An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
1. god’s people
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them are their prophets, and their idols, too, – those
to which they used to appeal, as well as to God. It is
as if I see, with my very own eyes, how the people
in Hell are being punished and the people in
Paradise are being rewarded.” “You have attained
true realization,” the Prophet told him. “Now let
there be no falling away from it.”
(HILYAT AL-AULIYA)
THE QUR’AN IS FOR ADMONITION, NOT
JUST FOR RECITAL
Aishah, hearing of certain individuals who read the
Qur’an all night, reading it right through once, or
even twice in a night, remarked, “what is there in
mere recitation?” I used to stay up all night with the
Prophet and, in his recitations of the chapters
entitled ‘Cow’, ‘Family of Imran’, and ‘Women’,
whenever he came to a verse which contained a
warning, he would pray to God and seek refuge
with Him, and whenever he came to a verse bearing
good tidings, he would pray to God and express his
longing for what was mentioned in the verse.
(AHMAD,
MUSNAD)
