The Importance of Hifz Quran For Muslims

What is “Hifz Quran”? have you ever thought about it as a Muslim the meaning of “Hifz”? most of those who speak or know the Arabic language will know that “Hifz” is to study something by heart and recite it by heart, however, have you ever asked yourself why? Why do you need to study the Quran and learn it by heart? Why you are asking a righteous Muslim to recite the Quran? Let us delve together into a deeper meaning of “Hifz” and correlate it to the “Hifz Quran”.

Needless to say that the Quran is the best curriculum we need to know about if we want to gain what is fruitful in our lives and also in the afterlives! That elaborate, the essentiality of learning the Quran for our own cause and benefit. Nonetheless what does have to do with “Hifz” why not just read? Or reciting from this Holy book itself?

Studying the Quran:

First of all, as Muslims, we need to know the Quran, and by knowing we mean the elaboration, the explanation, and the understanding of what Allah says in his Holy book since the Quran is the lawful, truly, and precise words of Allah. If we want to know how to live, how to deal, how to consider and think of every obstacle, or even how to feel in every single situation in our lives then the Quran will be our guide. What does that mean? To furtherly explain, if we have to come to dealing and considering the obstacles we shall meet in life, some people may say that it is such hardship that no one can benefit from and they wish that such hardship shall never be repeated. Nevertheless, in the aspect of Allah hardships are never in vain. People enduring such barricades and obstacles shall never have their effort on the ground, in other words, everything a Muslim endure is counted.

قدى يرى البعض أن المحن و الابتلاءات لا فائده لها فقد يستطيع العديد من البشر أن يشعرو بالنعمه التي لديهم إذا أحسوا بتهديد أو خوف بسيط لوجود احتماليه زوال هذه النعمه فلم الابتلاءات و الصعوبات و المخاوف التي قد تستحوذ على حياه شخص ما؟ فنقول أنه هذه الابتلاءات ليست هينه عند الله سبحانه و تعالى، بل و شأنها عظيم و كبير عند الله. فيختار الله بعنايه كل ما سيواجهه الشخص في هذا الابتلاء. مثلا أن الله يختار حجم الابتلاء وفقا للشخص الذي سيبتليه و قدرته علي تحمل هذه المحنه بل و يعينه الله بعنايته الالهيه لتخطي هذا البلاء. يوضح الله لنا في أياته الكريمه أنه قد يعلم أن الانسان لا يرى الخير أو العظه من شئ او ابلاء ما و لكن الله أعلم بكل شئ و هو بكل شئ عليم.

﴿كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰ أَن تُحِبُّوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ﴾

و مثال أخر، يخبرنا الله فيه ؟أنه قد يبتلي المؤمن الخق في كل ما لديه من رزق من أموال و أولاد و غيره من متاع الدنيا و لكن مفتاح تحمل هذه الابتلاءت هو الصبر لأن ذلك من خير الامور و أعظمها. ﴿ ۞ لَتُبْلَوُنَّ فِي أَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنفُسِكُمْ وَلَتَسْمَعُنَّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَمِنَ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا أَذًى كَثِيرًا ۚ وَإِن تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا فَإِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِ﴾

تلخيصا لما سبق فإن الصبر هو مفتاح اختياز الابتلاء و ليس لنا غير الله كاشفا للغم أو الابتلاء فيعلمنا القرآن في اياته الكريمه ماذا نفعل اذا ابتلانا الله.

Hifz Quran:

Now that we understood what the Quran holds within itself from messages and lessons, here comes the vital part to know about which is the Hifz. As we mentioned earlier, Hifz Quran is to study it by heart and be able to recite it solely without reading, yet we did not know why? The merciful Allah has made every good deed that Muslims do a way to pave their path to heaven! Apparently, reading the Quran has been one of them. While reading the Quran you take a “hasanah” حسنه

for every letter you read, Allah gives you 10 times more for it!! See how merciful Allah is? As a result, people who study the Quran and start in the process of the “Hifz Quran” are of a greater position and way more “Hasanat” than those who just read the Quran. The more effort you, as a Muslim, exert in learning how to recite the Quran by heart, the higher and the more prestigious is your place for Allah of course, and not in life matters. Illustrating that, the Muslim who can recite the Quran by heart has a very prestigious position for Allah.

فمنزله حافظ القرآن أن يكون مع السفره و الكرام البرره.

عن عائشة عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : ” مثل الذي يقرأ القرآن وهو حافظ له مع السفرة الكرام البررة ومثل الذي يقرأ وهو يتعاهده وهو عليه شديد فله أجران “

فإن منزلة الحافظ للقرآن عند آخر آية كان يحفظها

عن عبد الله بن عمرو عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : ” يقال لصاحب القرآن : اقرأ وارتق ورتل كما كنت ترتل في الدنيا فإن منزلتك عند آخر آية تقرأ بها “

Uses of the Hifz Quran:

How to use what you had studied and recited from the Quran to be able to get the most benefit in your life and also build for your afterlife?
The verses of the Quran or in other words, the “Ayat” of the Quran are used on daily basis. Who created this? Allah has made for us a special complexity, verses and “Azkar” to start your day, “Azkar” to end your day”, “Azkar” before sleep, and even “Akar” after waking up.
أذكار الصباح و المساء و اذكار النوم و أذكار بعد الصلاه.
There are so many diverse types of “Azkar” each and every one of them has its own verses of the Quran and prayers which we say to plead to Allah and ask for his protection and help throughout the day. Using the verses which Allah has told us in His Holy Quran, the “Azkar” we use are extracted from the Quran. Why do we tend to say the Azkar? Mainly, it is for protection, via seeking the help and aid from Almighty Allah to be merciful in guiding us and protecting us from what is harmful or what is unknown to us. Apparently, the Azkar is a part and parcel of our daily lives and should remain as this!

Here are some “Azkar” with verses we could say at night:

—آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۚ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِ ۚ وَقَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ*لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ ۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ ۖ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا ۚ أَنتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ).[٢٧]

—آية الكرسي: (اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ).[٢٨]

—قراءة سورة الإخلاص والمعوّذتين ثلاث مرات، قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: (قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ، والْمُعَوِّذتَيْنِ حَينَ تُمسي وحين تُصبِحُ، ثلاثَ مراتٍ، يكفيكَ مِنْ كلِّ شئٍ):[٢٩]

—سورة الإخلاص: (قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ* اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ* لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ* وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ).[٣٠]

—سورة الفلق: (قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ* مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ* وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ* وَمِن شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ* وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ).[٣١]

—سورة الناس: (قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ* مَلِكِ النَّاسِ* إِلَٰهِ النَّاسِ* مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ* الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ* مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ).[٣٢]

Apparently, Hifz Quran has been paving and easing the way for us in every aspect of life and the afterlife. If you are determined to just read the Quran, you can have ample “Hasanat”, and if you intend to study it to be able to recite it by heart then you are securing your place in heaven with those who are noble and dutiful. What is more, once you study the Quran and be one of the Quran reciters, you shall use it more and more to protect yourself via the “Azkar” and use it in your daily life.

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