."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Surah Nisaa:110)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]This statement of Hazrat Abdullah ibn Mas’ood radiyallahu anhu has been recorded by Ibn Jareer.[/SIZE]

 

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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah An’aam[/SIZE] [SIZE=+1]1. Hazrat Abu Jafar through his chain of transmission narrates from Hazrat Anas ibn Malik radiyallahu anhu, saying that Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam has said, "Surah An’aam was revealed along with it were a host of angels covering both sides of the sky. They were singing praises and the Earth was shaking because of them." and Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam was saying, "Glorified is my tremendous mighty Lord." three times.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Qurtubi)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]2. Hazrat Umar ibn Al-Khattab radiyallahu anhu said, "Surah An’aam is from the core of the Qur’aan."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Qurtubi)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]3. Mahdawi has mentioned that the commentators of the Qur’aan have said that the Torah was commenced with Alhamdu lillahilazee khalaqas samaawaati wal ardh (the first verse of Surah An’aam) and it has been terminated with verse Alhamdu lillahillazee lam yattakhiz waladaw walam yakul lahu shareekun fil mulki (the last verse of Surah Bani Israeel).[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Qurtubi)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]4. Hazrat Jabir radiyallahu anhu narrates that Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam said, "Whoever prays the first three verses of Surah An’aam until Wa ya‘lamu ma taksibun, Allah Ta’ala appoints for him one thousand angels who record his worship similar of their own. And an angel descends from the seventh heaven, with a crooked rod of iron. Now when the satan wishes to whisper to the reciter or drive into his heart the inclination of some sin the angel hits the satan such a hard blow that seventy barriers form between the satan and the reciter. And on Resurrection Day Allah Ta’ala will say to him, ‘Walk in My shade this day in which besides My shade no other shade exists. And eat the fruits of My paradise and drink from the pool of Kawthar, and take a wash from the spring of Salsabeel, for you are My servant and I am your Lord."[/SIZE]

 

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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Hud[/SIZE] [SIZE=+1]Hazrat Ka’b radiyallahu anhu says that Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam has said, "Recite Surah Hud on Friday."[/SIZE]

 

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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Kahf[/SIZE] [SIZE=+1]1. Hazrat Al Baraa said that when a man was reciting Surah Kahf with a horse tied with two ropes at one side. Suddenly a cloud overshadowed him, and as it began to come nearer and nearer, his horse began to take fright. He went and mentioned it to the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam in the morning and he said, "That was tranquillity which came down by reason of the Qur’aan."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]2. Hazrat Abu Darda radiyallahu anhu reported Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam saying, "If anyone memorises ten verses from the beginning of Surah Kahf, he will be protected from the Dajjal (Anti-Christ)."

[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]3. Hazrat Abu Darda radiyallahu anhu reported Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam saying, "Anyone who reads the first three verses of Surah Kahf, he will be protected from the trial of the Dajjal (Anti-Christ)."[/SIZE]

 

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[SIZE=+2]The Virtue of Surah Ta ha[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Hazrat Abu Hurairah radiyallahu anhu reported Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam as saying, "A thousand years before creating the Heavens and the Earth Allah Ta’ala recited Ta ha and Yaseen. And when the angels heard the recitation they said, ‘Glad tidings for those people to whom this comes down, good news for those hearts which carry this and good news for those tongues which utter this."[/SIZE]

 

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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Sajdah[/SIZE] [SIZE=+1]1. Hazrat Jabir radiyallahu anhu narrates that the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam would not retire to bed until he had read Alif Laam Tanzeel and Surah Tabaarak.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Tirmizi)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]2. Hazrat Khalid ibn Ma’dan radiyallahu anhu said, "Recite the Deliverer, which is Alif Laam Tanzeel, for I have heard that a man who had committed many sins used to recite it and nothing else. It spread its wing over him and said, ‘O’ My Lord, forgive him, for he often used to recite me.’ So the Lord Most High made it an intercessor for him and said, ‘Record for him a good deed and raise him a degree in place of every sin." Hazrat Khalid radiyallahu anhu also said, "It will dispute on behalf of the one who recites it when he is in his grave saying, ‘O’ Allah, if I am part of Thy Book, make me an intercessor for him. But if I am not a part of Thy Book, blot me out of it.’ It will be like a bird putting its wing on him, it will intercede for him and will protect him from the punishment in the grave." He said the same about Tabaarakallazi (Surah Mulk). Hazrat Khalid radiyallahu anhu did not go to sleep at night till he had recited them. Taus said that they were given sixty virtues more than any other Surah in the Holy Qur’aan.[/SIZE]

