Divine Methodology for Monthly Recitation of the Qur'an
CHAPTER SEVEN
Benefit of reciting the Qur’an
as it ought to be recited
Qur’an, al-Isra’, 17:45
Whenever you recite the Qur'an (as it ought to be recited), We place an invisible barrier between you and those who believe not in the life to come; hence you remain protected from their attacks.
Historical time had a sunrise, and moves constantly to a sunset. The Qur’an has warned that when the late afternoon of history arrives, all of mankind would be in a state of loss — other than those who have faith in Allah Most High, who are righteous in conduct, and who exhort one another to steadfastly hold on to Truth and to be patience in the face of the trials, difficulties and adversities of that period of time:
Qur'an, al-‘Asr, 103:1-3
CONSIDER the flight of time in History as it travels from its sunrise to its sunset and arrives at the late afternoon of history. Verily, mankind is bound to lose itself in the face of the tests and trials of that period of time, unless they be of those who attain to faith, and do good works, and enjoin upon one another the keeping to truth, and enjoin upon one another patience in adversity.
Among the tests and trials of that period of time which would be the late afternoon of history, is the supreme test related to time itself. As mankind is misdirected and seduced into abandoning the system of time ordained by Allah Most High, Prophet Muhammad pbuh warned that they will experience time moving faster and yet faster. This would occur because the hearts of such people would be moving more and more in the direction of Kufr or disbelief.
This book was written to direct readers to that way of reciting the Qur’an which would restore such hearts to the way of Allah in such wise that hearts would now beat in harmony with the rest of Allah’s creation. The result of such constant recitation of the Qur’an is that time would no longer move faster and yet faster, but, rather, would now move in a normal way as intended by Allah Most High.
There are, of course, many other benefits of reciting the Qur’an constantly in accordance with the method explained in this book and in order to complete it once a month. For example, Allah Most High has declared that He would place a Hijab that would protect us from the harm that comes from the godless world in which we now live:
Qur’an, al-Isra’, 17:45
Whenever you recite the Qur'an (as it ought to be recited), We place an invisible barrier between you and those who believe not in the life to come; hence you remain protected from their attacks.
Conclusion
It would be difficult to explain why most of those who read this book in this bleak modern age, including many who have been attached to the Qur’an all their lives, would learn things about the Qur’an which they never knew before, and which they now learn for the very first time. Their first reaction would be one of shock, and this might provoke them to doubt the knowledge presented in this book. We urge them, gently so, to study the book carefully before passing adverse judgement.
Some of our readers would be surprised to learn from the evidence provided in this book, that they have an obligation to the Qur’an to recite it cover-to-cover once a month all through their lives; and that if they do not do so, they may possibly enter the company of those have forsaken or abandoned the Qur’an. We remind them of the complaint made by Prophet Muhammad pbuh who complained to Allah Most High, that his people have forsaken the Qur’an. That complaint is so great that it constitutes a verse of the Qur’an itself:
Qur’an, al-Furqan, 25:30
The Messenger of Allah complained to Allah Most High saying: “O my Lord-God! My people have forsaken this Qur’an.”
It is even more astonishing that the very people who have essentially abandoned the Qur’an, or have less than a passing acquaintance with the knowledge presented in this book concerning the Qur’an, and who now sit as Chairmen, or as members of Management Committees which control the affairs of Masajid, should prevent this writer from teaching and lecturing in the Masajid over which they have control.
The reason for this ominous take-over of the Houses of Allah in the world of Islam by such people is because the enemies of Islam want to silence the authentic scholars of Islam world-wide, and substitute them with those who teach and preach Islam in a manner which offers no threat to Dajjal and his evil Zionist plan to rule the world.
