In Love With The Quran #07 – A Gift Every Parent Dreams About

What is the best gift you can give to your parents? There was a sister in her 40s and one of 10 children. One day she was listening to a lecture about the importance of reading the Quran and even memorizing the Quran. And one Hadith struck her the most. The messenger of allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, Whoever recites the Quran and acts according to what is within it, meaning the laws of the Quran, his or her parents will be crowned on the Day of Judgment with a light brighter than the light of the sun in your worldly homes are worried amongst you. What do you think of the one who acts upon this? That is the best gift you can give to your parents? Allah subhanaw taala tells us in

the Quran, how important it is to honor our parents. And so when he tells us to worship Him, He also says what were called on Rob Booker alerta will do Illa iya what Bill wali Dini Sana, to your parents, be honorable to your parents will will slain in Santa bydd. Your parents We have enjoined upon mankind caring for his or her parents. And Allah subhanaw taala tells us about our mothers and what they went through harmala to OMO Quran, Allah to quote her, the mother carried him or her, increasing her in weakness upon weakness. And Allah Subhana Allah says at the end of the iron, being grateful to me and to your parents, and surely while you Wiley, DECA Lal mercy to me is the final

destination.

Now this hadith took the sisters imagination far away to the Day of Judgment. Imagine children offering their parents maybe crumbs of light are they being given to the parents in front of the children, and she thought about her nine siblings and her parents looking at this beautiful scene. And then she asked herself, how her parents would feel. If they looked at 10 of their children and none of them were able to honor their parents. The way that those memorizers have Orlando's for fall, were honoring theirs. And at that moment, she decided that she wants to memorize the Quran. And many people who say that did not ever think it was possible before. She wanted to do this. One

of many reasons was to honor her parents and make them amongst the happiest and most honored on that day.

She joined the Quran class, she had a Quran by a sister she reviewed with almost every single day. And after hard work and dedication and good time management, the sister is now a half the law of the Quran. She memorized the Quran in approximately seven years in her 50s of this story is an inspiration from many different angles. And there's a lot to comment on. But first, it is a living proof that it is not impossible to memorize the Quran in your 40s or 50s. And we know people in their 70s and their 80s. It is never too late to start doing something good. And that includes simply turning to the Quran. And of course, this is clear to us from the words of the Prophet

sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, that if the Day of Judgment were established upon one of you, while he had in his hand, a sapling of a tree, let him plant it. So even if the Day of Judgment is about to start, and you have that sapling planted, in other words, take action doesn't matter that it's late in the game or late in one's life. No rather do the good that you can. It's never too late. One of the scholars in the Joseph Harmon law he started learning to clock out in his 80s and many of the companions. They accepted Islam later, later or later in their lives, for example, or Manuel de la one, he became a Muslim in his 30s. And he spent approximately 10 years on Surah Al Baqarah. Alone,

we know the surah is revealed in Medina, so he must have been at least in his 40s While he was memorizing it. And there are many scholars and many people who started their journey with seeking knowledge later on in their lives, and they became amongst the most important and impactful of scholars in our tradition. So brothers and sisters, it's never too late to start heading in the right direction. It's never too late to start turning towards that form of light success and salvation by giving the Quran more attention and more time. It doesn't have to be memorization, but it should be a real relationship, a very consistent relationship. The second point I want to share

about the story is how important it is to know your why. Why should you read the Quran? Why should you make it your friend? Why should you if you're taking that next step, memorize more and more and more of the Quran. Many times we know the importance of something how to do it. And we don't know why we're doing it. The why is so powerful. The why is your intention and you could have for every single thing you want to accomplish in life, a list of five or 10 or 20 motivators and when you find your true why you won't hit the snooze button anymore.

on anything, you'll find a way to make it happen. The third point I want to share here is that there are many reasons to connect to when the Quran so sometimes people don't think about building the body then honoring one's parents. Usually people think about honoring their parents with something worldly materialistic, let me pay them back. Let me buy them a house. Let me give them this. Let me take them there. Let me travel with them. Let me give them companionship in their older years. This woman wanted to take care of her parents, not just in this life. She wanted that care and love for them to continue until the day of judgment. And I hope this can increase all of us in our attention

to our parents and how they will be honored in the next life. Make your parents in the hereafter proud and honored. May Allah subhanaw taala bless our parents, and Allah subhanaw taala also told us on the Day of Judgment when people receive their books, their book of deeds, either in the right hands or in their left hands or behind their backs. So those who received their books in the right hands are successful. What will a person say? Why am Kalibo EDA and Hema through this person will receive it and will go to his family or her family enjoy happily think about that meeting on the Day of Judgment. Think about the children that are reunited with their parents. The final point I want

to share that a lot of people ask about for those who do want to start reading and especially memorizing the Quran, in what they might see as later on in their lives. What should they do? Simple advice, short, concise advice one amongst many others inshallah Tada, tip number one, your intention and your DUA. May Allah Subhana Allah grant you sincerely have a sincere heart and list your motivators your intention for why number two, Repetition Repetition Repetition. Sometimes it's as simple as telling someone you know what, you don't have to memorize this page if you can't read it just 20 times by the time they get to 1516 maybe even 20 this one if they have already memorized it,

repetition and then review, you have to hold on to the Quran otherwise it disappears very quickly. So review in your daily prayers and this will be inshallah Tada a reason for you to elongate your prayers and to pray more volunteer prayers. And number three, small amounts and short if you start with something simple, start with the easier verses start with something that is short and then take it later on from there inshallah Tada if a verse is too long, break it down into many parts, memorize them and connect them together and continue from there. solidifying and reinforcing what you have. I know that the journey of memorizing the Quran is a very far and difficult goal to reach

for many people. And not all the Companions memorize the entire Quran. But it is important that we all connect with the Quran. It is important we have a relationship that you recite every day you listen you understand, you reflect you follow its guidance. And I want to leave you with this question.

What reflections Do you have from this story of this daughter or any other similar story? What reflections do you have about these kinds of individuals who don't give up