Allah hears you, can YOU hear Him?

I was thinking today and realised something that changed the way I look at the Qur’an.

We cant see Allah in this world; He hasn’t given us the ability to see Him on this earth BUT He has allowed us to hear His words. To read His words. This is stunningly amazing.. Your imaan increases when you realize that these are the actual Words of our Creator, and you begin to pay a lot more attention.

Next time, you listen to the recitation, think about it. Acknowledge from the somewhere deep within yourself that you are listening to the Words that Allah spoke. These weren’t just handed to us written down in a book. These Words were actually spoken by Allah and you are the audience. He is talking to you, at the very moment you have the Mushaf opened in front of you. Realise that every ayah that you come across isn’t just text to read and recite but it has a purpose. To change your heart. To remove the layer of dirt accumulated by your sins. Qur’an is real. It is special. It changes you, if you let it.

May Allah make us from people of the Qur’an. Ameen

“Verily, those who recite the Book of Allah…. hope for a (sure) trade-gain that will never perish. That He may pay them their wages in full, and increase them, out of His Grace. Verily! He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate.” [al-Fatir: 29-30].

Qatadah (radhi’Allahu ‘anhu) used to say whenever he read this verse: “This is the verse of the Qurra’ (recitors).” (Tafsir Ibn al-Kathir)

*post inspired by one of the lectures by sister Fajr – May Allah reward her immensely*