Prophet Muhammad pbuh warned of an age when nothing would remain of Islam but the name; and he went on to provide us with the means by which we would recognize that age. He said that nothing would remain of the Qur’an but the traces of the writing. Hence it would be in consequence of the abandonment of the Qur’an that the great collapse would occur. He then went on to prophesy that the Masajid would be grand structures but would be devoid of guidance. They would be devoid of guidance because the Qur’an is not properly explained and taught in the Masajid, and this, in turn, would be because the scholars who can teach with competence are not allowed to teach and preach in the Masajid. The blessed Prophet ended his prophecy by directing primary attention to the scholars of Islam who betray Islam while remaining attached to such Masajid where freedom is effectively denied, and which are hence devoid of guidance. He declared of such scholars of Islam that they were the worst people beneath the sky:
There will come a time upon a people when nothing would remain of Islam but the name, nothing would remain of the Qur’an except the form of its letters. Their Masajid would be grand structures but would be devoid of guidance. Their religious scholars would be the worst people beneath the sky, corruption would emerge from them, and return to them—hence they would be the main cause of the collapse. [Sunan, Baihaqi]
While we can forgive those who do sinful things to us, personally, we cannot forgive those who prevent us from teaching the blessed Qur’an—particularly so in the House of Allah; and so, if our effort to teach the Qur’an is accepted by Allah Most High, those who deny us permission to teach the Qur’an will have to answer on Judgement Day for their sinful conduct. If they are cast into the hellfire because they prevented the scholars of Islam from teaching the Qur’an, particularly in the Masjid, they will have only themselves to blame.
We pray that this Qur'an may eventually force open the doors of the Masjid for those who have faith in the Qur'an, and who are faithful to the Qur'an. Ameen!
We live in a world in which believers have less and less time for reciting the Qur’an, and as a consequence there are many who now no longer recite the book; it is not far-fetched to anticipate that a generation will come which will abandon the recitation of the Qur'an. The Qur'an has indeed warned of precisely such desertion of the Holy Book. It has done so in a complaint of the Prophet which was quoted above: (Qur’an, al-Furqan, 25:30) The Messenger of Allah complained: O my Lord-God, surely my people have forsaken this Qur’an.
The Qur’an must also be studied!
In addition to reciting the Qur’an continuously, we must study it so that we might locate the explanation of all things which it offers:
Qur’an, al-Nahl, 16:89
And we have sent down to thee, Oh Muhammad, a Book which explains all things and provides guidance, which is kindness and Mercy for Muslims.
The Qur’an explains, for example, that money must have intrinsic value so that it can faithfully store value over time. Thus, the Qur’an makes explicit mention of the Dinar or gold coin, and Dirham or silver coin, as money. When such money is used it can faithfully store value over a long a period of time; hence the young men who fled it the cave as described in Surah al-Kahf, and who slept for 300 years, could still buy food with their money after such a long period of time. (We may note here in passing that when the Qur’an declares that they slept for 300 years—“but they added nine”—it indicates a sinful attempt to replace lunar time with solar time as a means of measuring the passage of time: 300 lunar years + 9 lunar years = 300 solar years. This writer is grateful to one of his students who directed his attention to this understanding of the verse of the Qur’an.)
The Qur’an also describes money to be materially tangible. Money has weight, since the Israelites opposed the appointment of Talut or Saul, as their King because, as they argued in Surah al-Baqarah (2:247), he did not possess even a Sa’a of wealth. A Sa’a is, of course, a measure of weight.
It is certainly a betrayal of the Qur’an that multitudes of Muslims today remain in a state of blissful ignorance of the dangerous changes which are taking place in the world of money.
This writer has devoted his entire life to producing books which locate much of what the Qur’an has explained concerning the age in which we now live, i.e., Akhir al-Zaman or the End-time.
This writer offers this book entitled: The Qur’an and the Moon—Methodology for Recitation of the Qur’an, as well as the companion book, now renamed as: The Qur’an and the Stars—Methodology for Study of the Qur’an, to students studying in institutions of higher Islamic learning such as the Dar al-‘Ulum and Jami’ah, as well as to graduates of such institutions, with the confident expectation that these two books will help them to ‘think’.
He does so while recalling the ominous comment of the eminent Islamic scholar, Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, who was not educated in a Dar al-‘Ulum or Jami’ah, and who declared that the world of Islam stopped ‘thinking’ 500 years ago. [See his essay on ‘The Principle of Movement in the Structure of Islam’ in his ‘Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam’. http://www.archipress.org/docs/pdf/ iqbalreconstruction.pdf]
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