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A’ishah radi Allahu anha asked the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, “If I knew which night is Laylatul Qadr, what should I say during it?” The Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam told her to say: Allahumma innaka ‘afuwwun tuhibul ‘afwa fa’fu ‘anni, O Allah indeed You are the Pardoner, You love to Pardon, [...]

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عن أبي سعيد رضي الله عنه قال:  قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم : يقول الرب عز و جل: من شغله القرآن عن ذكري و مسألتي أعطيته أفضل ما أعطي السائلين
From Abu Sa’eed al Khudri radi Allahu anhu who said: The Messenger of Allah sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam said: The Lord azza [...]

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While learning about the attributes of the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, we came upon a narration stating:

آكل كما يأكل العبد ، وأجلس كما يجلس العبد
I eat as a slave eats, and I sit as a slave sits.
The Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam did not eat in a reclining position (mutaki’an), while [...]

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Allah azza wa jal tells us in surah Baqarah:
وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَىٰ
And take a provision (with you) for the journey, but the best provision is At-Taqwa. (2:197)
Abu Hamid al Ghazali rahimahullah said, “the example of us in this dunya is like the example of people who are boarding a ship. This ship lands on [...]

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It is reported that Ibn ‘Umar – Allâh be pleased with him – said, “We were the beginning [the heads] of this Ummah, and perhaps a man from the best of the Companions of Allâh’s Messenger – Allâh’s peace and blessings be upon him – and the most righteous amongst them could maintain only one [...]

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Imam Tabari rahimahullah tells us how we can taste the sweetness of the Qur’an:

قال الطبري مصنف (جامع البيان):
إني لأعجب ممن قرأ القرآن ولم يعلم تأويله كيف يلتذ بقراءته؟
He said: I am amazed with one who recites the Qur’an and he does not learn its ta’weel*, how will he taste the sweetness of his [...]

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Al-Waleed ibn Mugheerah, a staunch disbeliever amongst the Quraysh of Makkah, once came upon the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam and asked him to recite the Qur’an for him. The Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam recited the ayah:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ وَإِيتَاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِ ۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ [...]

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In the beginning of Surah Yusuf, Allah ta’ala shares with us the private conversation between a father and son:

إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِي سَاجِدِينَ

(Remember) when Yusuf (Joseph) said to his father: “O my father! Verily, I saw (in a dream) eleven stars and the [...]

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In a time of constant buying and selling, this ayah reminds us of the greatest contract we can ever be involved in:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ اشْتَرَىٰ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُم بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ
Verily, Allah has purchased of the believers their lives and their properties for (the price) that theirs shall be the Paradise. (9:111)
The scholars say, “How [...]

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I thought this was beautiful:
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ياحامل القرآن قد خصك الرحمن
O bearer of the Qur’an! The Most Gracious has chosen you,

بالفضل والتيجان والروح والريحان
with grace and crowns, and with life and satisfaction.

يادائم الترتيل للذكر والتنزيل
O constant reciter of The Remembrance and The Revelation!
بشراك يوم رحيل ستفوز بالغفران
Your glad tidings on the day of departure (is [...]