keeping the results of the month of Ramadan-1

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If we pass the month of Ramadan while performing its recommended acts like reciting the holy Quran, doing Doa, being careful about our deeds, we can continue them throughout the other months of the year. The scholars in the field of morality recommend for finding a good habit to continue practicing a specific deed for forty days, for example the one who tries to practice generosity, after forty days it becomes a habit for him/her to be a generous person. So it is so good to continue the good deeds that we have done in the month of Ramadan for the next ten days in order to have a complete forty days of performing a good deed, for example it this holy month we usually perform our morning prayer in its early time, so it is appropriate to continue that after this month at least for ten days. Ten days are not so long and we can plan to do a deed in these days easily. After these forty days of performing a good deed it becomes as a habit for us and performing that deed becomes easier for us. And if after these forty days we decide to continue having that good habit for the next forty days, it becomes as our temper to the extent that it is so hard for us to leave that good habit, especially at the age of youth because in this period of life, obtaining the good habit is so easier than the old age. If we could be successful in obtaining a good habit, having other good habits becomes easier for us. It might be a little hard for some of us to continue performing a good deed, but because the result of that is so sweet and worthwhile, it deserves to stand that little hardship.

There is another important and hopeful point here. We as Shia believe that the twelfth Imam is alive and his basic and main mission is to guide mankind and this is the very reason of sending the Prophets and Imams throughout the history. When we ask the Imams to be a mediocre between us and Allah for our needs like an illness, it might happen that due to some reasons our illnesses does not get cured, but the guidance of the Imam is not left under any circumstances because as we said his main mission is the guidance of people and especially those who sincerely want to be on the straight path.

Keeping the results of the month of ramadan-2

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The month of Ramadan is a month which is full of blessings and bounties. Through this holy month we can obtain many good results. Every good thing has a kind of slump which threatens it. We must be aware not to remove the good effects of a deed. So the question is how can we keep the result of this holy month?

When we look at the holy Quran we see that Allah explicitly mentioned the reason of issuing the decree of fasting. He said in chapter Bagharah verse 183:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

“Believers, fasting is decreed for you as it was decreed for those before you; perchance you will be cautious.”

According to this verse we can reach through fasting to the great position of Taqwa and God-fearing. Tawqa means to prefer the will of our Lord and Creator over our will. It means to avoid from committing sins. In this holy month because of the order of Allah, we avoided from some prohibited and Haram things and even some things which in their innate nature are not prohibited, like eating but in the other months, we are ordered just to avoid from prohibited things.

There are some ways in order to obtain the position of Taqwa, like:

-Strengthening our religious beliefs.

We can do that by pondering on different signs of Allah and different reliable religious teachings.

-Knowing the Islamic rulings.

If we do not know the obligations and prohibitions of Allah and different kinds of sins, so observing the concept of Taqwa cannot be done completely.

-Practicing

Obtaining every skill needs practice. We must not get disappointed if we see that sometimes we could not observe Taqwa. We must not expect to obtain the position of Taqwa overnight; we must try little by little to obtain this honorable skill.

-Participation in the religious sessions and having connection with the believers and scholars or reading the books which are written about the lives of the great pious individuals can be so useful.

-Knowing Satan.

You know that Satan and his army have different kinds of temptations and traps, sometimes a deed is not Haram in its innate nature, but it can lead us to the commitment of a sin and disobedience of Allah. So in fact that deed can be a trap from devils.

-Knowing the features of the people of Taqwa.

There are many verses of the Quran and various Narrations of the Infallibles that describe the features of the pious people. The most famous source in this regard is the sermon of Hammad in the book of Nahj Al-Balagha in which Imam Ali peace be upon him described different features of the pious people to one of his companions by the name of Hammam. It is so useful for us to read it and try to implement these features in our lives of course little by little, because if we want to force ourselves to practice all of those features as soon as possible it might lead us to lose eagerness to the religious matters.