 

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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Sajdah[/SIZE] [SIZE=+1]1. Hazrat Jabir radiyallahu anhu narrates that the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam would not retire to bed until he had read Alif Laam Tanzeel and Surah Tabaarak.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Tirmizi)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]2. Hazrat Khalid ibn Ma’dan radiyallahu anhu said, "Recite the Deliverer, which is Alif Laam Tanzeel, for I have heard that a man who had committed many sins used to recite it and nothing else. It spread its wing over him and said, ‘O’ My Lord, forgive him, for he often used to recite me.’ So the Lord Most High made it an intercessor for him and said, ‘Record for him a good deed and raise him a degree in place of every sin." Hazrat Khalid radiyallahu anhu also said, "It will dispute on behalf of the one who recites it when he is in his grave saying, ‘O’ Allah, if I am part of Thy Book, make me an intercessor for him. But if I am not a part of Thy Book, blot me out of it.’ It will be like a bird putting its wing on him, it will intercede for him and will protect him from the punishment in the grave." He said the same about Tabaarakallazi (Surah Mulk). Hazrat Khalid radiyallahu anhu did not go to sleep at night till he had recited them. Taus said that they were given sixty virtues more than any other Surah in the Holy Qur’aan.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Darimee)[/SIZE]​

Return To Contents [SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Yaseen[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]1. Hazrat Anas radiyallahu anhu reported Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam as saying, "Everything has a heart and the heart of the Holy Qur’aan is Yaseen. Allah Ta’ala will record anyone who recites Yaseen as having recited the Holy Qur’aan ten times."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Tirmizi, Darimee)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]2. Hazrat Ata ibn Abu Rabah radiyallahu anhu told of hearing that Allah Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam said, "If anyone recites Yaseen at the beginning of the day, his needs will be fulfilled."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Darimee)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]3. Hazrat Maqil ibn Yasaar Muzani radiyallahu anhu reported the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam as saying, "If anyone recites Yaseen for Allah’s pleasure, his past sins will be forgiven; so recite it on those who are dying."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Baihaqi)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]4. Hazrat Anas radiyallahu anhu reported Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam as saying, "Whoever goes to the graveyard and reads Surah Yaseen Allah Ta’ala gives them (the grave dwellers) ease that day, and the reciter receives spiritual blessings equivalent to the amount of letters of Surah Yaseen."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Qurtubi)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]5. Hazrat Maqil ibn Yasaar radiyallahu anhu reports that the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam has said, "Recite Surah Yaseen on those who are dying."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Abu Dawood)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]6. Hazrat Ummud Darda radiyallahu anhu reports the Noble Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam saying, "Over no person who is about to die and Surah Yaseen is read upon them but Allah Ta’ala lightens the difficulties of death for him."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Qurtubi)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]7. Hazrat Abu Hurairah radiyallahu anhu says that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihe wasallam has said, "Whoever recites Surah Yaseen at night seeking the pleasure of Allah Ta’ala, that night he will be forgiven."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Abu Nuaym)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]8. Hazrat Aisha radiyallahu anhu reports Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam saying, "Indeed in the Noble Qur’aan there is a Surah, for its reading will intercede and will be a means of forgiveness for its listener. Listen carefully, it is Surah Yaseen, in the Torah it is called Muimmah."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]It was enquired, "O’ Messenger of Allah, what is Muimmah?"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam replied, "It contains for its reader the benefits of this world, it removes from him the dread of the next life, and it is called Dafiah and Qadhiyah."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Again it was enquired, "How is this Surah Dafiah and Qadhiyah?"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam replied, "It takes away from its reader all afflictions and fulfills his need. Whoever recites it, it will be made equal to twenty pilgrimages. Whoever shall listen to it, it will be as thousand dinars, which he has given as charity in the path of Allah. And whoever shall write it and then drink it, it will enter into his heart a thousand cures, a thousand radiant lights, a thousand times more increase in belief, a thousand mercies, a thousand blessings, a thousand times more increase in guidance, and will remove from him all gall and disease."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Al-Tha’labi, Hakeem Tirmizi in Nawadrul Usoos)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]9. Hazrat Abu Hurairah radiyallahu anhu reports the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihe wasallam saying, "Whoever recites Surah Yaseen on the eve of Friday he will be forgiven by morning."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Qurtubi)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]10. Hazrat Abu Hurairah radiyallahu anhu reports the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam saying, "Whoever recites Surah Yaseen at night he will be forgiven in the morning, and whoever recites that Surah Haameen in which Dukhaan is mentioned he will be forgiven in the morning."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Abu Ya’la)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]11. Hazrat Jundub ibn Abdullah radiyallahu anhu narrates that the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam has said, "Whoever reads Yaseen at night seeking the pleasure of Allah Ta’ala he is forgiven."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Ibn Habbaan)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]12. Hazrat Ibn Abbas radiyallahu anhu reports Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam saying, "My heart’s desire is that Surah Yaseen should be present in the heart of every individual of my Ummah."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Al-Bazzaar)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]13. Yaha ibn Abi Kathir says, "This narration has reached me that whoever shall recite Yaseen at night, he remains content till morning and whoever shall recite it in the morning, he remains content till evening. And that person who has related this to me has also experienced this." Thalabi said, and Ibn Atiyah has mentioned this and Ibn Atiyah says, "Experience confirms this."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Qurtubi)[/SIZE]​

