Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Etiquette of Listening to the Qur’an
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Every human at the core has this aspect of gratitude.
There's some people they're very ungrateful to other people. The
reason is that they just started trying to act tough and they've
kind of veil themselves, they veil their inner self. One day, when
they understand when everything breaks around, they'll realize who
really they should have been grateful to.
Because it's there in the human being. Human beings have gratitude
that can be brought up, otherwise we're going to be ungrateful.
So let that gratitude come out to Allah subhanaw taala.
Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim, Allah wa Salatu was Salam ala
Sayidina Muhammad. While earlier he was asked me he or Baraka was
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now, when we listen to the Quran, what should be the etiquette of
listening to the Quran? That's what we want to look at. So
there's multiple etiquette. I'm going to cover a few of them
today. What should be our state to get the best out of the Quran?
Well, firstly, as Allah subhanaw taala says, We should recite we
should listen attentively, because that is important. The verse I
read is listen carefully and be silent. That's the first
etiquette.
Allah subhanaw taala has promised mercy on those who listen
carefully, you will get mercy just be respectful and listen. That's
why Allah ma have said that you should not have you know, like, if
you've got a shop, or you're doing something, you shouldn't have the
Quran playing in the background, just as background music. If
you're not listening to it, don't put it on.
Okay. Now some people ask the question is that can I put it on
in my house? Because I want the the Shaytards to go away. So can I
can I put that now of course if nobody's there and you want to let
the Quran play on a recording, that's okay. But if you're there,
then you should be listening. If you want background sound, put
something else on putting the sheet on.
Don't don't put down some people in what they do in markets is that
they play they play Quran that nobody listens. That's actually
considered disrespectful.
Number two, one should turn completely with all of his heart
to the recitation and focus all of his feelings and senses to the
recitation that he is listened listening to.
They say that if you're tired, then don't listen. Stop it. If
you're tired, stop reading the Quran. If you're tired, stop
making salah. There's no point forcing yourself in Salah to Allah
doesn't want that kind of worship. Allah doesn't need that kind of
worship. You know, when we go to the haram to Madina, Munawwara and
you're going to give Salam to the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam
they don't let you stay there for more than a few seconds anyway
nowadays. But even if you get an opportunity, how long should you
stand there and give Salam to the Barcelona Salam. When they say as
long as you're focused, you're standing there giving salam as
long as you're focused and they don't stand for longer, like you
know, if somebody comes to see you, and they say what they have
to say, you're busy, they have they say what they say they've
said what they said, now to keep standing around. You're going to
think what do you what are you doing here? I'm not saying that's
how the prophets Allah Islam thinks, but from our other is like
this.
Right? Because it's about giving salam to the Prophet salallahu
alayhi salam and conversing with him. When you've done that you can
go away, make dua to Allah subhana wa Tada likewise, you just sit
there with your hands up to Allah but you're focused elsewhere, then
that's not right. The DUA should be focused, make a small dose
album, make it focused. So listen when you can and benefit from it.
A person should not a person should get rid of everything that
preoccupies him and divert his attention, playing, joking
fiddling, talking with others smoking or anything else that
diminishes the reverence on the phone. We're listening and we're
on the phone, just quickly check my email.
Because all of this is like disrespect to Allah subhanaw taala
speech. That's why number three, the third one you can only do if
you've got the meaning. So one should ponder and reflect on the
meaning of the verses and the strength of what should you ponder
on. Now you can only do this if you know Arabic, this one that
he's saying because this is you need to look at how beautiful the
Arabic is also how Allah is delivering the message using those
particular words. If you could understand that, you know how
amazing that is. One of our great scholars Molina, Anwar Shah
Kashmiri Rahima hula he was so advanced, he probably learned
stuff see it and everything. So one Ramadan he spent, you know,
only focusing on for 30 days, only focusing on the bulk of the Quran.
Bilasa means the style of its message. The message is one thing
but the style the way Allah uses the words the miracle the way
Allah puts the verses together. He spent the whole month just
Doing that, just to understand the rhetoric of the Quran, may Allah
give us that Tofik to do that as well.