In the holy month of Ramadan we went under the flag of Allah, so in the other months we must try not to go anywhere else. In this month we were presented Taqwa as a gift of Allah, of course Taqwa has different levels. The one who is under the flag of Allah is definitely helped by Allah in this world and in the hereafter, because Allah Himself mentioned in the Quran in chapter room verse 47:

وَكَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نَصْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

“And it was an incumbent duty upon us to give victory to the believers.”

And at the time of difficulties, Allah rescues the believers as He said in chapter Yunos verse 103:

ثُمَّ نُنَجِّي رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كَذَلِكَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نُنجِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

“Then we shall save our messengers and the believers. It is our obligated duty, we shall save those who believe.”

Hope and fear in the Eid of Fitr

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The month of Ramadan passed and the Eid of Fitr arrived. This feast is a day in which the spiritual prizes are given to the believers. It is true that this is a day in which we are happy and joyful, but there are some worries about this great day. The first worry is that we do not know did Allah accept our worships in this month and are we among His real believers or not?

The wise Loghman said to his son:

Fear Allah in a way that if you have performed all of the good deeds of the Humans and Jins, He still might punish you and be hopeful in Him in a way that if you have committed all of the sins of Humans and Jins, He might have mercy on you.

Although we are told by the Islamic teachings to be optimistic about the mercy of Allah, but there are Narrations that recommend us to have both of fear and hope, fear because of our wrong deeds and hope because of the very vast mercy of Allah.

So we see that this Eid and feast is a place for both hope and fear.

The second worry about this feast is that according to the Narrations, the Satan and devils (at least some of them) were chained in the month of Ramadan, due to the vey vast blessings of this holy month, so for one month we were somehow convenient, but from this feast on, the attacks of devils are there and we might be deceived and overcome by them and their temptations.

 Another worry about this day is the occultation of the twelfth infallible Imam. If the Imam was apparent we would be able to perform our prayer behind him, but now we are deprived from the blessing of his presence, and we are like the orphan that has no father.

There is a hopeful point here, according to the Narrations that we mentioned before, in the holy month of Ramadan Allah releases every night thousands of thousands (one million) wrong doers from the fire of Hell and in the night of Fitr Allah releases as much as He has released throughout the whole month of Ramadan. In the history of the life of Imam Sajjad peace be upon him it is mentioned that sometimes he was writing the faults of his servants, but he was not telling to them and he was not punishing them. When the night of Eid of Fitr was arriving, the Imam was calling them and saying: You have these faults, I did not say anything to you or did not punish you and I won’t do that. Now I released all of you and made you free; I have only one request from you, I ask you to say: O Allah, have mercy on Sajjad and release him just like he did so to his servants.

Asking from Allah in the month of Ramadan-2

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So let’s mention some other effects of Doa.

-Being rescued from the difficulties and problems.

We read in chapter AnBiya verses 87-88:

وَذَا النُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَاضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَى فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ أَن لَّا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْغَمِّ وَكَذَلِكَ نُنجِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

“And Thulnun (Prophet Jonah), he went away in anger thinking we had no power over him. But in the darkness he cried: ‘there is no god except you. Exaltations to you! I was among the harmdoers. ‘

We heard his prayer and saved him from grief. As such we shall save the believers.”

The end part of the above verse is so hope giving. It says that just like when Prophet Jonah (Yunos) asked Allah we rescued him from his difficulty, we rescue the believers.

-Gaining high position before Allah.

Allah said in chapter Forqan verse 77:

قُلْ مَا يَعْبَأُ بِكُمْ رَبِّي لَوْلَا دُعَاؤُكُمْ

“Say: ‘my lord cares little for you if it was not for your supplication.”

Imam Sadiq peace be upon him said:

There is a position before Allah that no one can reach to that except trough Doa and asking form Allah.

-Being cured from the diseases

We have seen and heard in our lives many times to the extent that there is not any doubt about it that a lot of ill people when they get disappointed by their doctors and they are told that there is not any useful medical treatment and the only and the last hope is Doa and asking from Allah, the relatives of that ill person at the time of being disappointed from any other means, they refuge to Allah and ask Him out of sincerity. In many cases the ill person gets cured and after that the doctor gets shocked and says confusingly that a miracle has happened because according to the science of medicine your illness was incurable.

