327 - القرآن‏

327. THE Quran

1509 - عَلَيكُم بِالقُرآنِ‏

1509. ADHERE TO THE QUR'AN

(وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ سَبْعاً مِنَ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنَ الْعَظِيمَ) .¹

"Certainly We have given you [the surah of] the seven oft-repeated verses and the great Quran." ²

(وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ) .³

"Certainly We have made the Quran simple for the sake of admonishment. So is there anyone who will be admonished?" ⁴

5150.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إذا التَبَسَتِ الاُمورُ علَيكُم كَقِطَعِ اللَّيلِ المُظلِمِ فعلَيكُم بالقرآنِ ؛ فإنّهُ شافِعٌ‏مُشَفَّعٌ ،وماحِلٌ مُصدَّقٌ ، ومَن جَعَلَهُ أمامَهُ قادَهُ إلَى الجَنَّةِ ، ومَن جَعَلَهُ خَلفَهُ قادَهُ إلَى النارِ .⁵

5150.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'When matters become obscure for you like the darkness of the night, then turn to the Quran, for it is the mediating intercessor and the trustworthy deviser. Whoever puts it in front of them, it will lead them to Heaven, and whoever puts it behind them, it will drag them to Hell'. ⁶

5151.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - لَمّا قِيلَ لَهُ : اُمَّتُكَ سَتُفتَتَنُ ، فَسُئلَ : ما المَخرَجُ مِن ذلكَ ؟ - : كتابُ اللَّهِ العَزيزُ ، الذي لا يَأتيهِ الباطِلُ مِن بَينِ يَدَيهِ ولا مِن خَلفِهِ ، تَنزيلٌ مِن حَكيمٍ حَميدٍ ، مَنِ ابتَغَى العِلمَ في غَيرِهِ أضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ .⁷

5151. The Prophet (SAWA), when it was said to him that his community will be tested, they asked how they may be delivered from it, to which he replied, 'The noble Book of Allah that cannot be overcome with falsehood, neither from in front nor from behind. It is descended from the all-Wise, the Praised One. Allah will lead astray whoever seeks knowledge in other than it.' ⁸

5152.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله: علَيكُم بالقرآنِ، فاتَّخِذُوهُ إماماً وقائداً .⁹

5152.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'You must adhere to the Quran, so take it as an Imam and a leader.' ¹⁰

5153.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : فَضلُ القرآنِ على‏ سائرِ الكلامِ كَفَضلِ اللَّهِ على‏ خَلقِهِ .¹¹

5153.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The superiority of the Quran over any other speech is as the superiority of Allah over His creation.' ¹²

5154.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : القرآنُ غِنىً ، لا غِنىً دونَهُ ، ولا فَقرَ بعدَهُ .¹³

5154. 5163. The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The Quran is rich, and there is no richness without it, and no poverty after it.' ¹⁴

5155.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن اُعطِيَ القرآنَ فَظَنَّ أنّ أحَداً اُعطِيَ أكثَرَ ممّا اُعطيَ فقد عَظَّمَ صَغيراً وصَغَّرَ كبيراً .¹⁵

5155.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Whoever is given the Quran, and then doubts that someone has been given something more than him, this person has aggrandized something little and belittled something great.' ¹⁶

5156.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن أرادَ عِلمَ الأوَّلينَ والآخِرينَ فَلْيُثَوِّرِ القرآنَ‏¹⁷ ، ¹⁸ .

5156.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Whoever wants the knowledge of the first and the last should explore the Quran.' ¹⁹²⁰

5157.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : فَتَجلّى‏ لَهُم سبحانَهُ في كتابِهِ مِن غَيرِ أن يَكُونوا رَأوهُ بما أراهُم مِن قُدرَتِهِ .²¹

5157.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He, most High, has manifested Himself for them in His Book, without them seeing Him, by showing them His power.' ²²

5158.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اللَّهَ اللَّهَ في القرآنِ ، لا يَسبِقُكُم بالعَمَلِ بهِ غَيرُكُم .²³

5158.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Allah Allah [i.e. I advise you] with the Quran, nobody other than you should be quicker in acting according to it.' ²⁴

5159.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : تَعَلَّمُوا كتابَ اللَّهِ تباركَ وتعالى‏ ؛ فإنّهُ أحسَنُ الحَديثِ وأبلَغُ المَوعِظَةِ ، وتَفَقَّهُوا فيه فإنّهُ رَبيعُ القُلوبِ ، واستَشفُوا بنُورِهِ فإنّه شِفاءٌ لِما في الصُّدورِ ، وأحسِنُوا تِلاوَتَهُ فإنّهُ أحسَنُ القَصصِ .²⁵

5159.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Learn the Book of Allah Almighty; for it is the best of speech and the most eloquent exhortation. Get educated through it, for it is the spring of the hearts. Get cured by its light, for it is the cure for everything in the heart. Excel in its recitation for it is the best of stories.' ²⁶

5160.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ فيهِ شِفاءً مِن أكبَرِ الداءِ ، وهُو الكُفرُ والنِّفاقُ ، والغَيُّ والضَّلالُ .²⁷

5160.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'In it there is the cure for the greatest sickness, which is disbelief, hypocrisy, error, and going astray.' ²⁸

5161.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : لو ماتَ مَن بَينَ المَشرِقِ والمَغرِبِ لَما استَوحَشتُ بعدَ أن يكونَ القرآنُ مَعي .²⁹

5161. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'If everyone from the east to the west was to die, I would not feel lonely if I had the Quran with me.' ³⁰