As a result if you do this and you try to understand the orders in
the Quran, the injunctions in the Quran and the prohibitions, then
as a result because Allah is giving us mercy at the same time,
the soul will become purified the sky to nuts happens by listening
to the Quran as well. The senses become more sensitive, you become
more particular and one submits to the Command of Allah by
implementing them. And by by refraining from his prohibitions,
this will be one of the benefits
That's why Allah says the enamel Mina Latina, either hook here
Allah wa Jalla, Kuru boom. True believers are those whose hearts
tremble when Allah is mentioned, because as soon as Allah has
mentioned that said, you have got soak so connected, that it just
makes the difference to you.
And that's why Allah gives huge amounts of reward for these
people. Allah has promised in solitude and file verse for them,
he says, law whom thou Raja to nine darabi him, or mark FIRA to
worries concurring, they have a high standing with the Lord.
forgiveness and generous provision Allah will give them
generous provision risk and Kareem if you have if you have difficulty
in life, in earning a living, start pondering the Quran
listening to the Quran with reflecting over the meaning. And
this is a this is a promise from Allah subhanho wa taala.
Okay, now this gets a bit more interactive, you can build on
this, you don't have to do this the first time if you're not used
to doing this, right, because Alhamdulillah in our community,
many, many people read lots of Quran Al Hamdulillah, especially
in Ramadan. We just have to add to that just some reflection, very
important that we know what Allah is saying directly right. Now,
when you hear a verse of mercy in the Quran is what the person did
all night. When he would hear a verse of mercy, we should ask for
it.
When there's a verse of mercy, yeah, Allah gives me mercy.
And you should rejoice. When one hears a verse of punishment,
then we should actually sense that and feel that so one should
tremble in fear and seek protection from it. That's how you
interact with the Quran. That's how you interact with the Quran.
When one hears a verse about Allah's flawlessness that he has
got no defect, he's perfect. We should declare that Allah is
perfect.
Allah knows he's perfect is nothing new that we're saying. But
for us to say that is Iman. Allah loves it when somebody praises
him. And when somebody recognizes him
say that there was a person in hellfire Muslim who was being
punished. After one punishment. He said to the angels, I think he
said, Didn't Allah say that? Allah will do this when this happens?
Immediately Allah says Get this guy out. Because he knows me.
Allah just wants us to know him because that's where he's created
us. And the Quran is the book for knowing Allah. That's the main
thing.
Then when you see a DUA, and a supplication in the Quran, there's
many doors in the Quran Robina Allah to Zico Luba and they've had
eaten our habla nominalism Quran, he should employ and beg Allah.
Now where if there's a verse seeking forgiveness in the Quran,
then he should seek forgiveness and repent.
If there's a verse of repentance, he should say, I'm coming back to
you Allah, in full remorse. When one hears a verse in which
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is mentioned multiple times
in the Quran, send blessings on the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa
sallam, especially when you come across the verse in Surah, Hazzard
verse 56 In Allahu wa Mela, you gotta who you saw Luna Island
maybe you Halina um and also Lu Ali, he was sadly moved Taslima
Allahumma Salli. Ala Muhammad in Arabic also known as almost
Seminole Muslim at Allahumma barik, ala sayyidina, Muhammad wa
ala early he or Savi.
So this is the way to interact with the Quran.
And you do it slowly, you find the DUA, you make dua, and so on.
Thereafter that there's specific doors that I mentioned in some
parts in like in sort of Rockman you know, when you hear Furby, a
Ye, Europe be coma to cut the burn, which means which then of
your Lord's blessings do you both deny? So then what should we be
saying, you guys? Somebody knows what's, what's the response to
that?
Well, I'll be che mania, Mika Robina and who Kathy follicle
hunt. Now that might be a bit of a lot to memorize in Arabic, but
this is what it means. So you can say it in any language. We do not
deny any of your blessings. Our Lord, All praise belongs to you.
So every time
About a year, Europe the coma to Cathy ban is being recited. That's
what he said, We don't deny any of your blessing because Allah is
saying, which of your Lord's blessings are you denying? We
don't deny any of them we want to free ourselves from this guilt.
