LEARNING THE HOLY QUR’AN

As-Salāmu ‘alaykum wa raḥmatu Llāh.

Aū‘dhu bi-Llāhi mina sh-Shayṭāni r-rajīm.

Waṣ-ṣalātu wa s-salāmu ‘alā Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Ākhirīn.

Madad yā Rasūla Llāh, madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi Rasūli Llāh, madad yā Mashāyikhinā,

dastūr yā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh al-F’āiz ad-Dāghistānī, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-

Ḥaqqānī. Madad.

Ṭarīqatunā ṣ-ṣuḥbah wa l-khayru fi l-jam’iyyah.

The holy Prophet (SAW) says:

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هم“Khayrukum man t’allama 'l-Qur’āna wa ‘allamahu.” “The best of you is the one who learns the Quran and teaches it.” It is now the summer period during which Quran lessons are given for children and adults in many places. Whoever teach it are the good ones in the sight of Allah. Of course, this is not a land of Arabs. Except in Arab countries, in every other place people are learning the Quran, reading it. They read either from memory or from the book, and although they do not understand the meaning, they receive thawāb (merits). Learning another language is difficult, but the Quran is a miracle. The miracle of Allah. Without knowing its meaning or anything from it, a person is capable of learning it letter by letter.

The Quran is a great present, the Word of Allah. The Quran is Allah’s oldest word. He offered it to weak servants like us. It is the greatest gift to the Prophet (SAW) and to us. Through the Prophet (SAW) it has come to us. It is healing, light, knowledge. It also contains the knowledge of what came from the beginning until now, and news about the future. So show as much effort as you can to learn the Quran. Sometimes enunciation is needed, sometimes [unusual] letters. If you cannot achieve these, Allah has given easiness—there are angels who correct those wrongly pronounced letters and offer them correctly before Allah.

Learning the Quran strengthens one’s memory. It becomes healing and light for a person. Insha’Allah, those who do not know how to read it, should make the effort to learn. It can be learnt in three days or in a week. If you find it hard, then within a month, by the permission of Allah. May Allah give light to hearts! May they learn as quick as possible, insha’Allah.

Wa min Allāhi t-tawfīq, al-Fātiḥah

Ṣuḥbah of Shaykh Muḥammad Mehmet ‘Adil Dated 25 July 2019 / 22 Dhū l-Qa‘dah 1440

Akbaba Dergah, Morning Prayer