 

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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Zumar[/SIZE]






[SIZE=+1]Hazrat Aisha radiyallahu anhu says, "Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam used to fast until we used to say, ‘He has no intention of remaining without fast.’ In addition, he used to remain without fast until we used to say, ‘He has no desire of observing fast.’ And he used to recite Surah Bani Israeel and Surah Zumar every night."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Nasai)[/SIZE]​

Return To Contents [SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Mu’min[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Hazrat Abu Hurairah radiyallahu anhu reported Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam as saying, "If anyone recites in the morning Ha Mim (Al-Mu’min) to Ilayhil Maseer (40:3)and Aayatul Kursi, he will be guarded by them till the evening, and if anyone recites them in the evening he will be guarded by them till the morning."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Tirmizi)[/SIZE]​

Return To Contents [SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Dukhan[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]1. Hazrat Abu Hurairah radiyallahu anhu reported Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam as saying, "If anyone recites Ha-mim Al-Dukhan any night, seventy thousand angels will ask forgiveness for him in the evening."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Tirmizi)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]2. Hazrat Abu Rafi radiyallahu anhu said, "Whoever will recite Surah Dukhan on the eve of Friday, by morning he is forgiven and he will be wed to a huri (damsel of paradise) with wide lovely eyes."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Darimi)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]3. The same Hadith is reported by Hazrat Abu Hurairah radiyallahu anhu that Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam said, "Whoever shall recite Surah Dukhan on the eve of Friday, he is forgiven in the morning."[/SIZE] [SIZE=+1]4. Hazrat Abu Umamah radiyallahu anhu has said: I have heard the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam saying, "Whoever prays Surah Dukhan on the eve of Friday or on Friday Allah Ta’ala makes for him a home in paradise."[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Rahman[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Hazrat Ali radiyallahu anhu told that he heard Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam say, "Everything has an adornment and the adornment of the Qur’aan is Ar-Rahman."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Baihaqi)[/SIZE]​

