 والصلاة والسلام على أنبياء الله جميعا وعلى سيدهم وخاتمهم حبيب إله العالمين أب القاسم المصطفى محمد وعلى أهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين واصحابه المنتجبين واباً تبعهم بإحسان وإيمان إلى يوم الدين أسأل للأخي لأخياتكم اليوم لذا تبعوا معنا only one night إن شاء الله سوف تذهب إلى عقل عقل عقل عقل حتى أنت تبقى في مدينة لذا this is illegal crossing by the way but because Noor gave such a beautiful presentation so you deserve you deserve to sit here too in the front أربي إن قوم تخذوا هذا القرآن مهجورة صدق الله العليه العظيم today's brief presentation is going to be on the importance of the holy Quran in our life and how we should handle the holy Quran how should we deal with this book and I will have three points tonight first of all the recitation of this book second the reflection and the understanding of this book and third the practicing of this book this book has to be put into practice the Prophet raised his grievances to God 1400 years ago imagine during the life of the Prophet when the Prophet himself was the leader in the middle of the community he says to his Lord he says oh Lord وقال الرسول the messenger said to his Lord وقال الرسول يا ربي oh my lord إن قومي my community my community are the Muslims of course إن قوم تخذوا هذا القرآن مهجورة they have abandoned and deserted this book imagine that happens during the time of the Prophet not 5 years after him or 50 years after him during his time he is raising his grievance oh Lord the Muslim community who I am leading them I am their Imam I am their Prophet I am their teacher I am the one who inspires them despite all these they have deserted the book إن تخذوا هذا القرآن مهجور means abandoned مهجور when someone does not respect the book when someone does not practice it in his or her daily life unfortunately the story continues today 1400 years after the Prophet still this book has been abandoned not only this book the two weighty things that had been left by the Prophet for us كتاب الله وعطرتي أهلبيتي the book of God and his family to interpret the book for us both of them are abandoned by the vast majority of the Muslims today the Prophet says after God there is nothing better than this book this book comes after God القرآن أفضل من كل شيء the Holy Quran is better than anything else يقول الله تعالى after God this means after God the most virtuous thing in this life and the most important is this book فمن وقر القرآن فقد وقر الله تعالى whoever respects this book توقير means respect whoever honors this book and respects this book he or she have respected God فقد وقر الله تعالى فمن لم يوقر القرآن فقد استخف بالله تعالى whoever disrespect this book that person has disdained استخف belittled he has been belittling God when you disrespect this book this is the message of God for us when someone writes a letter that letter represents that person has written letters to all of us declaration statement you want us to know it and understand it and respect it so if you respect the book you are respecting God and if you are disrespecting the book then this disrespect and depreciation this goes for God you are not paying attention to God number one what should we do to this book number one in Ramadan and outside Ramadan not just in the month of Ramadan every single day every single morning we have time to read the newspapers we have time to watch television we have time to go to the movie theaters we have time to hang out with our friends to go to Starbucks to go to the beach as Noor just mentioned we have time to enjoy ourselves which is good all of these things are good but again make some time to reflect on this book God says ما تيسر what is easy for you what is easy He does not want to burden you if it is easy to recite 5 ayah 5 verses do it you have time for more 10 do 10 the recommendation by Islam is that we recite 50 ayah per day 50 ayah choose the time where you are in a good mood and you can reflect and you can go deep into the meaning and carry the book if you don't understand Arabic read it in English many young generation they ask me they say in Ramadan we are encouraged to read Quran but I don't understand the Arabic text I say read the English read the other translations you need to understand the book do not read it without understanding don't you are wasting your time and you are not doing justice to the book when you don't understand it so ما تيسر من as God says and God says I know many of you are busy علمه God knows علمه means God knows علمه ان سيكون منكم مرضا some of you are sick وآخرون يضربون في الارض يبتغون من فضل الله others they travel in the land seeking God's provision and bounty means working God knows many of you are working busy وآخرون يقاتلون في سبيل الله others are soldiers fighting for the cause of God but not with ISIS ISIS القاعدة جبهة النصر all these all these بوكو حرام not just بوكو all of them are haram none of them halal so don't