Mufti Menk – What do I achieve by Reading the Quran?

			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.
		

			smilla rahmanir rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was Salam ala l mursaleen. Nabina
Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa
		

			salam ala Medina Wada. We praise Allah subhanho wa Jalla we send blessings and salutations upon
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, his entire household, all his companions, may Allah bless them
and bless every single one of us. I mean, my brothers and sisters, what do I gain from reading the
Quran? That is a very important question. Many people do not read the Koran as much as they should.
And sometimes we don't even know what we are meant to be achieving by reading the Quran. The first
and foremost point that we need to realize and understand is that it is only by reading the Quran
and understanding that we will actually understand the message of our own maker to us, the only word
		

			of our maker in existence today that is not deniable, and it is absolutely authentic. It has not
been tampered with, confirmed by billions of people through the generations and the years is the
full on. So this is the gift of Allah subhanho wa Taala. It is up to us in the short life of
approximately 60 to 70 years, to make it our business, to learn the Quran, to look into it, and to
ensure we try to understand it, and to practice upon it and to conveyed as best as we can to our
offspring, and as many others as we can. So point number one, we will understand the message of
Allah subhanho wa Taala. And in that message, Allah subhanho wa Taala has made it quite clear why He
		

			created us. So I am alive, and I am living for a few years I've seen people die, and I've seen
people become old. There is a purpose for all this. Why is this happening to me? And why has it
happened to all the others is in the plan.
		

			I have not created mankind or humankind except that they worship me. And what the meaning of worship
Me is is also explained in the Quran. So it is the benefit of reading the Quran by the will of Allah
subhanho wa Taala May he make it easy for us. Similarly, by reading the Quran, we achieve an
understanding of the role of the messengers of Allah subhanho wa Taala from the very beginning, when
he created the first of humankind, Adam alayhis salatu wa sallam, he sent messenger after messenger
to remind us why we were created. And at the same time where we are heading where we are now, and
the role and status of all these messengers. And this is why we would understand quite clearly that
		

			Muhammad sallallahu alayhi. wasallam is the highest of creatures, the highest and most noble of all
the messengers. And Allah says very clearly that the messengers are all different in rank tillicum
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			These messages Allah has raised them, one above the other in rank, some of them Allah spoke to them
directly and some It was not direct, but it was via revelation. So this is all understood if we were
to read the Quran. But above that, Allah has blessed us in such a way that he tells us through the
blessed lips of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam that by reading a letter of the Quran, even if
you have not understood it, you will achieve temporary Ward's so imagine if you understand it, what
will you achieve Subhana Allah without the understanding just by me saying and if
		

			me, I don't know what that means. To be honest, no one actually knows the precise meaning of that
besides Allah subhanho wa Taala but the Hadith says in that particular verse, elephant how often one
on how full woman how often Elif is a letter lamb is a letter meme is a letter, and these three
letters I achieve 30 rewards for attending them with the intention of reciting the Quran. So imagine
what would I achieve if I were to try and understand the rest of the words of the Quran or as much
as possible? So this shows us that Allah has blessed us I achieve a reward by reading the Quran.
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			People, a reminder has come from your Lord to you remind them which means by reading the Quran, I
will be reminded of my duty unto Allah, the do's and the don'ts, I will continue being reminded and
then Allah says what Shiva.
		

			In it, there is a cure for the diseases of the heart. Amazing. So what am I going to achieve by
reading the Quran, cure of the diseases of the heart Subhana Allah. So this is why it's important to
recited melodiously and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has made it quite clear to say that
singing songs and so on the Quran is not a song. The Quran is not just ordinary speech, it is
something that is not poetry, but it is speech that is unique, it is divine, it is to be recited,
melodiously as melodiously as possible in a beautiful voice with clarity. And this is why to study
what is known as the dream is actually an act of worship that you read is the correct pronunciation
		

			and, and understanding the qualities of the various letters of the Arabic language and pronouncing
them with those qualities from the places that they are to be pronounced. All that is an act of
worship because it's the word of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
		

			I can tell you that to speak English clearly or any other language clearly is something meritorious.
It's something good. But I can only tell you an act of worship the Arabic language so Han Allah, if
you are learning it with the correct intention in order to understand how to read the Word of your
maker, that becomes an rabada May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us no matter how old you are, make an
effort to improve on your pronunciation, it will come about with cure of the diseases of the heart.
And on top of that there is cure even for physical ailments. So Panama, you know a person has
disease a person has sickness, a person's eyesight perhaps is weak and so on. verses of the Quran
		

			have within them cure and this is known from the time of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, one
might ask which exact verse we may not know. And for this reason, try your best to cover the entire
plan. We are muslimeen if you look carefully at the month of Ramadan, it is known as the month of
the Quran, we should be trying to cover the Quran from cover to cover to complete it from cover to
cover, at least once in the month of Ramadan, because it's the month of the Quran. If you take a
look at the previous scriptures, and the way that people treat those scriptures, they do not
complete it cover to cover. They only have you know, selected readings, chosen readings for specific
		

			cases and instances and so on. So the bulk of them, if not almost all of them would not have covered
the scripture from one point to the other from the beginning to the end. But if you ask the
muslimeen, I think it's the other way around the bulk would have completed it at least once, if not
once a year. Allah subhanho wa Taala make it easy for us. I encourage you from this pulpit, my
brothers and sisters to take a marker, put it in the Quran. And even if you are to read slowly, two
lines a day, put a marker that is a law that you link with a law that is the cure for the diseases
of the heart that I may have, or you may have. It's the cure of other diseases because as I complete
		

			the Quran, I will have covered verses that would be verses wherein I will achieve cure from a
disease that I may not even know that I'm suffering from Subhana Allah.
		

