Life's Best Investment -- The Quran

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

The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, The one who was devoted to the Quran will be told on the Day of Resurrection: Recite and ascend (in ranks) as you used to recite when you were in the world. Your rank will be at the last Ayah you recite. [Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi]

In another Hadith, Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, The best amongst you is the one who learns the Quran and teaches it. [Bukhari].

People would come from all over to study fiqh and hadith from Imam Malik but when Ramadhan came, Imam Malik would leave all his classes and focus on the recitation of the Quran.

This is the month of the Quran and there is only a few days left. Put aside everything and increase our recitation of the Quran and if you haven't read the Quran this Ramadhan, start now.

Reciting the Quran is the best investment of your life. Allah has promised the believers a profit that will never perish. Allah Most High says,

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ كِتَـٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَو‌ٰةَ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً يَرْجُونَ تِجَـٰرَةً لَّن تَبُورَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Indeed, those who recite the Book of Allah and establish prayer and spend [in His cause] out of what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, [can] expect a profit that will never perish – [Quran, Fatir 35:39]

It is very important for us to realize the heart that is empty from the Quran is like an abandoned house. The Muslim should fill his/her life with the recitation of the Quran. Allah guarantees whoever follow the Book of Allah he will never be misguided in this life and the next life.

Shaykh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah spent his entire life in knowledge; learning it, teaching it, spreading it. He was one of our most prolific scholars with volumes of works in a wide variety of fields and yet, while being imprisoned in the Citadel in Damascus towards the end of his life he wrote,

“Allah has granted me access and understanding here of the meanings of the Quran, and foundational knowledge of matters, that scholars would wish to obtain. I have regretted spending most of my time on other than the meanings of the Quran.” He spent six months explaining a verse of the Quran and made 81 times of khatam Quran while in prison.

Let's rearrange our priorities and put Quran first. Dedicate a specific time each day to read a portion of the Quran, to understand the meanings of what is read and to learn the language of the Quran.

May Allah enable us to follow in the footsteps of the righteous and make Quran our close companion. May Allah grant us tawfiq and guide us to all that pleases Him. 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