– Dispelling the difficulties before happening.

This concept is so mentioned in the Narrations like the Narration that we mentioned at the beginning of the discussion.

Imam sajjad peace be upon him said:

“Doa and difficulties are with each other till the Day of Judgment, Doa dispels the difficulties (before happening) even though it was written to be happened.”

This narration means even in the situations that the decree of Allah was to let a difficulty to happen, Doa can prevent it.

So the month of Ramadan is a good opportunity for asking Allah especially in the time of Sahar(after midnight and before morning Azan or call to prayer) because this extraordinary time is a time in which doing Doa and Istighfar is so recommended.

Asking from Allah in the month of Ramadan-1

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muslim-children-prayingImam Ali peace be upon him advised us to do two things in the month of Ramadan, the first is Istighfar which means to ask Allah to forgive us and the second is Doa. Then he pointed that Doa, prevents difficulty from happening and Istighfar wipes out the sins.

One of the meanings of the word Doa in Arabic is described in this way: When a person who is in a lower level asks from a person who is upper than him, so it means to ask from a great being. When we do Doa and ask Allah that shows that we are in need to Him. We do Doa and ask Allah in order to fulfill our material or spiritual needs. There are many verses in the Quran that are related to the concept of Doa and some of these verse themselves are Doa that we can recite the exact words of these verses in every situation especially in the prayer. The concept of Doa is very important to the extent that different rituals for Doa like the time or place or the conditions etc. are mentioned in the Islamic sources. Doa not only has material or spiritual benefits, but also has educational effects, like removing the sense of negative pride, being away from the disobedience of Allah, a factor for bravery, etc.

Imam Ali peace be upon him said to his son Imam Hassan peace be upon him:

Be aware that the one, who has the sources of the treasures of this world and the hereafter, has allowed you to call Him and has guaranteed the fulfillment of that and has ordered you to ask Him in order to give you and He is merciful…

Now let me mention some of the benefits of Doa in brief.

-Being familiar with the divine knowledge.

When we ask Allah through the supplications that are in the holy Quran or are narrated from the infallibles we see that they are full of the teachings.

-Inner tranquility

Everyone in his/her life has some difficulties or stresses or anxieties, the best way for gaining tranquility is Doa and asking form Allah which is the real Owner of everything in this world and is the All-Mighty that no one or nothing can overcome Him, so connecting with such a being gives us so much peace and tranquility.

So by Doa we can be away from getting disappointed and hopeless and this hope can help us to be firmer in our way of different matters.

To be continued

Pondering upon the Quran-3

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2In the previous posts we talked about pondering upon the holy Quran, a deed which is so recommended by Islamic teachings. We mentioned some points which can help us to have this pondering, so let’s continue.

The other point in this regard is to be familiar to the meaning of the verses. The simplest way of that is to read the meanings of the verses through a reliable translation.

The other point here is that to know that the words of the holy Quran is like a bridge to the meaning and reality beyond them, so it is not true to spend all of our attempts and times on the superficial way of the recitation and being ignorant of the reality of the Quran.

The other point that maybe is the most important one is to have a heart which is purified and is free from every spiritual disease, because when the heart is dead (out of committing many sins) such a heart cannot be connected with the reality of the holy Quran. There is a meaningful story which is related to our topic. There was a great and wise scholar and he had some students, his students asked him: Why our hearts are not full of the divine knowledge? He gave them a dish that was not clean, and said to them: Go to the store in which the milk is sold and buy some milk for me. The students went there, but the shopkeeper did not give them any milk and said to them: This dish is dirty, go back and take another dish which is clean. The students came back to their wise teacher and described the story. He said: Notice to this story. This was a likening for you. The divine knowledge is definitely more precious than the milk, and our impure hearts is dirtier than that dish and Allah is wiser than that shopkeeper, so how can you expect Allah to give you that divine knowledge? The students got shocked by this very meaningful happening.