			So this is why take a polygon most half as we call it, you know the book that is written in and what
we need to do is we take a little marker, place it there and follow up every day we read a page two
pages. Obviously if you're having an you have no excuse you need to read much more. But we are
talking of those who are struggling. I've met some people slightly elderly, they say I've never
learned how to read the Quran, my brother, my sister, it is not too late. attempt to learn it. Even
if you can read a few words of Allah that will be your link with your maker Imagine you are giving
so much of importance to the words of the one who made you and you are going to return to him very
		

			soon. And this is why Allah says through the blessing lips of Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam in Allah
Allah Allah will be had and kitabi Aquaman while Bobby, Corinne, Allah subhanho wa Taala raises
through the Quran certain people and he drops through the same core uncertain people, those who try
to learn those who try to put into practice those who try their best developing the link with Allah
Subhana Allah to Allah for them, the Quran will come for genuine laka O Allah. The Hadith says the
Quran comes to bear witness on the Day of Judgment for you or against you, those who make the effort
it will be for them. May Allah make us from amongst those whom the Quran bears witness for
		

			Not against. But the same Hadith continues to say that those who have not made the effort will be
dropped down by the pond either. We knew how to read it we did not put it into practice for we did
not make an effort or attempt to try and learn how to read it. Then too, we are guilty because it's
the most important word in existence. I need to make an effort no matter how old I am. Age is not an
excuse my brothers and sisters, it is the seriousness the intention, the link with your maker, the
fact that you appreciate the status of his word. So reading the Quran will bring about something
great and that is entry into gentlemen. The Quran can come and bear witness for you on the day of
		

			the AMA, and that itself can grant you and myself and claim to Jenna May Allah subhanho wa Taala
granted to us, one wouldn't want to be from the others whom the Quran comes forth to bear witness
against this person did not make an attempt to learn. This person did not attempt to put into
practice. Sometimes we know the Quran, we have learned of by heart so much we've known the meaning
as well, but we do not put it into practice. If that's the case, then to there is a warning by Allah
subhanho wa Taala through the blessed lips of Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam and even verses of the
Quran, where Allah subhanho wa Taala says regarding the complaint of Muhammad Sallallahu sallam,
		

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			when Mohammed Salah Salem complained about the wrong treatment that these people had given the poor
on the cover of Piraeus used to laugh when the Quran was being recited. They used to scoff at the
block there is some people this is a warning for them to say, Do not take this on as a mockery.
mockery, meaning you know what it means, you know, it's claimed you know where it comes from, but
you've made no effort to try and learn it. May Allah subhanho wa Taala help us to learn it and put
it into practice. Also, this beautiful Koran, Allah subhanho wa Taala calls it the deacon, you know
the word Vicar we hear it a lot. Some people think it only means to say Subhana Allah and
		

			hamdulillah Allahu Akbar, that is Nick. That is a part of the decode without a doubt, to praise
Allah is a part of the deacon. But were you ever aware of the fact that of victory dilla to the best
of all, the Quran is the recitation of the Quran. It's the word of Allah. So the best thing I could
do if I want to engage in victory, the word victory is to actually read the Quran. And this is why
Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about it in the Quran, where he says, and this is an amazing verse,
Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks about the disbelievers. And he says in
		

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			mean hacky mean hammy. This is referring to the Quran where Allah says the disbelievers who
disbelieved or those who disbelieved in the dick, the word use this, the vicar, referring to the
Quran, those who disbelieved in the Quran when it came to them yet, it is the mighty book, it is the
powerful book, Al Kitab al Aziz, the book full of might, amazing look at Allah describing it, the
mighty book, you want power, you want strength, will read the poem and understand the foreign, you
will have spiritual energy and power, religious energy, as well as physical strength, it will be
granted to you by the will of Allah subhanho wa Taala you will feel good. And so Allah subhanho wa
		

			Taala says those who have just believed in this decree, yet it is the book The Mighty book, Allah
says falsehoods and evil and tempering cannot reach it, neither from the front nor from the back. It
is indeed revelation from the all wise, the full of praise that is Allah subhanho wa Taala. May
Allah grant us goodness and this is why my brothers and sisters it's important for us to keep
praising Allah through the recitation of the Quran. Have you ever thought of something? Whenever we
stand up for Salah it is compulsory for us within Salah to read the Quran. It shows us already how
important the Quran is. So if I am to read the Quran, I will be able to fulfill my Salah correctly.
		

