Great Muslim Quotes - Inspiration From The Past & Present

Three Types of Reciters
The reciters of the Qur’an are of three types:

Those who take it as merchandise with which they ply their trade.

Those who recite its words but fail to comply with its injunctions, they use it to lord over the people of their land and rely on it to ascend to positions of authority. There are many who fall into this category, may Allah make their number small!

Those who treat the Qur’an as a cure and apply it to heal the ailments of the hearts. They recite it in their places of devotion and attain tranquility, they weep in their hooded cloaks, and they are overcome with fear and somberness. It is for their sake that Allah sends down the rain and it is through them that Allah confers victory against the enemy. By Allah this category is rarer than red gold.

—al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī [d 110H/728CE]

[Ibn Abi al-Dunya, al-Hamm wa'l-Huzn #152 / Bayhaqi, Shu'ab #2621]

(Read on pg 86, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali and Abu Bakr al-Ajurri, The Journey of the Strangers. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2009.)

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People of Qur’an Will Lose Significance

It is well possible that if you live a long life, you will see a man who read the Qur’an from the tongue of Muhammad (S), repeating it and reciting it, treating its lawful as lawful and its prohibited as prohibited. He will pass you on the way to his house, and his status in your eyes will be as insignificant as the head of a dead donkey.

—’Ubada b. al-Samit

[Ahmad #17140 with a da'if isnad]

(Read on pg 79, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali and Abu Bakr al-Ajurri, The Journey of the Strangers. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2009.)

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Niches of Guidance

Tūbā (glad-tidings; specifically refers to a tree in Paradise) is for every servant who knows the people yet they do not know him, whom Allah Knows and is well-pleased with. These are the niches of guidance and they emerge unscathed from every dark, blinding tribulation.

—’Alī b. Abī Ṭālib [d.40AH/661CE]

[Ibn Abi Shaybah, vol. 8, pg. 155 / Abu Nu'aym, vol. 1, pg. 77]

(Read on pg 94, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali and Abu Bakr al-Ajurri, The Journey of the Strangers. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2009.)

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Envy is Hating Allah’s Decree

To envy is to desire the removal of Allah’s Blessings from their owner. This is the first level of envy. The second level is to hope misfortune follows the servant (as a shadow would follow its object). On this level the envious one wishes that the object of their envy remains ignorant, poor, weak, and hopes that their heart is separated from Allah. They wish the religion of the one they envy remains deficient. In truth, this envious person hates what Allah Decrees and Grants to His servants.

—Ibn al-Qayyim [d. 751H/1350CE]

(Read on pg 16, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, Hasad: A Condemnation of Envy and Envious People. Tasdeeq Publishers. Doha:2010.)

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