So we must try to purify our hearts and make it clean and free from ignorance, pretense etc. and this purification can be obtained through obeying Allah in His obligations and prohibitions.

Another point in this regard is that it is appropriate to take lessons from the verses of the Quran, for example when the holy Quran talks about the previous people and mentions their punishments we should ponder upon these verses and see what was the fault of them? How did they reach to their position of denial of Allah? What were the good characteristics of the real believers that have made them honorable and benefited from the bounties of Allah?

There is an interesting saying that says:

The stories that are described by the parents to their children at the time of sleep are told in order to make the children sleep, but the stories of the Quran are told to awaken the people from the sleep of ignorance. The logic of the people of the previous nations as the holy Quran says was that they were considering the stories of the previous nations as legends, but if we believe that the stories of the Quran are not legends we must consider them as very meaningful lessons.

At the end we ask Allah to help us to be among the real believers who ponder upon the holy Quran and take heeds from it and implement it in their lives.

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Pondering upon the Quran-1

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Quran-readThe month of Ramadan is a month in which the recitation of the holy Quran is recommended so much. There are some rituals for this recommended act. Among them is pondering upon the verses of the holy Quran. What does this pondering mean and how can we do it?

The holy Quran is the manifestation of the knowledge of Allah on the earth. This divine book contains many different subjects, like the oneness of Allah, theological discussions, morality, human creation, hereafter, rewards and punishments of there, the ways to be successful in this world and in the hereafter, the barriers of the human in the way toward perfection etc.

The concept of Tadabbor or deep pondering is mentioned in the holy Quran and in the Narrations of the infallibles. It means not to stop at the words of the holy Quran. It means to pass and move from the words to the reality behind them. It means to understand lessons from them. Imam Ali peace be upon him said:

“Ponder upon the verses of the Quran and take heed from it, indeed the Quran is the most expressive heeds.”

There are some differences between pondering upon the verses of the Quran and the exegesis of that. Pondering can be done by every individual, and even the simplest people can take lessons from this precious book. Of course there are different levels of understanding the holy Quran, but the Quran is the table of Allah that everyone due to his/her capacity can be benefited from it, but the exegesis only belongs to those who are deeply expert in the field of religious studies.

The exegesis of the holy Quran includes different aspects of this book like the meaning of the words, the situations in which the verses were descended, the grammatical points of the verses etc. But the pondering is almost done in order to take lessons and heeds from the verses.

Another difference is that the main element of pondering is attending by heart while reciting the verses, but the exegesis mostly is a theoretical discussion.

According to the Narrations, while pondering upon the Quran, the aim is not to just complete the chapter and reach to the end of that, but rather according to a Narration from Imam Sadiq peace be upon him it is not appropriate to recite the Quran quickly but it is recommended to recite it slowly and it is appropriate to stop at the verse in which the Paradise is mentioned and ask Allah for it and stop at the verse in which the Hell is mentioned and refuge to Allah from that.

So when we see that the Narrations define the Quran as the spring of the hearts and the fountain of the knowledge of the knowledgeable or the cause which makes the hearts of the people of insight to be alive etc. this shows that the perfect effects of the Quran are achieved when it is recited with pondering.

To be continued

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Pondering upon the Quran-2

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slide2In the previous post, we mentioned that according to the Islamic sources the perfect effects of reciting the holy Quran are achieved through recitation with pondering and we talked about this concept, so let’s continue that.

The concept of Tadabbor or pondering upon the verses of the holy Quran is obviously visible in the life of the infallibles. Imam Sadiq peace be upon him when he wanted to start the recitation of the Quran he was asking Allah by some Doa, among them he was saying:

“Put me among those who take heeds from your advices in the Quran and avoid from your disobedience. Don’t seal on my ear (out of ignorance) and don’t hang the veil (of ignorance) on my eye while reciting the Quran and don’t put my recitation as a recitation in which there is not any pondering.”

It is narrated in the history that when Imam Sajjad peace be upon him was reaching to this verse:

مالک یوم الدین

“The Owner of the Day of judgment”

He was repeating it so much to the extent that he was about to die, because of his very deep attention while reciting. And his state was in the way that he is about to meet the Owner of the Day of Judgment.

