the whole quran is special
and every part of it is going to have
something to benefit you
but is it okay to have a favorite surah
or to recite something repeatedly or
listen to it because it resonates with
you in a certain way maybe because of
where you're at in life at the moment
absolutely the prophet saison himself
was most moved by the verses that
reminded him of his responsibility the
verse in surat nisa fake ida
when we bring forth a witness upon every
nation and we bring you oh muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wasallam as a witness
upon them he wept profusely sallallahu
islam and he couldn't even handle any
more of its recitation or the time he
spent the entire night reciting just one
ayah and crying into alibhum
if you punish them o allah they are your
slaves but if you forgive them verily
you alone are the almighty and the
all-wise and he was asked to allah islam
about a man who used to recite suratul
at the end of his recitation in every
single prayer
when he asked the companions to ask the
man why he recites
so frequently the man responded he said
because it's
because it's a description of the most
merciful and i love to read the
description of the most merciful so the
prophet saws said go back and tell that
man that allah loves him because of his
love for that surah
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a person who is in distress may find
something extremely beautiful about
surat yusuf
are dear to so many people you also have
surat maryam which so many people will
say is their favorite surah of the quran
he used to say either
when i come across the family of hameem
it's like walking into this beautiful
blissful garden and i just want to
stroll in it in one narration he said
aloha
quran that the family of hameem is like
the silk covering of the quran and al
hamim are seven surahs that all begin
with hamim in the quran starts from
rafar and it goes to surat al-akhaf and
they were all revealed in one sequence
in mecca and one of the unique features
of the set of surahs is that there are
no filthy rulings in them there are no
legal judgments or technicalities it's
just all reminders of allah and the
hereafter so even with the companions
different parts of the quran are
naturally going to soften your heart in
certain ways and the softer your heart
is and more attached it is to any part
of the quran the more likely you are to
succeed in the hereafter so let's get
back to the concept of intercession
on the day of judgment the quran as a
whole is an intercessor and it
beautifies its companion and everyone
that was even involved in their quran
journey now there's one narration with
some weakness in it but the scholars
quote and say
we hope in its reward and that is that
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
was reported to have said whoever
recites the quran and memorizes it and
abides by what is halal in it what is
lawful in it as lawful and abstains from
what it deems haram what it deems
unlawful allah will admit him into
paradise due to it and grant him shafa'a
grants him intercession for ten of his
family members so here you have the
reward of the quran in its recitation
and its application and that's important
because the quran is not just to be
memorized but it's also to be applied
and the more that a person does both the
more honor they're going to find from it
on the day of judgment for themselves
and for their parents or anyone else who
taught them the quran the prophet saws
whoever recites the quran and acts in
accordance with what is in it his
parents will be crowned on the day of
resurrection with a light that is
brighter than the light of the sun in
your worldly homes then we start to find
the prophet's life i'm talking about how
particular surahs
benefits you in the station okay so he
said recite the quran for on the day of
resurrection it will come as an
intercessor for its reciters then he
said it was
recite the two brightly illuminated
chapters surat al-baqarah and ali imran
and he said
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he said for on the day of resurrection
they will come as if they were two
clouds or two shades or two flocks of
birds
to hajjani and
they will be arguing on behalf of their
companions the scholars said you know
think of one surah mala islam used to
walk in this world with his kingdom
and how everyone used to admire how it
was all at his disposal now imagine a
person walking on the day of judgment
and al-baqarah and ali amran are like
two canopies two flocks of birds two
clouds that are following you and that
everyone is admiring and wishing they
had done so as well wishing they had
committed those surahs to their memory
and acted upon them as well and that's
why the prophet's license said
he said
for doing so produces blessing in this
life and abandoning it produces regret
in the next life and
can mean that the lazy are unable to
recite it or that sorcerers are unable
to penetrate it the prophet salaam also
mentions some of these other short
portions that we recite on a daily basis
he once heard a man reciting
and the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam responded and he said wajabat
wajabat it has become mandatory and they
asked the prophet's islam what he was
speaking about he said jannah has become
mandatory for that person by their
recitation of
something so simple but paradise is
mandatory for the one who knows and who
commits to surat
in another authentic hadith the prophet
saws said
whoever recites ayatul kursiy
after every one of the prescribed
prayers the prophet salallahu wasallam
said
nothing is standing between him and his
entrance into paradise except for death
meaning it is guaranteed for him at that
point that he's going to enter into
jannah so we've covered al-baqarah ali
imran and then
now there is one more companion and this
is what the scholars say is the
persistent intercessor
and it is known as the surah that is
the preventer and it's also al-munjiya
the rescuer and that is surat mulk the
surah that the prophet saws said that
the one who recites it every night will
be protected from the punishment of the
grave
some of the scholars said it prevents
one from doing the deeds that warrant
the punishment of the grave and its
virtue and its recitation itself
prevents the punishment of the grave it
is such a beautiful and powerful surah
so much so that the prophet salallahu
said in another narration
that there are 30 verses one surah in
the quran that will show up on the day
of judgment 30 verses and will intercede
on behalf of its companion one narration
he said
it will continue to argue on behalf of
its companion
until that person is certainly forgiven
by allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the
prophet saws that that is
with its 30 verses
showing up on the day of judgment
arguing on your behalf saying ya allah
forgive him ya allah protect him from
the punishment ya allah enter this
person into jannah and subhanallah in
that surah what do you find it's full of
the remembrance of death in the
hereafter
surely for those who have all of their
lord without seeing him there's
forgiveness and a mighty reward and so
this quran as much as it is a healing in
this life
it's so much more for you in the next
and from the moment you enter your grave
to the moment of your entrance into
paradise all it keeps on bringing is
elevation and that too is true of the
life that we live in now
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