The Veneration of the Mighty Qur'an
Creator: Imam Al-Bayhaqi
Date: 2006-06-14
Format: text
Identifier: http://www.islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=37
Language: en
Rights: © 1990, 1996 A.H Murad
Source: The Seventy-Seven Branches of Faith
Subject: quran
Title: The Veneration of the Mighty Qur'an
Created on: Wed Jun 14 23:57:22 -0400 2006
Updated on: Mon Sep 25 13:29:41 -0400 2006
Version: 3
Abstract: ... eaching it, and memorising and respecting its laws and provisions, and knowing thereby what is permissible and what is forbidden, and also by honouring those who understand and have memorised it, and by making oneself aware of Allah’s promises and threats which inspire weeping. Allah Most High has said: Had We sent this Qur’an down upon a mountain you would have seen it humbled, rent asunder from the fear of Allah, [59:21] and: Assuredly, it is a generous Qur’an, in a book kept hidden, which none touches save the purified; a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds, [56:77-80] and: Had it been possible for a Qur’an to cause the mountains to move, or the earth to be torn asunder, or the dead to speak – but Allah’s is the whole command. [13:31] The Prophet (sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam) said, in a hadith narrated by Bukhari on the authority of `Uthman ibn `Affan (radiyallahu `anhu): "The best of you is he who learns and teaches the Qur’an." He also said, as reported by Bukhari and Muslim on the authority of Abu Musa al-Ash`ari: "Hold fast constantly to this Qur’an, for by Him in Whose hand lies the soul of Muhammad, it escapes from one more easily than does a camel from its hobbling-cord." ... [Full Article...]