So the question here is that how can we have pondering upon the verses of the holy Quran? Here we want to mention some ways for that.

The first important way is to be among those who recite the Quran so much, so this is the introduction and preliminary step to pondering.

The second point is to repeat some verses by which we are attracted.

Sometimes while reciting of the holy Quran or different Doa and supplications especially when they are recited with noticing to their meanings, we get attracted by some parts of them, in such cases according to the scholars in the field of morality it is so helpful and efficient to repeat those parts as much as we are in mood for. So through repeating those parts we can be spiritually effected deeper and deeper.

The third point here is that we must believe deeply that this book is a means for guidance, because this belief makes us to be more eager to ponder upon the verses of the holy Quran. So it is the reason that the infallibles were describing and praising the very high position of the Quran and mentioning the effects and the results of the recitation of this divine book.

To be continued.

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The month of Ramadan is the month of asking forgivnesss from Allah

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ForgivingWe are the creatures of Allah, and He is our Master. There are some responsibilities that we have toward Him i.e. the obligations and the prohibitions. When the Satan was stoned and taken away from the Paradise, he made an oath and said: I will deviate all mankind except the sincere servants. In chapter Saad from verse 71, Allah described this story. So the Satan and his army want to deceive us and make us away from the straight path. Sometimes we get deceived by them. In this time another trick of the devils is that they make us hopeless and say that you are a wretched and miserable person and you cannot be a real believer anymore, but we must repent to Allah and must know that the greatest sin or one of the greatest sins is getting hopeless from the ocean of Allah’s mercy and forgiveness. So we must turn to Allah and have Istighfar which literally means to ask for forgiveness. Here is a discussion, is there any difference between Tahbah(returning to Allah) and Istighfar? Now we do not enter in this discussion.

The concept of Istighfar is mentioned in the holy Quran many times.

Among the features of the pious people, this great deed has been mentioned. There are different levels for Istighfar, for example some people ask Allah for their sins, but there is mentioned that even the infallibles and sinless people were doing that and that has a different meaning from the Istighfar of the ordinary people.

There are many benefits for having Istighfar, some effects appear in this world and some after death. We mention some of them:

-Being away from the punishment of Allah in this world.

Allah said in chapter Anfal verse 33:

وَمَا كَانَ اللّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَأَنتَ فِيهِمْ وَمَا كَانَ اللّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ

“But Allah was not to punish them whilst you were living in their midst, nor would Allah punish them if they repeatedly ask forgiveness of him.”

Imam Ali peace be upon him said:

There were two things that were keeping safe from the punishment of Allah, the one was the existence of the Prophet of Islam that was taken by his departure, but there is the second thing that is Istighfar that always is available for the people, so grasp it.

-Forgiveness of the sins.

Allah said in chapter Noah verse 10 quoting fromt Prophet Noah:

فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا

“Ask for forgiveness of your lord,” I said. “Surely, he is the forgiver”.

Another benefit of Istighfar is that it increases the sustenance.

In chapter Noah verse we read:

يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاء عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا

“(If you do Istighfar) He will let loose the sky upon you in abundance”

Another effect of Istighfar is that it increases the children.

When some people that they cannot have any child, come to the great scholars in the field of morality, they prescribe them to have many Istighfar, and that is because of the verse 12 in chapter Noah which we read:

وَيُمْدِدْكُمْ بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ

“(if you do Istighfar…) and (Allah) gives to you wealth and sons”

Another effect of Istighfar is that it causes the welfare and good life. Allah said in chapter Hud verse 3:

وَأَنِ اسْتَغْفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُواْ إِلَيْهِ يُمَتِّعْكُم مَّتَاعًا حَسَنًا إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى

“And ask forgiveness of your lord and then repent to him. He will give you enjoyment till a stated term.”

We can have Istighfar in anytime but there are some times in which is recommended to have this great deed, like in the time of Sahar(meaning after midnight till the time of morning Azan(call to prayer).