join them please الحمد الله we don't have anyone who is joining them يقاتلون في سبيل الله under the banner of the prophet himself the prophet's banner is a just banner he does not abuse he does not terrorize or the Imam the successor to the prophet is the Imam you just mentioned those are successors to the prophet so God says I know many of you are busy working you have families you have children you have to make ends meet I know you are running despite your busy time take some time to read as much as easy for you this term has been repeated twice in سورة المزمل I'll read it again فقرؤ ما تيسر منه علم أن سيكون منكم مرضى وآخرون يضربون في الأرض يبتغون من فضل الله وآخرون يقاتلون في سبيل الله فقرؤ ما تيسر منه again he says read what is as much as easy for you and then he says وقيم الصلاة وعاة الزكاة قرآن الكريسي تأتي before the prayers and the zakat because if we don't understand this our Salat is not accepted it becomes the Salat of ISIS they do pray but then they slaughter they slaughter innocent people in fact they kill people inside the mosques 2 nights ago people of Kabul the Shi'a of Ahlul Bayt followers of Ahlul Bayt commemorating the eve of the 19th the eve of the 19th of Ramadan and a suicide suicide bomber he goes inside the masjid and detonates himself and he kills scores of people innocent people who are worshippers and this happens in the name of God in the name of Islam he wants to join the prophet he wants to dine with the prophet as if the prophet had opened a restaurant he has a business restaurant business everybody wants to dine with him immediately we have to tell them the prophet he sold his restaurant in paradise he doesn't have he closed it down so فقرؤما تيسر من and then if you read the Quran after that when you do and reflect on the Quran then وقيموا الصلاة establish prayers واتوا الزكاة وأقرض الله قرضا حسنة and lend your Lord a good loan وما تقدموا لأنفسكم من خير انتجد every good act you perform here you will see it there it's going to be waiting for you there when you arrive and definitely we are going to arrive my friends see how many in your family have left you so far some of them are younger than you some of them are older than you in your family they arrived there and we will arrive there we will follow them وما تقدموا لأنفسكم من خير انتجد وعند الله هو خير وأعظم أجل it's multiplied everything you do here and you will see the reward of it and the result of it is better and bigger هو خيرا وأعظم أجرا and then he says وستخفر الله always seek repentance repentance gets you closer to God sincere repentance brings you closer to God and makes you one of the Awliya one of God's good friends so here الله says when you read the Qur'an Qur'an is going to inspire you this book is going to inspire you encourages you and empowers you at the same time empowers you so this is number one recitation number two is تدبر with reflection there is no goodness in reading a text so understand it no goodness in it no benefit in it this book has to be read in a good way الله says ورد للقرآن يا أيها المزمل وقوم الليلة إلا قليلا نصفه أين قص منه قليلا أوزد عليه stand the night either 60% of the night or 40% of the night for the prophet he had to stand every single night every single night for adoration to speak to his lord to receive the energy because he has a long day ahead of him so he needs to refuel himself through speaking to his lord يا أيها المزمل ومن الليلة إلا قليلا نصفه أوين قص منه قليلا أوزد عليه ورد للقرآن ترتيل has two meanings one meaning in a measured in a measured pace do not go fast read the Quran slowly with a rhythmic tone in a peaceful way some people read the Quran they are very fast nobody can understand they don't understand themselves what's the point of reading the Quran are you in a marathon ورد للقرآن ترتيل the second meaning of ورد للقرآن the prophet was telling ibn abbas ibn abbas حبر الأمة the most learned his full name is Abdullah ibn abbas one of the good companions of the prophet the first cousin of the prophet the student of the prophet he was explaining the Quran from his mentor and his teacher the prophet said to him if you read the Quran فرتيله ترتيله once you read the Quran read it with turtle ibn abbas said what do you mean by turtle he said he said try to elucidate the Quran to yourself to your mind try to understand it don't read the Quran without understanding and then the prophet added the following he said to him قفو عند عجائبه pause when there is something striking in the Quran reflect on it in the Quran there are scientific theories but we don't understand we don't discover them we don't discuss them we don't speak about them how about the Quran more than the Muslims know about it قفو عند عجائبه وحركوا به القلوب let the Quran touches your heart and your mind and influences you and moves you حركوا به القلوب ولا يكون أن أحدكم آخر السورة when you read the Quran some people they read