Maintain Reading The Quran A Juz A Day

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Reading the Quran have many benefits, among which it will light up your day. Start your day with reading Allah's Book, the best of Speeches, the Divine guidance for humanity. It will be a proof of your faith in Allah on the Day of Judgment, your status in this life before Allah will be higher than if you don’t read the Quran, and your position in Paradise is even higher for each letter of the Quran that you read.

Aisha radhiAllahu anha reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: One who is skilled in the Qur'an is associated with the noble, upright recording angels, and he who falters when he recites the Qur'an and finds it difficult for him will have a double reward. [Abu Dawood]

 

Narrated Muhammad bin Ka'b Al-Qurazi: "I heard 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud saying: 'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "[Whoever recites a letter] from Allah's Book, then he receives the reward from it, and the reward of ten the like of it. I do not say that Alif Lam Mim is a letter, but Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter and Mim is a letter." [Tirmidhi]

 

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: One who was devoted to the Qur'an will be told to recite, ascend and recite carefully as he recited carefully when he was in the world, for he will reach his abode when he comes to the last verse he recites. [Abu Dawood]

The Quran is split into 30 juzs (20 pages a juz). It is ideal for a common Muslim to read a juz a day and complete reading the entire Quran every month. 

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "Recite the whole Qur'an in one month's time." I said, "But I have power (to do more than that)." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Then finish the recitation of the Qur'an in seven days, and do not finish it in less than this period." [Bukhari]

Narrated `Abdullah:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It is a bad thing that some of you say, 'I have forgotten such-and-such verse of the Qur'an,' for indeed, he has been caused (by Allah) to forget it. So you must keep on reciting the Qur'an because it escapes from the hearts of men faster than camel do." [Bukhari]

If you find difficulty to get into this habit, try to read the Quran during the dawn hours and don't postpone it to later in the day thinking that you will have more time. Procrastination is one of shaytan's tricks to prevent you from reading the Quran and reaping its benefits. Most often you will wind up reading none at all, especially when you are just starting to build the habit. Trying to read 2 or more juzs a day is more difficult than reading a juz. When the juzs start piling up and you try to catch up reading, your nafs will rebel and shaytan will come in and tell you it is too difficult or convince you that you are better off reading the meanings or understand the Quran first.

Allah Most High says,

أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِدُلُوكِ ٱلشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَقُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ إِنَّ قُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا ‎﴿٧٨﴾

Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur'an of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed. [Quran, Al Isra 17:78]

Narrated Abu Hurairah: regarding Allah, Most High, saying: "And recite the Qur'an in the early dawn. Verily the recitation of the Qur'an in the early dawn is ever witnessed (17:78)." The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "It is witnessed by the angels of the night and the angels of the day." [Tirmidhi]

Sakhr ibn al-Ghamidi reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “O Allah, bless my nation in their early morning.” [Tirmidhi]

Teach your children Quran and instill in them the habit of reading the Quran regularly but first you must build this habit for yourself. You are your children's best role model.

It was narrated that Buraydah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: 

“The Qur’an will meet its companion on the Day of Resurrection when his grave is opened for him, in the form of a pale man. It will say to him, ‘Do you recognize me?’ He will say: ‘I do not recognize you.’ It will say: ‘I am your companion the Qur’an, who kept you thirsty on hot days and kept you awake at night. Every merchant benefits from his business and today you will benefit from your good deeds.’ He will be given dominion in his right hand and eternity in his left, and there will be placed on his head a crown of dignity, and his parents will be clothed with priceless garments the like of which have never been seen in this world. They will say: ‘Why have we been clothed with this?’ It will be said: ‘Because your son used to recite Qur’an.’ Then it will be said to him: ‘Recite and ascend in the degrees of Paradise,’ and he will continue to ascend so long as he recites, either at a fast pace or a slow pace .”   [Ahmad, Ibn Maajah]       

May Allah make the Quran our companion in this life and the next. Aameen.

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