Suleiman Hani – In Love With The Quran #25 – The Journey Of Your Lifetime

			Do you know what students sometimes do when they finish reading the entire Quran or memorizing it?
Sometimes they start over right away. So a student finished memorizing, for example, the entire
Quran. And as they finished a few days prior, they saw one of their teachers at the masjid he smiled
and he said, Congratulations for graduating preschool. Congratulations for graduating preschool, a
student of the Quran sometimes begin begins their journey with the end in mind. So they're thinking
I want to finish I want to be a Hatfield or Hatfield, I want to finish this journey or this class,
not realizing that every re citation of the Quran is in fact, the mark of a new beginning, and that
		

			it's not the true ending of the journey. So oftentimes, a student thinks of the end in mind and
suddenly they want to discontinue or slow down. But really the ending for all of us as believers is
when we enter our graves. When we move from this life to the next life. Whatever relationships we
established in a dunya in this life, as students, we will find that there is going to be an impact
in the afterlife because of it so the Quran will testify will be a witness for you or against you.
While Quran the Prophet slicin told us the Quran is a witness, it will testify for you a rally or
against you. And I want you to think about the heaviness of this hadith if you're not taking the
		

			Quran seriously. The reality is a student who approaches the Quran just to get it out of the way or
get it done. Are you reading your daily citation to check it off the list but you don't really care,
you don't like it, your heart is not in it. You haven't really tasted then the sweetness of the
journey. That student has not really connected to the purpose of being someone who recites the Quran
or students.
		

			The practice of the people of the Quran is that when a student finishes their memorization of the
Quran, sometimes this is a practice that's not based off of anything the Prophet salallahu Alaihe
Salam taught, or some students will finish reading the last lesson. And then they want to start over
again, meaning what they'll tell their teacher can I start reading in Fatiha the first I have a
buffet or can I start at the Quran over why to show that to indicate that as you are finishing one
whatsoever, the Quran, one act of worship, you want to start the next re citation of the Quran. And
this process basically is meant to continue. In other words, you're never finished, you're not
		

			really done. This is not a practice everyone should take and say it's, it's the only way to do no,
you finish reading the plan after you finish reading the Quran. But sometimes you'll want to do
another act of worship, to demonstrate that, you know, I'm racing and rushing towards agenda. And so
just because I finished one thing doesn't mean everything's over. So I'm going to relax rather, let
me start the next thing so that you'll be more motivated to continue. When you attend university.
Some classes you'll realize you will utilize in your career later on, and others you won't, and this
is a reality. And yet you push through waiting for the day you receive your degree. And then you say
		

			goodbye to your campus or your professors to the students who are with you, and you're ready to move
on to what's considered another stage of life. The Quran, however, is a guidance for us in every
single stage and moment of our lives. It's always there, it's always going to be needed. And one of
the blessings of needing to constantly review, so as to not forget, as a prophet slicin advisors is
that it means we're constantly in contact with. And this leads to an amount of goodness in our lives
that cannot be measured. It's priceless in terms of its impact.
		

			No one goes on a hike just to reach the end of the trail. Rather, you want to also enjoy the hike
itself. We should say no one should go on a hike just to think of the end but rather want to enjoy
the journey itself. Because the time spent on the journey itself is what gives the ending more
value. So you hike to marvel at the signs of Allah subhanaw taala you hike in order to strengthen
your body, you're going up and down or you're moving all around. You might be hiking for stress
relief, you might be hiking to talk to somebody who's with you just to spend some time doing
something different.
		

			You might be hiking to challenge yourself. Your Comfort Zone, you heights, you find that you're
pushing through even when it's difficult. And sometimes yes, you might need to take some breaks
depending on how difficult of a hike it is. And of course you choose your companions very carefully.
And you're going to pack what's needed. Now some types of hikes are two, three hours and you're
going up a mountain you need to have the right nourishment, the right protection. So when you reach
the peak, you realize now you're looking and you're experiencing a type of happiness, a type of
appreciation for the journey itself. You also realize as you're looking down for
		

			I'm really high a place, how insignificant you are and how small you are, and how magnificent
Allah's power is. So students of the Quran will accomplish His any goal looks back at all the late
nights that they spent studying the long hours every citation, maybe even frustration that you could
try to review and you kept forgetting and they realize they are in reality and the entire time.
We're in a state of blessings from Allah subhanaw taala that there's a sweetness in it. And so I'm
loving this rune well the last one, it was reported that he said, do not scatter the Quran, as if it
were dates falling from a tree, nor recite quickly as if it were just poetry. Stop. And it's the
		

			verses that amaze you and let it move your hearts. And let not your concern be reaching the end of
the surah. Enjoy the journey and spend time marveling at the signs of Allah subhanaw taala and allow
it to strengthen, allow it to shape you into a person of Taqwa person of God consciousness. And
realize that becoming more advanced in our studies, our accomplishments should actually humble us.
So when you have an accomplishment, it should actually humble you make you see how small you are, by
how much Allah has blessed you. Recognizing that our focus should be on the journey rather than the
just the end helps us how we'll mention a few things. Number one, it decreases the anxiety that
		

			comes with expectations that we place on ourselves or others have placed on us to accomplish certain
types of goals by certain deadlines, and they may not even be realistic. Number two, it helps us not
to compare ourselves to others who are moving faster, or they advance further on and they're way
ahead of us or they're just able to do more. And number three, it allows us to taste the sweetness
of the ayat of the Quran that we recite focus on the journey that you are on right now. And wherever
you are on you find verses affecting you pause and reflect. Don't just think about the end or the
next page. Number four, to be in a constant student mindset, which helps us to continue benefiting
		

			from the Quran until we meet Allah. So as you're always thinking of the journey, you're always on
this journey. You're not thinking about the end.
		

			A question for you What verse or song do you enjoy reciting the most and why