the Quran and they look at the end do you have left does it happen to you or not tell me be honest with me you look oh how many he keeps looking at the end the prophet says don't do that you don't have to finish the Quran tonight you don't have a lady was asking me the other day she said I'm doing my best to finish the whole Quran in Ramadan but I can't because I have children I have to prepare iftar take care of my family my husband my homework I said okay it's okay Allah knows what's in your heart Allah knows about your intention Allah has the only being in this universe that gives you not for your actual work but for your intention can you see a boss in any corporation who says well I know you love to come to work and you didn't come but I would still pay you nobody will pay you nobody will do that if you don't deliver you don't get paid Allah says even if you don't deliver I look at your mind and your heart I read your intention I accredit you for your intention for your intention I said this example if you want to give صادقة and then you put your hand in your wallet and your wallet is empty like many of us Alhamdulillah yeah someone said to me the other day when I heard the story from you I will keep my wallet empty always so I get credit without paying no you can't cheat because Allah reads your mind Allah knows about your heart your intention we can't cheat on God so you wanted to do something good someone else did it before you you still get the credit إنما الأعمال بالنيات ولي كل مرء المرء إنما نواه for every individual gets he or she would get what they intended so الله سبحانه وتعالى أفلا يتدبرون القرآن shouldn't they do they not ponder تدبر تدبر is that we have to pause we have to read the ayah again we have to look at the Tafseer what he is trying to tell me many people read the Quran and they don't understand it believe me or some of them some of them they misunderstand the Quran they misinterpret the Quran Quran requires reflection تدبر the hadith says نوروا بيوتكم بتلاوة القرآن if you want to bring warmth vitality beauty decoration to your house we have many ways some people they they bring statues some people they like portraits all of them are good but Allah says the best decoration to your house to your bedroom is when Quran is recited stay away from music I'm not against the music and I'm not saying all the music are bad but some of them definitely are bad and poisonous to your mind and to your soul keep it out of your house teach your daughter teach your son to stay away from it because it's a habit if you get used to it it's hard to break away it's hard but if you teach yourself when you are young and you teach your children that there is a substitute you are not going to die then they would learn it there are many people I know them they never listen to music he says I have the best music Quran is a music to my ears I enjoy Quran nowadays Quranic recitation are available at your fingerprint at your fingerprint any recitation any style Arab style, Iranian style Hindi style, American style or reciters that you can listen to them nowhere bring light light and vitality into your homes with Quranic recitation it's very beautiful that at the time of Sahar the father, the mother, the children are standing after they eat before they eat they read some Quran together they make the house beautiful the heart of your children the heart that is connected to the Quran is not a troubled heart is not a confused heart believe me this Quran is a magic brings peace to the heart whenever I get tired I read the Quran brings me peace and relaxation and then we come to the third which is the most difficult so the first duty is what are you following me recitation the second was what reflection we recite with reflection, with understanding with meditation sometimes the verse requires meditation someone was asking me why do we read the Quran many times I tell him this is my experience and the same thing about Ramadan the same thing about Hajj these things you don't get bored of them every Ramadan you find something in you in fasting every time you go to Hajj you discover something in you and every time you recite Quran with reflection you find some new secrets in this book you find new treasures with reflection the third the third duty is to practice the Quran this is a blueprint for a humanity God sent this book not just to be recited but to be practiced to be implemented we have to put this Quran we have to exercise this Quran in our daily life in this Quran there are advices that we must take them we must listen to them وصايا wills this Quran is not just a fairy tale or storytelling or fiction there are lessons in this Quran lesson for the husband lesson for the wife believe me if husbands and wives they both read the Quran adhere to it and follow it they are never going to get into any argument I swear to God they would