Then there's another verse in Surah Surah Al Jaffe, verse six,
where Allah says 30 a year Hadith in burn bad Allah He wa t you mean
own is a very powerful verse. It means Allah is asking which words
which discourse after Allah and His revelations will they believe
in? If they can't believe in this? What are they going to believe in?
Nothing, they can't believe in anything. So there we won't say
amen to biller.
I believe in Allah. So I am one of those who will that's the way to
react and reflect and interact with the Quran.
Of course, when the verses of Sajida of prostration, there
recited we need to go into such detail.
So preferably straightaway, but sometimes you might be in a car
you can't prostrate or somewhere else, then you remember and do it
later. It doesn't get cancelled. The only prostration if you don't
do it gets cancelled is the one if you do in solid so in Salah
divided Cara and I read Acropolis, neuropsychology, HELOC and I don't
do the search that in the solid I can't do it outside but outside
such that you can do even after a year. So get them done marathons
such that even if you've got hundreds to do just just get them
done. Why because you know these verses that we do and especially
in Ramadan if you're finishing the Quran, you're going to see this
quite often. What happens is those verses because we don't know the
meaning, we don't know why the why it says something like yes to do
and or Yes to do it says something so we think okay, but what exactly
is going works? What exactly is going on what is exactly happening
there is it says For example, it says in one place for Allah, do
they prostrate? Or why aren't those frustrating? Or they don't
like to prostrate. So all of those places we want to show where
frustrating is because that one is obligatory actually. All the other
responses, they're optional, but prostrating the 14 times. That's
obligatory that's necessary. Like come on, like he's talking about
frustration and you don't even prostrate so we need to prostrate
that's why we prostrate May Allah give us the topic not to miss any
of our frustrations. Okay. Number five. The fifth etiquette of
listening to the Quran is one should cry. Now remember, you as
you can see, these are all maybe higher level one day inshallah we
can also cry
with the meaning you can easily cry with the Quran just have to
soften your heart and open your heart and you will see you can
easily cry with the Quran, you will find something to cry about.
And you know, those people who who can who cry easily. They're very
emotional. And they're crying for small, small things for no reason
they're wasting their tears when they when they find that they are
feeling emotional, open the Quran and find something worthwhile to
cry about and your tears will be valuable. Otherwise, you're just
crying for free and wasting your tears. A lot of sisters have, you
know, a lot of people are sensitive. Sometimes more sisters
are sensitive like this, they cry about small, small things for
nothing, and they feel bad about it, they should start crying for
the Quran, and inshallah they'll strengthen their heart as well.
You can't cry, then force yourself to cry or try to make it look like
you're crying.
Maybe Allah will accept that.
One should also accompany his reading with a sense of melancholy
and humility. It's this feeling of longing and brokenness and
connection to Allah subhanaw taala that's the state that we need to
have. Right? And Inshallah, if somebody does that, the crying
will come as a result. You have to open the heart you say why can I
cry is because you have to open the heart might take a long it
might take a while, for the first time to do that.
The way to bring about this state is to ponder on the Quran,
admonitions and threats. He should then consider his own obedience of
its injunctions and prohibition, like how much am I doing? Allah is
telling me to do this, but am I doing it fully? And then you will
see that you will.
Every human at the core has this aspect of gratitude.
There's some people they're very ungrateful to other people. The
reason is that they just started trying to act tough and they've
kind of veil themselves, they veil their inner self. One day, when
they understand when everything breaks around, they'll realize who
really they should have been grateful to.
Because it's there in the human being. Human beings have gratitude
that can be brought up, otherwise we're going to be ungrateful.
So let that gratitude come out to Allah subhanaw taala.
Then he says,
He will certainly grieve and cry if that does not cause one sadness
or tears, as it should do for those of pure hearts. He should
then cry for another reason. He should cry due to the absence of
sadness and tears.
You should cry and lament Oh, isn't that why can I cry? He
should make himself cry for that reason, since that is the most
severe calamity and tribulation.
