UAE Friday sermon: the importance of reciting Quran during Ramadan

The Imam will tell worshippers that fasting and reciting the Quran are the best means of Taqwa (piety and fear of Allah).

On Friday, Imams will discuss the importance of reciting the Quran during Ramadan.

“We need to remember that the holy Quran is a blessed Book as Allah, the Most Exalted, says, ‘[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Mohammed], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded’.” (Sad: 29)

Likewise, Ramadan is a blessed month. Allah’s wisdom decreed that He revealed the holy Quran in one of the most blessed nights in Ramadan, namely Laylat Al Qadr (the Night of Decree). Allah, the Almighty, says, “Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night”. (Ad Dukhan: 3)

Imams will tell worshippers that fasting and reciting the Quran are the best means of -Taqwa (piety and fear of Allah).

“Thus, whoever observes fasting in Ramadan, recites the Quran, reflects upon its meanings and adheres to its rulings, then, by Allah’s grace, will achieve Taqwa and, ultimately, happiness in this world and the Hereafter. As Allah the Almighty says, ‘Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure’.” (Al Qalam: 34)

On this matter, the Prophet said: “Fasting and the Quran will intercede for the servant of Allah on the Day of Resurrection. Fasting will say, ‘O Lord, I prevented him from food and drink during the day, so allow me to intercede for him.’ The Quran will say, ‘O Lord, I prevented him from sleeping during the night, so allow me to intercede for him.’ And they will be allowed to intercede.”

On this, the Prophet said: “The Quran will meet its companion on the Day of Resurrection … it will say to him, ‘I am your companion the Quran, who kept you thirsty on hot days and kept you awake at night. Every merchant benefits from his business and today you will benefit from your good deeds.’ He will be given dominion in his right hand and eternity in his left, and there will be placed on his head a crown of dignity, and his parents will be clothed with priceless garments the like of which have never been seen in this world. They will say: ‘Why have we been clothed with this?’ It will be said: ‘Because your son used to recite the Quran.’ Then it will be said to him (the reader of the Quran), ‘Recite and ascend through the levels of Paradise and its rooms.’ He will go on ascending as long as he recites, whether quickly or in measured recitation.”