THE GREATNESS OF THE QUR'AN

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yawm As-Sabt. 12th day of Sha’abaan, 1444AH (Saturday 4th March 2023). *_THE GREATNESS OF THE QUR'AN_*. BismilLah. 

ALLAH  says in Qur'an 59:21

لَوۡ أَنزَلۡنَا هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيۡتَهُۥ خَٰشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنۡ خَشۡيَةِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلُ نَضۡرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ 

If ALLAH had sent down this Qur’ān upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and splitting from fear of ALLAH. And these examples WE present to the people that perhaps they will give thought. 

ALLAH the Exalted emphasizes the greatness of the Qur'an, its high status and of being worthy of making hearts humble and rent asunder upon hearing it, because of the true promises and sure threats that it contains,

لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَذَا الْقُرْانَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُ خَاشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ

Had WE sent down this Qur'an on a mountain, you would surely have seen it humbling itself and rent asunder by the fear of ALLAH.

If this is the case with a mountain which is hard and huge, that if it was made able to comprehend and understand this Qur'an, will feel humble and crumble from fear of ALLAH the Exalted, then what about us O mankind Why do our hearts not feel softness and humbleness from the fear of ALLAH, even though we understand ALLAH'S command and comprehend HIS Book? This is why ALLAH says,

وَتِلْكَ الاَْمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Such are the parables which ALLAH put forward to mankind that they may reflect.

There is a Hadith of the Mutawatir grade that states,

The Messenger of ALLAH had someone make him a Minbar. Before that, he used to stand next to a tree trunk in the Masjid to deliver speeches. So, when the Minbar was made and placed in the Masjid, the Prophet came to deliver a speech and passed the tree trunk, headed towards the Minbar, the tree trunk started weeping, just like an infant. The tree trunk missed hearing the remembrance of ALLAH and the revelation that were being recited next to it. Can we compare our hearts about the Qur'an to the tree? It's a sad reality. Ramadhan is approaching let's use the opportunity to renew our relationship with the Qur’an. *_May ALLAH aid us through and keeps guiding us till Jannat becomes our final abode_*. Aameen.