Ramadan 2024 #16 Quran and Ramadan

Quran 60 times in 1 Ramadan. SubhanAllah.

SubhanAllah my dear brothers and sisters in Islam.

Al Qabi Iyad,

a famous imam from the Imams of Islam,

he said it is disliked for a believer

not to complete the Quran outside of salah

once in Ramadan.

As always, we begin in the name of

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And we never ever

forget Muhammad ibn Abdullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

sallallahu

alaihi wasallam, our master and our teacher and

our leader. And he really is the basis

for all the reminders we share this Ramadan.

For everything I share is not from me,

but from his inheritance, salallahu alayhi wasalam. Welcome

to Ramadan nights, this Ramadan 1445. And in

today's episode, as we edge and sketch closer

to the last 10 nights of Ramadan, I

want to speak to you all about the

Quran. For Ramadan is the month of Al

Quran.

The month of Ramadan is the month of

the Quran. The Quran, my dear brothers and

sisters in Islam,

is the word of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

It is the final testament.

It is the timeless miracle. Hu Ahablullah

Al Mateen Was Sirat

It's the Unbreakable

Bond

of Our Lord, and It is the Wise

Word. And also it is the straight path,

SubhanAllah.

Whenever we say in Surat al

Mustaqeem,

Guide us to the straight path, some of

the scholars of Islam say Surat Al Mustaqim

here refers to the Quran, SubhanAllah.

This is the reality of the month that

we are in and Allah revealed the Quran

in

the month of Ramadan. My dear brothers and

sisters in Islam, reciting the Quran is one

of the greatest acts of the month of

Ramadan and not only Ramadan throughout our lives,

but especially the month of Ramadan. And the

pious before us used to keep their eyes

peeled,

you know,

away from other things and SubhanAllah

focused onto,

the Quran, onto the pages of the Quran,

the book of Allah

And they used to read from it as

much as they could because Ramadan is a

season of worship. Imam al Shafi'i, Rahimahullah,

it is said he would have he would

complete

60 Qurans in 1 Ramadan. He would complete

the Quran 60 times in 1 Ramadan. SubhanAllah.

SubhanAllah, my dear brothers and sisters in Islam.

Al Qabi Iyad,

a famous imam from the Imams of Islam,

he said it is disliked

for a believer

not to complete the Quran outside of Salah

once in Ramadan. That outside of Salah, at

least once, the believer should complete the Quran

in Ramadan. And, of course, in salah, you

listen to the imam and you complete it

with the imam through listening to the, to

the Quran, but also reciting the Quran at

least once. It is disliked for you not

to do so at least once during Ramadan,

and it is beloved for you to do

so at least once in Ramadan.

Now this is real encouragement. Now, obviously, people

are of different, you know, phases

regarding their ability with the Quran, and completing

a juice every day is not easy. And,

this is not the point from what I'm

stating. The point is really to do what

we can, and we need to have a

plan.

And now that we're heading towards the last

10 nights of Ramadan and latter half of

Ramadan and the end of Ramadan, and we

spoke in earlier episodes about our actions being

judged by the endings, let us ramp up

our efforts with regards to the book of

Allah. So insha'Allah, we get the full rewards

of Ramadan,

especially the rewards of the Quran. And how

can we do this? Well, we need to

have a plan. A plan. Right? How much

of the Quran do we want to complete

now before the end of Ramadan? We need

to quantify that idea and then work every

day towards hitting that target. Now

in my experience working with,

the youth and with adults in mentoring them,

You know, we get people, subhanAllah, when they

set these quantitative targets, it tends to burn

them out. And it depends on the personality

type of a person. And what I found

useful is to scrap the quantitative approach and

come up with a qualitative approach. So instead

of saying, I'm reading or I'm going to

read half a juice a day or a

quarter juice a day, and you're failing with

this. And especially if this has been happening

to you up to this point, then this

is a good, chance for you to change

things and, take note of of, what I'm

about to say. So scrap the quantitative idea

of a quarter or a half or a

juice and move it to a qualitative approach,

whereby you say, I will spend 30 minutes

a day reading Quran.

If I finish 10 pages in those 30

minutes, Alhamdulillah. If I finish,

20 pages, Alhamdulillah. If I finish 5 pages,

alhamdulillah. But I will allocate 30 minutes in

the day. And at in the evening, maybe

1 hour because we'll be searching for later

through Qadr.

And this way, you're not focused on a

number of pages, but you're bound by a

set time span. And, alhamdulillah, whatever you achieve

in it, that is an accomplishment. Sometimes what

happens is when you set a hard number

and you don't achieve that number, it tends

to burn you out. And then you end

up, over time, giving up on the very

process that you considered

extremely valuable. So I hope this helps, my

dear brothers and sisters in Islam. So as

we head towards the end of the Quran,

connect with the Quran, and not just in

reading, listen to the Quran,

ponder over the meanings of the Quran. Take

one verse,

open a book of tafsir,

understand that verse, and then spend a day,

2 days, 3 days, just pondering over that

verse. What has this verse taught me? This

ideal in the verse, does it exist in

my life?

If it doesn't exist in my life, why

doesn't it exist in my life? If it

exists in my life at 30% capacity,

what can I do to take it to

a 100%? Why is there this gap between

me and the 100%?

Run that gap analysis. Right? It's called the

gap analysis.

I'm at 30% of my ideal. Allah's calling

me to this ideal. There's a 70% gap.

Why is there the 70% gap? Then run

a root cause analysis. That's the why. After

you understand the gap analysis, run a root

cause analysis. SubhanAllah. Why is there this gap

between me and my ideal? What's what's stopping

me? Is it apps on my phone? Is

it me not being fluent with the Quran?

Is it not having access to the knowledge

of this verse? Okay. Then after you understand

the root cause, move on to the solutions

analysis.

What can I do to close this gap?

Should I find a teacher? Can I get

a Quran buddy? Because I I I become

demotivated if I do this by myself. Right?

Should I get a teacher to help build

up my efficiency and proficiency with my reading,

and so on and so forth. So these

are all part and parcel of worshiping Allah

with the Quran. And if you show Allah

this attitude with the Quran, then Insha'Allah, you

will be rewarded the rewards of the Quran

in Ramadan and Allah insha Allah will write

you to be from the family of Al

Quran in this life in the next. May

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala write us from the

family of Al Quran Ameen.

I love you all for the sake of

wabarakat.

wabarakat.