Umm Jamaal ud-Din – Connecting to The Qur’an in The Month of Ramadan

			In Alhamdulillah, no matter who was dying or who wants to feed who wanted to be a one on Sunday one
who said Lim ala nabina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi edge marine a salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah
wa barakatu. My dear sisters, we all know that Ramadan is the month of the Quran. And that's in the
best of deeds that a person can do in this month is to spend most of their time reciting and
revising the Quran as much as they can be even Illa Allah who dances, Shahada, Ramadan and levy on
visa fee Hill, and wood le Nancy verbena, Tim meenal vuda well for on the month of Ramadan is the
month in which the Quran was sent down a guidance for mankind in order to show them the clear signs
		

			to guidance and for them to distinguish between the heart and the bottle the truth and the falsehood
and my dear is distance. One of the main ways that you know personally I find helps to motivate me
to want to strive as much as I can inshallah with the Quran is in this month, is to think about how
the seller fuse to be when Ramadan used to come to them. Like if you can try to imagine the likes of
Aisha radiallahu anha, or you know, on selama or hafsa or ismat radi Allahu anhu Nadia Mian
		

			right, just imagine what their relationship with the Quran would have been like, when Ramadan came
to them. You know, imagine how much they used to turn their hearts and souls completely to the Quran
in this month. You know, how much they would you know, strive with the Quran during the days of
Ramadan, and you know, how they would recite it with to dub board, you know, pondering over the
meanings that they get, trying to take the lessons for every verse they would read. Just imagine
also, you know how much they used to recite the Quran in their pm at night, especially in the last
10 nights. And you know, you get the panel, you can imagine how much they would have been reciting
		

			certain verses over and over again, and how they would have been crying for the power of those
verses of Allahu taala on their hearts.
		

			So you know, when you think about how much the seller used to strive with the Quran in this man,
this is one of the greatest things that that evening later Allah can help you feel motivated to want
to spend as much time as you can with the book of Allah Subhana Allah in this month.
		

			Now, what I wanted to do today is to quickly share with you three of the most common questions I get
asked by sisters in relation to reciting the Quran in this month. So first of all, how does one get
that connection to the Quran when you're reciting it? Now one of the things that emem even obey
Rahim Allah speaks about is how we need to have the right mindset when it comes to reciting the
Quran. You know that before you begin to recite, you first need to empty your heart from everything
in this dunya you know all of your problems, all of your worries, empty that from your heart.
		

			And then you seek refuge with ALLAH hota Allah from the Shaitan and all of his distractions.
		

			And then what you do you focus your full attention upon the words that you're reciting, and remind
yourself that this is Allah who is speaking to you with these words.
		

			And that in every air you recite, there are messages and messages that you need to pay attention to,
in order to truly benefit from what you're reading.
		

			So that's why you know, as you're reciting keep on asking yourself questions like, you know, what is
Allahu taala teaching me in this idea? You know, what can I you know, how can I act upon this area
in my life?
		

			You know, how can I improve my luck through this AR? What diseases of the heart Do I personally
have, that this area is helping me to cure?
		

			Right now, one of the things I also advise you to try to do before you read is to make dua and ask
Allahu Allah to open your heart to guide you to what you need to, you know, learn from this area
that you're going to recite.
		

			And also, in order to increase your short when reciting, it is important that you know, you stop
from time to time at the end of verses about for example, punishment, and ask Allahu taala to
protect you from his punishment. And when you come to verses about the Jannah ask Allahu Allah to to
you know help you to be from those who will enter Jin Jana be even Illa because as we all know, dear
sisters, ultimately, no one and none of us will enter Jannah except by the mercy and Rama of Allah
Subhana Allah
		

			The other thing you need to realize
		

			is that one of the reasons why so many people don't taste the sweetness of reciting the Quran is due
to having hardness in their hearts. All right. So that's why it's also advisable before you start to
recite, that you sit and say, a thought for a law a few times first, until you feel your heart is
feeling, you know, more receptive to the words of Allahu taala that you're about to recite.
		

			So we need to realize that, you know, in order to truly connect to the Quran, it's really important
that you get yourself into the right mindset to start off with.
		

			Now, the second common question I get asked by sisters is, you know, as women, we have so many
responsibilities, so you know, how do we find the time to recite? So first of all, we need to
realize that, you know, when you make the Quran and number one priority in your days and nights of
Ramadan, then you know, trust me, you will find the time to fit in your recitation. Even if you
know, it's just when you're feeding your baby, or you know, waiting at the doctor's surgery, or, you
know, you picking up your kids from school, you will find the times be in the last two to get in
that recitation. But let's just say that your particular circumstances makes it difficult for you to
		

			find time to recite, but at least listen to the Quran as much as you can. And then whatever little
time you do find to recite, make sure that you do it as mindfully and reflectively as possible in
order to get the maximum benefit out of your recitation. inshallah. Last of all, a common question I
also get asked is, you know, what, if I don't know, Arabic content read, well, how can someone like
me connect to the Quran in this month? So obviously, you know, no doubt, there's definitely a huge
difference between the impact that the Quran has on your heart, when you read it in Arabic, compared
to when you only read the English translation. And that's why all of us needs to be you know, all of
		

			us need to be on our own personal journey with the Quran, where you know, each year you're working
towards improving your ability to recite it in Arabic and to also understand it, you know,
inshallah, ah, you you should be seeing yourself improving slowly over time, right. But even if
you're only able to, you know, read the Quran in English, then there's still obviously a huge reward
and benefit that you get from reading the meaning of the Quran in English, right.
		

			And I remember many times when I was still a new revert, and you know, I didn't understand Arabic,
but I would open the Quran at certain places. And the panel, I feel like Allahu taala was giving me
the answers I needed for my life and showing me what I needed to do. Right. So it's not like you
can't benefit. You know, you don't, it's not like you don't benefit immensely from reading the
English translation. So my advice is to just, you know, do your best in this month inshallah, you
know, read as much as the Quran is that you can, in whatever way you're able to, because you know,
ultimately, the most important goal we all need to have in Ramadan, is trying to get closer to Allah
		

			to Allah in this month. And the greatest way to do that is by developing a closer relationship with
his words, but even the late Allah. So in conclusion, in conclusion, my dear sisters, I ask Allah to
Allah, to light up our hearts, with the Quran, to light up our homes, with the Quran, your Allah,
make the Quran, a guidance for us in every aspect of our lives. Your Allah we ask you to make the
Quran, the light of our heart, the comfort of our sorrows, the relief from all of our trials, and we
asked you your Allah to accept all of our fasting and prayers and whatever little good we could do
in this month your Allah Allah amin will solve the law who will sell them abetik Allenby bnm
		

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La Ilaha Illa and nesto fuuka when a to bow Lake wa Salaam Wa Alaikum wa rahmatullah here what I
care to my dear sisters, may Allah in live in your heart with the words of you, you know with his
words in this in this month, Allah mommy