The most knowledgeable of people are those who have the most or
have Allah.
Because why are they the most knowledgeable? Because you can
only have more or the more you know about Allah, because he's got
so many qualities and only qualities and multiple and
infinite qualities that the more you know him, the more you're
going to be overawed. How great is Allah Subhana Allah Al Hamdulillah
Allahu Akbar. That means the most knowledgeable one has the one be
the one who knows Allah Most. For this reason, the Prophet
sallallahu sallam said, I am the most knowledgeable of Allah among
you. They can't be anybody more than that.
And the most in awe of him as well. Because I know Him more than
anyone. So that's why, you know, you've heard the story on of the
Day of Judgment, where the prophets are all going to be
concerned, even though they've been forgiven.
People are going to go to other Malaya Salaam and Ibrahim Ali
Salaam in new heights and they're going to be saying enough's
enough, see, go to so and so go to so and so. Why?
Because they know Allah.
And they are worried. Out of respect, they worried. Allah is
not a tyrant, that they're scared but they just overall the I don't
want to do anything that might get Allah to be upset with me.
But I'll send you to somebody else isn't I can't help you. Don't ask
me No, go to Musa Issa at Islam. Islam go to Prophet salallahu
Salam is sending them in the right direction, and the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has been given a special status to do
that. Allah shall his blessings upon him.
That's why unsalted mighty diversity three Allah subhanho wa
Taala says, What either semi Ummah or Zilla ala Rasulillah Tara, you
know whom the fee Domina them or me me out of whom you know how.
And when they listen to what has been sent down to the messenger
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, you will see their eyes overflowing
with tears because they recognize the truth. These are the
believers. And these are also some non believers. They hated the
Prophet sallallahu Sallam they hated the deen but they if they
ever got if they ever caught themselves listening to the Quran,
they couldn't help it. Amara the Arabic before he became Muslim, he
was once in the Haram and the prophets Allah some at nighttime
started reciting
al Harper Tamil haka, so that will help. And Omar was an enemy at the
time, he should have run away, right? shouldn't know.
He started enjoying and admiring, but he couldn't do it openly. So
he hid himself behind the cloth of the Kaaba. And he listened. And I
think that's when the seed of Eman came into his heart.
This is the problem we
were not giving the message of the Quran to the others. Otherwise, it
has to be powerful. It's very powerful.
We need to live by the Quran and we need to let others benefit from
it.
Imam in order to be he mentioned that the scholars have said that
you know when the Prophet salallahu Salam wept when he
listened to Abdullah Masuda the Allahu Anhu and he wept. His
weeping was due to the immense gravity and severity of the
meaning of that verse. How am I going to be I'm going to be the
witness on that day.
Allah speaks about us in the Quran as well.
Every one of us, you know, anybody who reads the Quran, they will
find that they feel Allah is speaking to them directly.
It's amazing. The way the Quran is written, it makes you seem like
Allah is speaking to you, not to someone else. It's quite amazing.
In that sense. The companions of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, and people of the first generation the successes that were
in the Baroque debate when they left the lofty example for us. In
the way they used to listen to the Quran.
They used to observe majestic silence, beautiful etiquette,
complete humility, full emotion, fear and deliberation, deep
contemplation of its verses. Then a nuanced and detailed reflection
of the
of the Quranic expressions and the subtle indications. They used to
take heed of its injunctions and prohibitions, and they used to
learn from its admonition that's why
they used to take years and years to become Hafiz of the Quran.
Their heads our heads here means just memorize their heads included
memorizing, understanding and practicing. That's why going and
learning one verse of the Quran with full practice
send everything is more valuable than major riches in this world.
When reading and listening to the Quran what one should have deep
conviction that Allah Most I reveal this book.
You can't let the shaytaan create doubt in your mind that Allah Most
High reveal this book has a criterion between truth and
falsehood, between Miss guidance and guidance, that this Quran
guides the OMA for the most honorable path and the noblest of
causes and warns us from anything that will lead us astray from the
path of righteousness and guidance.