Return To Contents [SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Waqi’ah[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Hazrat Uthman radiyallahu anhu went to Hazrat Ibn Mas’ood radiyallahu anhu paying him a visit in his sickness in which he passed away.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]He asked, "What illness do you have?"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Hazrat Ibn Mas’ood radiyallahu anhu replied, "My sins."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]He inquired, "What do you desire?"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]He replied, "The mercy of my Lord."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]He asked, "Shall we not call someone to bring a doctor for you?"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Hazrat Ibn Mas’ood radiyallahu anhu replied, "It is a doctor that has made me sick."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Hazrat Uthman radiyallahu anhu asked again, "Shall I give order for your payment to be given."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]He replied, "I have no need of it, you withheld it from me during my lifetime and at my death you are giving it to me."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Hazrat Uthman radiyallahu anhu said, "After you it will remain for your daughters."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Hazrat Ibn Mas’ood radiyallahu anhu said, "Do you fear poverty over my daughters, I have instructed them to recite every night Surah Waqi’ah for I have heard Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam say, ‘He who recites Surah Waqi’ah every night, poverty will never afflict him."[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Hadid[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]1. Hazrat Irbad ibn Sariya said the Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam used to recite Musabbihaat before going to sleep," and has said, "In them is a verse which is better than a thousand verses."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Ahmad, Abu Dawood, Tirmizi and Nasai)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]Note: Musabbihaat - these are said to be those Surahs which begin with the perfect, imperfect, or imperative of the verb of Sabbaha (to glorify).[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Mulk[/SIZE] [SIZE=+1]1. Hazrat Abu Hurairah radiyallahu anhu reported Allah Ta’ala’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam as saying, "A Surah in the Qur’aan containing thirty verses interceded for a man till his sins were forgiven. It was Tabaarakallazi Biyadihil Mulk."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Tirmizi, Abu Dawood, Nasai and Ibn Majah)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]2. Hazrat Ibn Abbas radiyallahu anhu said that one of the Prophet’s sallallahu alaihe wasallam companions set up his tent over a grave without realising that it was a grave and it contained a man who was reciting the Surah Tabaarakallazi Biyadihil Mulk up to the end. He went and told the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam who said, "It is The Defender; it is The Protector which safeguards from Allah Ta’ala’s punishment."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Tirmizi)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]3. Hazrat Jabir radiyallahu anhu said it was the custom of the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam not to go to sleep until he had read Tabaarakallazi Biyadihil Mulk and Alif Laam Meem Tanzeel.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Ahmad, Tirmizi and Daramee)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]4. Hazrat Anas radiyallahu anhu reported Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam as saying, "There is a Surah which will plead for its reciter till it causes him to enter paradise (Tabaarakallazi Biyadihil Mulk)."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1](Tabrani)[/SIZE]​

