204- AND WHEN THE QURAN IS BEING RECITED, LISTEN TO IT, AND LISTEN CAREFULLY, SO THAT YOU MAY BE TREATED MERCIFULLY.
It is because of the Insight, Guidance and Mercy in the Quran, that Allah the Highest is commanding us to listen to it whenever recited, and listen carefully with thought and contemplation, for through this we may gain Allah’s Mercy.
The Quran is not a book like any other book, for it is Allah’s very word. Therefore, it is required that for one, to touch, or recite the Quran, they be Pure, that is not to be in a state of Ganaba, which is impurity from sexual intercourse, and also from menses in women, also to have Wadoo (the washing for pray), if one is to read it for worship, but this is not necessary for studying purposes.
Listening and listening carefully should be for the following reasons:
- Understand its meaning and gain insight and guidance.
- Out of respect for the Words of Allah. We should not keep it running like background music in homes and in shops, while we are carrying on with our daily activities, conversations, trading, arguments etc, without giving much attention to the Ayahs recited. This should not be done with the Quran.
- Listening to the Quran to earn reward from Allah the Highest, should be according to the rules of Allah, that is to listen to it and to listen carefully.
- The Quran is the Word of Allah the Highest; therefore, listening to it is Zekr (Remembrance of Allah). Indeed, Allah the Highest called it Zekr. Allah the Highest said: “WE HAVE SENT DOWN THE ZEKR AND WE WILL PRESERVE IT”. (S:15 A:9)
- For comforting our hearts, for Allah the Highest said: “THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND THEIR HEARTS ARE COMFORTED BY THE ZEKR OF ALLAH (REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH), FOR BY THE REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH WILL THE HEARTS BE COMFORTED INDEED”. (S:13 A:28)
- Remembrance of Allah the Highest by His Words draws us close to Him. Allah the Highest said in Hadith Qudsi: “I am as my slave thinks of me, and I am with him whenever he remembers Me. When he remembers Me to himself, I remember him to Myself, and when he remembers Me to a group, I will remember him to a better group”.
The Quran is full of blessings, and we should try to gain as much of the blessings of the Quran as possible in our lives.
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