never get into any argument because this book says this book in Surah An-Nisa he says to the man in Surah An-Nisa وعشرهن بالمعروف live with them on a footing of respect and equality and appreciation عشرهن بالمعروف and if the man believes in God and practices this book he would never abuse his family he would never abuse his wife she would never abuse her husband or her children وعشرهن بالمعروف الله says ويجعل الله فيه خيرا كثيرة sometimes you despise something but God has put an abundance of goodness in that thing that you despise sometimes we don't like this but we never know but this thing could be good for me five years down the road I'll see the positive result of it and then in Surah Al-Baqara الله says الله says to those husband and wife who have conflict who threaten each other with divorce you know what he says to them he says to them أختم النساء فبلخنا أجلهن فأمسكوهن بمعروفن أو سرحوهن بمعروف if you decide to divorce them or if you already divorce them because people get angry especially in Ramadan when they don't smoke when they don't do شيشن they get angry many of them and immediately he comes home and nowadays it's very easy طالق three times with three strikes that's it it happens three times of course this one is forbidden in the school of Ahl al-Bait it's not recognized three times in one session this is the tradition that was introduced a legislation was introduced not by the prophet in fact if you read the Quran the Quran says طلاق is three times in three different sessions not in one session this is a legislation that was introduced by the second caliph عمر ابن الخطاب three طلاق in one session go and read the history this is why even some Sunni friends today, Sunni scholars they say we follow the Quran and the prophet we don't accept the three طلاق at once in one session it's not accepted because it ruins the family do you know that when the husband says طالق she cannot go back to him until she goes and marry someone else if he wants to bring her back is that good for the family is that good for the wife for the children, for the husband it's not good so Allah does not do Allah does not demolish the families to stay together strong, healthy so Allah says if worse come to worse and someone divorces his wife then فأمسكوهم بمعروف and they reach the three months the waiting period عدة has ended Allah says either you keep them keep them unrubly فأمسكوهم بمعروف or if you are if you decide to divorce then even the divorce has to be an honorable divorce او سرحوهم بمعروف release them unrubly too don't go to the court don't start slandering each other accusing each other pointing your fingers at each other don't destroy that family don't destroy your own reputation because when you speak ill about against your husband definitely is going to speak ill against you even if you think that you are not going to stay together there is no future between you it's okay divorce but the divorce has to be an honorable divorce او سرحوهم بمعروف و لا تمسكوهم some man they do the American divorce the official divorce but they do not do the Islamic divorce why? so she cannot go and remarry after him he will go and remarry he will not allow his wife listen what the Quran says about this و لا تمسكوهم ضرارا لتعتدوا و من يفعل ذلك فقط ظلم نفسه do not keep them without divorce although you divorce them you are not living with them anymore but you do not give them the religious divorce to hurt them as to cause harm and thus transgress don't do that when you don't want her let her go grant her the religious divorce it should be total separation you cannot keep them I know many men they misuse religion because they know God has given them the authority so he would I had a divorce few nights ago they were separated 20 years ago and he has not given her religious divorce 20 years ago can you imagine 20 years she cannot go and remarry she can't she destroys her youth if she is in her 30's 40's then she gets to the age of 60's and 70's and who is interested in unless Israel العيادة بالله insha'Allah you all have good health prosperity insha'Allah so so we don't practice the Quran unfortunately we don't practice it we read it but we do not practice the Quran we don't put it into practice and Allah says when you don't practice my book you are not going to have a happy life Allah says in the Quran فإن له معيشة ضنكة your life is going to be upside down listen to my book I created you I am the designer I am the engineer I programmed your brain I know what goes وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَ الْإِنْسَانْ وَنَعْلَ مُمَا تُوَسْوِسُوْ بِهِدْ نَفْسُوْ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مَنْ حَبْلِ وَرِيدْ and therefore I introduce the law for you for your happiness don't go against my law once you go against my law you will be miserable in your life the whole lecture on how to we how should we practice the holy Quran