[SIZE=+1]5. Hazrat Ibn Abbas radiyallahu anhu told a man, "Shall I not give you as gift a Hadith with which you will rejoice."[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1]The man replied, "Why not!"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Hazrat Ibn Abbas radiyallahu anhu said, "Recite Surah Tabaarakallazi Biyadihil Mulk and teach it to your household and all your children and the children of your house and your neighbours for it is ‘The Protector and The Defender (or Hazrat Ibn Abbas radiyallahu anhu said) it will plead with its Lord for its reciter and it will intercede for its reciter to protect him from the punishment of the fire and to save its reciter from the punishment of the grave. Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam has said, ‘It is my hearts desire that this Surah be present in the heart of every person of my Ummah’."[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah A’laa[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Hazrat Ali radiyallahu anhu said that Allah Ta’ala’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam used to like this Surah Sabbihisma Rabbikal A’laa.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Zilzaal[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]1. Hazrat Abu Hurairah ibn Amr radiyallahu anhu told of a man coming to the Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam and asking him to teach him to recite. On being told to recite three of the Surahs with Alif laam raa he replied, "I am old, my heart has difficulty in remembering, and my tongue is sluggish." Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam told him to recite the three Surahs of Haa meem, he gave the same reply and then asked Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam "Teach me the reading of a comprehensive surah." So Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam taught him to recite Izaa zul zilatil ardhu zilzaalahaa up to the end. The man said, "I swear by Him who has sent you with the truth that I shall never recite more than that."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]When the man turned away Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam said twice, "The little man has become successful."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Note: This Surah has been called a comprehensive Surah because it contains the verse:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]"And whoso doth good an atom’s weight shall see it then, and whoso doth ill an atom’s weight shall see it then."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]This includes all those things that have been ordered to be done and all those things that have been ordered to refrain from.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]2. Hazrat Ibn Abbas radiyallahu anhu and Hazrat Anas ibn Malik radiyallahu anhu reported Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam as saying that Izaa zul zilatil ardhu zilzaalahaa is equivalent to half the Qur’aan, Qul huwallahu ahad is equivalent to a third of the Qur’aan and Qul yaa ayyuhal kaafiroon is equivalent to a quarter of the Qur’aan.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Note: In the Qur’aan mention has been made of creation first time and a second time because in this Surah recreation and resurrection have been told in an influential and effective manner. The reading of this Surah is equivalent to half of the Qur’aan.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Takathur[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Hazrat Ibn Umar radiyallahu anhu reported Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam as saying, "Can one of you not recite a thousand verses daily?"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Then they asked, "Who could recite a thousand verses daily?"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]He replied, "Can one of you not recite Alhaakumut takaathur?"[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Kafiroon[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]1. Farwa ibn Naufal quoted his father as saying that he had asked, "O’ Allah’s Messenger teach me something to say when I retire to bed."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]He replied, "Recite Qul yaa ayyuhal kafiroon for it is a declaration of freedom from polytheism."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]2. Hazrat Anas ibn Malik radiyallahu anhu reported Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam as saying that Izaa zul zilatil ardhu zilzaalahaa is equivalent to half the Qur’aan, Qul huwallahu ahad is equivalent to a third of the Qur’aan, and Qul yaa ayyuhal kafiroon is equivalent to a quarter of the Qur’aan. When Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam used to retire to bed he used to recite Qul yaa ayyuhal kafiroon till the end.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]3. Harith ibn Jabala radiyallahu anhu says, "I asked, ‘O’ Messenger of Allah teach me something which I can read when I go to sleep."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam replied, "When you go to bed at night read Qul yaa ayyuhal kafiroon for it is a declaration of freedom from polytheism."[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+2]The Virtues of Surah Ikhlaas[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]1. Hazrat Abu Darda radiyallahu anhu reported Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam as saying, "Is any one of you unable to recite a third of the Qur’aan in a night?"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]The companions asked, "How could a third be recited?"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]He replied, "Qul huwallahu ahad is equivalent to a third of the Qur’aan."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Note: Mainly in the Qur’aan there is mention of 3 topics; the unity of Allah Ta’ala, law and stories. Because the unity of Allah has been proclaimed with great eloquence in this Surah, this Surah is equivalent to a third of the Qur’aan.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Some scholars have stated that the recitation of Qul huwallahu ahad in itself earns the reward of reading one third of the Qur’aan. Now, taking into consideration the first opinion, if anyone was to recite Surah Ikhlaas 3 times he wouldn’t necessarily receive the reward of reciting the entire Qur’aan. Whereas if the second opinion is taken into consideration then by reading this Surah 3 times one will receive the reward of the recitation for the whole Qur’aan.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]2. Hazrat Aisha radiyallahu anhu said that the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam sent a man in charge of an expedition. He would recite for his companions during their prayer, finishing with Qul huwaalhu ahad. When they returned they mentioned this to the Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam and he told them to ask him why he did that. They asked him and he replied, "Because it is a description of the Compassionate One, I like to recite it."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Then the Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam said, "Tell him that Allah loves him."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]3. Hazrat Anas radiyallahu anhu said a man told Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam that he liked the Surah Qul huwallahu ahad to which he replied, "Your love of it will admit you into Paradise."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]4. Hazrat Anas radiyallahu anhu reported the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam as saying, "If anyone recites two hundred times daily, Qul huwallahu ahad the sins of fifty years will be wiped out, unless he is in debt." Tirmizi and Darami transmitted it. The latter version has ‘fifty times’ and he did not mention ‘unless he is in debt’.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]5. Hazrat Anas radiyallahu anhu reported the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam as saying, "If anyone who is about to sleep on his bed lies on his right side, then recites Qul huwallahu ahad a hundred times, the Lord will say to him on the day of resurrection, ‘My servant, enter paradise to your right."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]6. Saeed ibn Musayyib radiyallahu anhu reported in Mursal form that the Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam said, "If anyone recites ten times Qul huwallahu ahad a palace will be built for him in paradise. If anyone recites it twenty times, two palaces will be built for him in paradise owing to it and if anyone recites it thirty times, three palaces will be built for him in paradise because of it."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Umar ibn Khattab radiyallahu anhu said, "I swear by Allah, Messenger of Allah, that we shall then produce many palaces for ourselves."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]To which he replied, "Allah’s abundant grace is even more comprehensive than that."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]7. Aifa ibn Abd Kilai told of a man who asked Allah’s Messenger sallallahu alaihe wasallam which Surah of the Qur’aan was greatest and was told that it is Qul huwallahu ahad. He asked which verse of the Qur’aan was greatest and he replied that is the throne verse, Allahu laailaaha illa huwal hayyul qayyoom. He asked, "O’ Prophet of Allah (sallallahu alaihe wasallam) which verse would you like to bring good to you and your people?"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]He replied, "The end of Surah Baqarah, for it is one of the treasures of Allah’s treasures of Allah’s Mercy from under His Throne which He gave to this Ummah, and there is no good in this world and the next which it does not include."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]8. Hazrat Abu Saeed radiyallahu anhu says that he heard a person reciting repeatedly Qul huwallahu ahad. In the morning he (Abu Saeed) came to the Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam and related this to him, it seemed that the questioner was thinking of the Surah as being little. In answer to that Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam said, "I swear by that Being in whose dominion my soul lies this Surah is equivalent to a third of the Qur’aan."[/SIZE]

 

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