			So a Muslim should be reading passages of the Quran five times a day in every unit or a copy of his
or her prayer. And this shows you that Allah wants you to take pride in His Word to understand it to
read it correctly to repeat it constantly. And this is why Allah subhanho wa Taala says
		

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			Dabba de shabbiha masani Allah says Allah has revealed the best of speech, the best of speech, XML
Hadith, what is it, it is the book, The Quran, with a shabby hand, it has verses in it that are
similar. muthoni means repeated often. So it would include repetition of the same verses again and
again. Because, for example, if you were to go to school and the mathematics teacher taught you that
one plus one is two, for example, the next day when you came, and she told you or he told you again,
that one plus one is two and the following day one plus one is two, you will never, ever forget it.
I've told you something simple, but even if it is a difficult concept, if you are made to listen to
		

			it on a daily basis, you will know it you will understand it. Same applies to the Quran. If you
listen to abortion every single day, and you are reminded of the same thing every day, it becomes
your nature, as they say, and it becomes something you are aware of because you've repeated it. And
for this reason, the instruction of Salah in the Quran does not just appear once it appears so many
times it was enough for Allah to just say it once. And that's it. But he repeats it in different
ways, sometimes with a warning, sometimes with glad tidings, sometimes with both sometimes with
neither. And this is something from Allah, He knows why he does this. It's unique. Also, if you are
		

			to read the Quran and understand it, scientific secrets of existence will be made manifest to you.
made manifest to you. You know, the previous verse that I just read before I get into the next
point, Allah subhanho wa Taala speaks of how if you read the Quran with belief Subhana Allah with
belief, and you need to have believed because there are others who read the Quran in order to find
fault in it, it increases them in their intention, you know, the Quran is a unique book with
whatever intention you read it, it increases you with that or within that. So for example, a person
who reads it for goodness, he gets goodness, a person who reads it for clarification, he gets
		

			clarification, a person who reads it in order to find fault, he becomes deeper and deeper in his
loss. May Allah subhanho wa Taala save goddess. So Allah says, Dr. Shah,
		

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			the skin of those who are fearful of the Arab when they hear the recitation of the Quran or they
listen to the Koran, and it would also include the recitation of the Quran, what happens to the
skin, the skin is unique, it's amazing. It becomes crumpled, you actually get goose bumps as it
were, and then the skin softens up. So after it tightens, it softens up and leans towards the
remembrance of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
		

			Then comes the beautiful verse where Allah subhana wa Taala speaks about the Quran. And he says,
amazingly, that he will show us the signs century him. Tina,
		

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			he says, I will continue showing them the science in the horizons, meaning in the creation of Allah
subhanho wa Taala and within themselves, until it is proven to them beyond doubt that the Quran is
the truth. Amazing. This is speaking of scientific discoveries, where as time passes, more and more
discoveries, confirming what the Quran has brought 1400 years back, amazing. So this is why you have
discoveries of the sun and the moon, and the child and the embryo and so many other scientific
discoveries. At a certain point, people might say, Oh, this is contradictory to the arm, but you
find a few years down the line or a few decades down the line, they come up with new findings. You
		

			see science is based on research and research depending on who has researched and what they've had
to research keeps on changing its conclusions based on what has happened until it comes to the
concrete conclusion, which is always in accordance with revelation. Amazing. This is what Allah is
saying. And this is why at one stage, there was a conclusion that the sun does not move along long
time back. That's what they used to say. And some people said Oh, that means the Quran is wrong.
stopzilla Quran was never wrong. Later on science discovered all those specialized discovered that
no, it does move, but it doesn't move as much as the other. For example, the other planets in the
		

			orbit and whatever. So amazingly, the Quran did not make mention of how much it moves, it only says
it moves and that was it. So this is a gift of Allah subhanho wa Taala one of the things you will
benefit from is as you recite the verses of the Quran, trying to understand them, they will be
discoveries, they will be so much and even in terms of that which people have
		

			yet discovered the Quran has any prophecies of what is going to happen you will achieve an
understanding of it today people are crying Why is this happening that happening? Have you ever read
the Quran? The answers are they have that same Quran will lead you to the Sunnah of Muhammad
Sallallahu sallam, and this would block out those are it would negate go against those who say that
I only believe in the Koran and that's it, that there's nothing else besides the Quran whatever is
in the Quran is enough for me. We need to pause for a moment and we need to explain that if you
follow the Quran alone, automatically it leads you to following Muhammad Sallallahu wasallam where
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala clearly makes mention of it in so many places that you follow the messenger
		

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			whatever Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam has instructed you, you take it has instruction and whatever he
has prohibited you from considering the prohibition that's directly leading you to the sooner fala B
gala you mean una hakima, kaffee, Masha, Davina ne they are not considered true believers until they
take your judgment in their disputes as final which means whatever he has said However, he has
judged whatever he has uttered is final. It is something that will apply in my life up to the end
and yours and anyone who calls themselves Muslim. So this is what you will achieve or this is only
part of what you will achieve by reading and understanding the Quran. May Allah subhanho wa Taala
		

			bless us all. And May He grant us a good understanding of sallallahu wasallam albaraka Island Nabina
Muhammad