Allah explicitly mentioned the name of Sahar in the holy Quran like chapter Ale Imaran verse 17 when He said:

الصَّابِرِينَ وَالصَّادِقِينَ وَالْقَانِتِينَ وَالْمُنفِقِينَ وَالْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالأَسْحَارِ

“Who are patient, truthful, obedient, and charitable, and who ask forgiveness at Sahar.”

When the brothers of Prophet Josef came to their father and asked him to ask forgiveness for them from Allah, Prophet Jacob (the father of Prophet Josef) said: I will do Istighfar for you.

According to a lot of the exegesis books of the holy Quran, he delayed Istighfar until the time of Sahar.

Imam Ali peace be upon him said:

“I advise you in the month of Ramadan to do Istighfar and Doa so much, the benefit of Doa is that is keeps you safe from the problems and difficulties, and Istighfar wipes out your sins.”

The month of Ramadan is a good opportunity to do Istighfar especially in the time of Sahar, because in both cases i.e. this holy month and the time of Sahar, Istighfar is prescribed and this is a month in which Muslim get up before morning Azan to eat the meal, so they can plan and adjust their time to be awake a little bit sooner in order to remember Allah especially by Istighfar.

The rituals of the recitation of the Quran

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IMG_8783-copiaIJABOne of the most recommended acts in the holy month of Ramadan is the recitation the holy Quran. The holy Quran was descended in two ways, the first it was descended little by little throughout 23 years at the time of the prophecy of the Prophet of Islam. In different situations different verses were revealed. The story and description of the descending of the verses are mentioned in the books of the exegesis of the holy Quran, and the second kind of descending was that the whole reality of the holy Quran was revealed in the night of Qadr which is in the month of Ramadan, so this month is the spring of the Quran. There are so much emphasis on the recitation of the holy Quran especially with pondering upon its verses. There are some rituals for recitation of this divine book that we mention some of them according to the holy Quran itself and different Narrations of the infallibles.

These rituals are divided into two branches, the superficial rituals and the inward ones.

The superficial rituals are like followings:

-Being on the state of Taharah or purity (having Wudu)

-Reciting out of respect.

-Observing the rights of recitation.

In the holy Quran there are different kinds of verses, some are related to the gifts of Allah, in such cases it is appropriate to ask Allah for those gifts, or some talk about the punishments of bad doers in Hell, so it is recommended to refuge to Allah from them, or the verses that are kinds of Doa and wishes, and we are told to ask Allah by them etc.

-Refuging to Allah before starting the recitation and saying:

اعوذ باللّه من الشیطان الرجیم

Which means: I refuge to Allah from the repulsed Satan.

The second kind of the rituals of the recitation of the holy Quran is the inward ones, like:

-Knowing the greatness of the Quran.

It means that we must know that this book is the words of Allah that were descended for the guidance of the humankinds till the Day of Judgment.

-Noticing to the greatness of the creator of this book.

It means that we must notice to the One that has descended this book, the One that is the creator of the worlds and everything in them and the One that is perfect in every aspect and is away from every imperfection and need.

-Knowing that just like that the verses of the holy Quran must not be touched without having superficial purity, the reality of the this holy and divine book cannot be achieved without being pure from the sins and having the pure heart, and without that the sweetness of the recitation of the Quran cannot be tasted.

-Reciting out of the humbleness of the heart and fearing from Allah.

Imam Sadiq peace be upon him said:

The one that recites the Quran but his/her heart does not get humble and the fear from Allah is not found in his/her inside, in deed he/she has insulted the great affair of Allah and has suffered a clear loss.

-Attending just to the holy Quran and being away from any distracting thought.

-Pondering upon the verses of the holy Quran.

Allah said in chapter Mohammad verse 23:

أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ أَمْ عَلَى قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَا

“Will they not then contemplate on the Quran? or are there locks upon their hearts!”

-Considering him/herself as the addressee of Allah and being in the presence of the holy Prophet of Islam.

-Being effected by heart from the advices and recommendations of the holy Quran, obeying the commands and prohibitions of these verses and trying to implement them in our lives.

 

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