Now, I will tell you about the Hafiz of today and those who have been granted the title of Hafiz e Qur’an by Prophet Mohammad.
Those whom Prophet Mohammad has granted the title of Hafiz e Qur’an can never forget the Qur’an.
Why is that?
Because the Qur’an has been revealed upon their hearts by the Prophet and they can see it written in golden letters so how can they forget it?
Hafiz e Qur’an vs Hafiz e Tehreer
Mohammad Sajjad from Bahawalpur has asked a question.
‘When God revealed the Qur’an, it was written upon the trees, leaves, walls and rocks and some the Companions of the Prophet memorised it.
There was no such thing as paper back then.
God said in the Qur’an: taj'aloonahoo qaraateesa
which means paper
So what was the background story of this Quranic verse?’
God also said that even if the Qur’an was revealed in the form of a book, those who were never meant to believe still wouldn’t believe it.
But the question is what are the advantages and disadvantages of the Qur’an being descended in the form of a book?
What does this say?
Okay, now take the one million dollars. Go ahead.
It says one million dollar here but is there any benefit of it?
Does it have any benefit?
It says one million dollar, right? So take it
Okay, now I will write ‘gold’ here.
Gold. Take it. Go and sell it.
It’s useless, isn’t it? It’s just written.
Micheal Jackson has passed away, right?
But let me write it here.
Here is Micheal Jackson.
It’s written here.
Sing.
He’s not singing.
Sing!
Micheal Jackson is written, not singing.
Qur’an is in written form, right? You also have it so then why are you asking me what it means?
You have it too, don’t you?
Every Muslim household has a Qur’an.
It’s in written form so why do you have to ask me what the verses mean?
This is why God rendered the divine energy of the Qur’an unto the heart of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
The divine energy of the Holy Qur’an was transferred to Prophet Mohammad’s heart...
...and then that divine energy was given the form of writing by people so what people have is the written form, not the Qur’an itself.
Because the Qur’an is in the heart of Prophet Mohammad in the form of divine energy, the divine energy that has been transferred from heart to heart.
Now, I will tell you about the Hafiz of today and those who have been granted the title of Hafiz e Qur’an by Prophet Mohammad.
Those whom Prophet Mohammad has granted the title of Hafiz e Qur’an can never forget the Qur’an.
Why is that?
Because the Qur’an has been revealed upon their hearts by the Prophet and they can see it written in golden letters so how can they forget it?
But the so-called Hafiz have to practise every year before the Taraweeh starts because they know they have to learn it again.
Why do you forget it?
Despite doing so much revision, they often forget entire verses and they have to be helped.
Why is that?
Because you have crammed the Qur’an and so it is in your mind, not in your heart.
You are not a Hafiz e Qur’an, you are a Hafiz e Tehreer.
A Hafiz e Qur’an is one who has the Qur’an in his heart and can see it written in gold lettering.
I didn’t go to any madrassa.
I don’t even know how to read the Qur’an but His Divine Eminence said to me, ‘I have made you a Hafiz e Qur’an’.
One day, I said to His Divine Eminence, ‘Master, I didn’t understand your statement’.
His Divine Eminence asked, ‘Which statement?’
I said, ‘Master, you said you made me a Hafiz e Qur’an’.
His Divine Eminence replied, ‘Yes, that’s right’.
I said, ‘Master, when you said I am a Hafiz e Qur’an, I thought I should start reciting the Qur’an by memory but I couldn’t remember anything.
I thought since I am a Hafiz e Qur’an, I would be able to recite the Qur’an like one’.
His Divine Eminence said, ‘No that’s not what Hafiz e Qur’an means.
Hafiz e Qur’an means that your Spiritual Heart becomes a safe place for the Qur’an to be stored so that it can never be taken away.
This is why I have inserted the Qur’an into your heart’.
The following day, I was going to sleep at night and I saw that my Spiritual Heart spent the entire night reciting the Qur’an.
All night!
And then, this started happening so much so that I would be walking on the street and I could hear my heart reciting the Qur’an.
Sometimes Chapter Al-Rahman, sometimes Chapter An-Nur, and all the others.
Sometimes what happens is that I will be sitting and suddenly, I will see the shimmering words of the Qur’an floating in front of my eyes.
It happens over and over again. It doesn’t go away.
It only stops after I speak about a particular verse of the Qur’an in the live transmission.
So I take it to mean that this is a message from above that I need to speak on this verse.
Even if the Qur’an had been sent in the form of a book, it would have been useless.
Now, it doesn’t make a difference if there is no paper in the era in which God decided to send the Qur’an in the form of a book
Even the Qur’an wasn’t there and yet God descended it.
So if there was no paper and that is what God wanted, then there would be paper too.
The Qur’an also was not available but God revealed it.
There was no paper because God didn’t need it, if he needed it then paper would have been invented back then.
This is why God used it as an example that even if the Qur’an was revealed on paper, they would have rejected it.
The clerics say they are teaching the knowledge of the Qur’an to people.
Let me tell you something.
Never read the explanation of the Qur’an written by a cleric, you will be misguided.
If you have to read the explanation then make sure it comes from a saint or spiritual dignitary or it should come from the True Scholars that are verified by Prophet Mohammad.
Those who have become scholars having read books, there is no need to read their explanations of the Qur’an, it is only misguidance, sheer misguidance.