Make The Best of the Lockdown -- Unlock the Quran

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

Allah Most High says in Surah Aleimran,

وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟ بِحَبْلِ ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا۟ ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ

And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you... [Quran, Aleimran 3:103]

Abu Shurayh al-Khuza’i reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings upon him) came out to them one day and he said, “Rejoice! Do you not witness that there is no God but Allah and I am the messenger of Allah?” They said yes. The Prophet said, “Verily, this Quran is a rope. One end is in the hand of Allah and the other end is in your hands. Hold fast to it, for you will never be lead astray or ruined ever again.”

عَنْ أَبِي شُرَيْحٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ قَالَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى الِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَبْشِرُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا أَلَيْسَ تَشْهَدُونَ أَنْ لا إِلَهَ إِلا اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ سَبَبٌ طَرَفُهُ بِيَدِ اللَّهِ وَطَرَفُهُ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ فَتَمَسَّكُوا بِهِ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَضِلُّوا وَلَنْ تَهْلِكُوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا

Whether we realize it or not, the lockdown is a huge blessing. Now more than ever, we have all the time to read and learn the Quran. We now don't have the excuse of being busy for not reading the Quran everyday and comtemplating on the verses.

Alhamdulillah, Allah is giving you all the time in the world to focus on His Book by the global lockdown. So make the best use of the lockdown and unlock the Quran. It is through deep thinking and contemplating that we develop certainty (yaqeen). So what are you waiting for? Let's cut the rope of the dunya and hold on to the rope of Allah.

Great results will come out of this isolation, inshaa Allah, if we have sincere intention to understand the Quran and commit to live by it .

Prophet Muhammed (peace and blessings be upon him): It was in isolation in a cave that was given prophethood.
Prophet Yunus (peace be upon him): It was in isolation in the belly of a fish that he was forgiven.
Prophet Musa (peace be upon him): It was the isolation in a basket that baby Musa was saved from Fir'aun.

Also, take the life cycle of a caterpillar. The time taken for a butterfly’s life cycle to be completed could be anything from a single month to a complete year. The last phase of the life cycle is when the caterpillar keeps itself in isolation for a period of time and comes out with flying colors called butterfly.

Inshaa Allah we too will come out of this Coronavirus crisis with flying colors. But first we have to connect with the Quran.

May Allah lift Coronavirus quickly and let us out of this trial with flying colors. May Allah make the Quran our best companion in this life and the next. Aameen.

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