How to Fall in Love with the Quran?

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate

Assalaamu alaykum

The conventional way to love the Quran is simply to place it on a shelf and let it get dusty. After some weeks or months we take it down, dust it off, plant a kiss or two on it, and return it to the shelf. We only take it down to read it in Ramadhan or if some calamity strikes us. This is not love of the Qur'an.

How to fall in love with the Quran?

Think:

Carve out some time in your schedule and relax. Think of your life and the hereafter. Think of the attachment you have for the Quran and think about what can you do in order to fall in love with it. Make a list.

Implement:

Take this list and put it in practice. To start out, read at least a page from the Quran each day, and gradually increase it to a juz or two a day. If this is too difficult for now, start out by reading a few verses after each prayer. Don’t worry if you can’t read, for the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: Verily the one who recites the Quran beautifully, smoothly, and precisely, he will be in the company of the noble and obedient angels. And as for the one who recites with difficulty, stammering or stumbling through its verses, then he will have twice that reward.” [Bukhari & Muslim]

Understand:

Just reciting isn’t enough. You need to know the meaning of what you are reciting. If you aren’t good at Arabic, pick a translation in your language and have it at your side when reciting. Trying to understand what you are reciting is a key factor to increase your love for the Quran. (If you want to understand Quran, just click on this link and find what you want for just 10 dollars, inshaa Allah.)

Engage your senses:

Engage your senses in exploring the contents of the Quran. Feel when you read, and ponder the verses. You should have a feeling of trembling when you come across the verses of warnings, happiness when you read the verses of glad tidings, and sadness when you hear about the torments. If you can feel the Quran, then you will fall more in love with it.

Search and search:

Search for more facts from the Quran. The more you search, the more beautiful and inspiring verses you will come across. Jot down the verses and your thoughts if necessary. You will soon learn how the Quran wisely holds the truth.

Memorize:

Memorize the verses that interest you. The more you memorize, the more interested you will become until eventually you will wish to memorize the whole Quran.

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ﴿١٧

And We have certainly made the Qur’an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember? [Quran, Al-Qamar 54: 17]

Include it in your prayers:

You can recite the verses you memorized in your daily five prayers. You can also include the verses in your supplications.

Don’t think of the Quran as just a book of prayer:

If you view the Quran as just a book of prayer, your love will be limited and it will be based upon selfishness. So observe the Quran from different angles, for example as a book of prayer, a book of guidance, a book of justice, a book of legislation, or a book of science. The more you observe it from different perspectives, the more you will fall in love with it.

Live by the Quran:

All the above facts will be useless if you are not living by the Quran. So take every piece of advice it provides: tips that motivate, words that inspire, skills that help, and warnings that will lead you to the correct course. Take these all into yourself and live by the Quran. Become a walking Quran, like the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) did.

Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was asked about the character of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) to which she replied: ‘His character was the Quran.’ [Bukhari]

Strengthen your faith:

Strengthen your faith by remembering Allah often, because faith is where love comes from. The deeper your faith, the deeper you will be in love with the Quran. So be steadfast in your faith and feel the difference.

قُلْ نَزَّلَهُۥ رُوحُ ٱلْقُدُسِ مِن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَهُدًى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ ﴿١٠٢

Say (O Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam) ‘Ruh-ul-Qudus [Jibrael (Gabriel)] has brought it (the Quran) down from your Lord with truth, that it may make firm and strengthen (the Faith of) those who believe and as a guidance and glad tidings to those who have submitted (to Allah as Muslims).’ [Quran, An-Nahl 16:102]

May Allah guide us to love His Book and grant us a sound understanding of His Book. Ameen.

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.

And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.

Wassalaam