There you go. Allah's Mercy is vast,
his bounty is immense. And he does not reject the request of the one
who asks him, he does not disappoint the one who hopes for
His mercy, and does not let the reward of those who strive go to
waste. So those were the etiquettes of listening to the
Quran. And as I said, Alhamdulillah we read a lot of
Quran let us just get a good translation. And there's multiple
translations in all languages. And let us start with just one page a
day.
One page a day we can read one Jews Two Jews, but let's at least
reflect on one page and get ourselves accustomed to Allah's
words. And you will see that your reciting afterwards will become
much better. Because what will happen is that you will start to
you will remember some of what you know, instead of just taking any
page, take the pages of the sutras, you know, start with the
sutras the last 1020 sorters start with Yacine carrier sorter to
remove sorter Rama and verses and sewers that you usually know next
time that is being recited a Juris and you will have a general
meaning in your mind. And that will just increase it from the
normal. We read in salats Insha Allah, Allah give us the tofi
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crown of Allah have mercy on us. Oh Allah elevate us. Oh Allah, we
ask for your generosity. We ask for your mercy. This is a month of
mercy and generosity Oh Allah we asked you for this. But when Allah
envelope is in your mercy, grant us from Your benevolence Oh Allah
grant us from Your forgiveness. Forgive us all of our wrongdoings
our transgressions and our sins of Allah forgive us and purify us. Oh
Allah make us like the day that our mothers gave us birth. Allow
us to go from this world purified so that we don't have to suffer in
the hereafter. Oh Allah be pleased with us our Allah be pleased with
us. Be happy with us be satisfied with us. Oh Allah make us the way
you want us to be. Oh Allah elevate us by the Quran. Oh Allah
bless us from the Quran illuminate our lives through the Quran. Oh
Allah, Oh Allah beautify us with the Quran. purify our hearts with
the Quran. Make the Quran a source of guidance for us a source of
light for us. A source of judgment for us, a source a criterion for
us of Allah allow us to abide by the Quran to live by the Quran of
Allah allow us to judge by the Quran allow us to do everything by
the Quran. Oh Allah elevate us through the Quran grant us genital
FreeDOS through the Quran, grant us the highest stages of paradise
through the Quran, grant us closeness to you by by your words
the Quran, Allah Allah allow us to respect the Quran to defend the
Quran to read the Quran and to read it correctly. And to become
of those who learn it and teach it and Your Messenger SallAllahu
sallam said that the one the best of you is the one who learns the
Quran and who teaches it, oh Allah make us of them. Make it allow the
Quran to remain in our children and our grandchildren and our
progeny until the Day of Judgment, never for them to abandon it.
Allow the Quran to be the guiding light for our entire generations
until the day of judgment and preserve all of us and protect all
of us. Oh Allah make it easy for us to act on your faith and to be
and to avoid the harms and to avoid the wrongs and make this
Ramadan better than any Ramadan before it. Oh Allah allow us to be
more closer to you this month than we've ever been before. And any
troubles and difficulties that we are having in front of us any
situations where we are being forced to commit haram or wrong or
go in the wrong direction of Allah protect us from that relieve us
from that problem protect our children from all of the
difficulties and the challenges which are out there? Oh Allah
bless these masajid and oh Allah protect these massages and our lab
bless all of those who establish and who work in these massage and
and who who do all of the work in these massages and are Allah allow
them to rise to the challenges and to to be guided and for their
families to be blessed Subhana rahbek herbalist that Yama,
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further an inspiration and in
encouragement, persuasion. The next step is to actually start
learning seriously to read books to take on a subject of Islam and
to understand all the subjects of Islam at least at the basic level,
so that we can become more aware of what our deen wants from us.
And that's why we started Rayyan courses so that you can actually
take organize lectures on demand whenever you have free time,
especially for example, the Islamic essentials course that we
have on there the Islamic essentials certificate which you
take 20 Short modules and at the end of that inshallah you will
have gotten the the basics of most of the most important topics in
Islam and you'll feel a lot more confident. You don't have to leave
lectures behind you can continue to live, you know, to listen to
lectures, but you need to have this more sustained study as well
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