Pondering upon the Quran-2

In 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.

Source: iec-md.org