# What's the best way to read Qur'an? | Live Reminder

**Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman
**Series:** Reminders
**Published:** 2021-04-06
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/579SnxvDv58
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/whats-the-best-way-to-read-quran-live-reminder
**Topics:** Acts of Worship, Sharia

## Description
Utilize Ibn Masood’s (ra) wisdom this Ramadan by maintaining a balance between recitation and reflection time when setting Quran goals.

## Transcript
**[0:00]** As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Once again, Bismillah walhamdulillah wa salatu wa salamu ala rasulullah wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa man wala. So inshallah ta'ala we'll keep tonight's very short. Alhamdulillah rabbil ameen. As you've seen now the trailer for Meeting Muhammad salallahu alaihi wasalam and there will be other relevant content to that series inshallah ta'ala

**[0:18]** coming up to really prepare our hearts for that series bismillah and what it would be like to be with the beloved salallahu alaihi wasalam. So look out for more webinars, for more videos inshallah ta'ala to prepare us for that series and of course the Qur'an 30 for 30 inshallah ta'ala which will

**[0:34]** also be starting bismillah ta'ala next week. And finally I want to remind you all inshallah ta'ala of the Greet Ramadan with Sadaqah program. If you donate at the link below bismillah ta'ala in the description then you can put the amount that you give in Ramadan inshallah ta'ala and it will

**[0:50]** process on the first day of Ramadan bismillah ta'ala. And alhamdulillah rabbil ameen every year we look forward to the support that we receive from the community to continue to put out these free resources bismillah ta'ala. So please do be amongst those that sign up inshallah ta'ala to the Greet Ramadan with Sadaqah program inshallah ta'ala at the link below and of course we also

**[1:10]** have the Ramadan prep webinar coming up this weekend bismillah. So with that inshallah ta'ala I'm going to make this a shorter inshallah khatira inshallah and that is a question that often gets asked especially as we go up into Ramadan. How often should I be reciting the Quran in the sense

**[1:29]** of how many khatms should I do? Should I recite it all? Should I complete the Quran? Should my goal be to complete the recitation of the Quran? Should my goal be to push myself to maybe recite it twice? Should I be looking to finish half of the Quran? How do I you know juggle the desire

**[1:50]** to finish the Quran with the desire to also read it in a way that I can ponder it and that I can enjoy it? What if I have difficulty with the recitation? Should I be focusing on reading the translation as well? You know pausing making sure that I'm understanding it and I want to first

**[2:07]** begin by saying that in Ramadan you want to engage the Quran in any way possible right and engaging the Quran in any way is a form of ibadah it's a form of worship. Whether you are engaging it by listening to its recitation or reciting it yourself or pondering upon its verses or understanding

**[2:25]** something deeper about it all of it is a form of ibadah insha'Allah ta'ala. Even reading the translation is a form of ibadah in the intention of wanting to understand the Quran. It's not the same as reciting the actual verses of the Quran but it is a ibadah in that sense right if the

**[2:42]** intention is to gain knowledge and gain closeness to Allah and gain a greater understanding of the Quran. So that's the first thing you want to engage the Quran in multiple ways. The second thing is that Ramadan is certainly a month of recitation and so yes we do see that the Salaf

**[2:57]** the pious predecessors used to push themselves in Ramadan to recite the Quran more in Ramadan than they would outside of Ramadan. It wasn't a month of studying as much as it was a month of reflecting and developing and reciting right but with that being said there's this beautiful statement from

**[3:16]** Abdullah bin Mas'ud radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu where he says about the recitation of the Quran he says

**[3:34]** do not recite the Quran as if it was as if it was some dates ripe dates falling from a tree so don't scatter the recitation of the Quran so don't recite it as if it's a scattered recitation

**[3:50]** but at the same time he says he said and do not recite it so quickly that it's like poetry so don't scatter the recitation as if it's dates falling from a tree and do not recite it so fast as if it's like poetry do not go through

**[4:08]** it as quickly as you would poetry he said he said instead stop at its verses that amaze you that cause you pause so

**[4:30]** he said radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu that make sure that you recite it in a way that you move your hearts and do not let the concern of one of you as you are reciting the Quran simply finishing the surah don't just think about i need to finish this much i need to finish this much so i'm going

**[4:46]** to repeat the narration once again he was asked about how the Quran should be recited he said la tanthurohu nathra dakali wala tahudhoo hu hadha shi'ri qifoo inda aja'ibihi wa harriko bihi alquloob wa la yakun hamwa ahadikum aakhira surah do not recite it like dates that are falling

**[5:07]** from a tree and do not recite it like verses of poetry but instead stop at the verses that amaze you and let it be that it moves your heart and do not be simply concerned with finishing the surah now what does this mean obviously there are different speeds that you recite the Quran as

**[5:26]** well and it is important to have quantity in mind in the sense that if you don't set any goals for yourself for finishing the Quran for example or finishing a portion of the Quran then you might fall behind altogether so it is important i think for you to set inshallah a time period and a goal

**[5:45]** a quantifiable goal but take into consideration the recitation of the verses at a slower pace so that you can have time to reflect for example you could do it that way so you could say that it would take me this amount of time to recite this much Quran and to reflect on it a little bit as well

**[6:03]** and to stop at some verses that move the heart and to ponder upon those verses for some time so you could do that you could encompass that with you know a time that suits the goal that you have in mind you could also divide as some of the ulama mention in this regard that there's a difference

**[6:21]** between the recitation to finish a khatm to finish the recitation so that you could reach that quantifiable goal and then standing up and reciting the Quran at night in your qiyam for example where the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam would repeat the same verse over and over and over again and

**[6:38]** he would spend the entire night salallahu alayhi wasalam with one ayah right and make dua with it and cry and reflect upon it so there's a difference between the recitation of the verses at night where you slowly recite the verses and you reflect upon them and you cry with them and you make dua with

**[6:55]** them or there's also the recitation you know if you're sitting outside for example and you are pondering during the day we talked about tadabur and tafakkur last week this idea of contemplation and reflection you're pondering during the day you're reading its verses you're really taking

**[7:11]** your time to look up and to and to say alhamdulillah to say subhanallah to uh to really let the quran move your heart and ibn masood radiallahu ta'ala anhu of course loved the quran so much you know he describes for example the uh the hawameen the surahs that start off with hameen

**[7:29]** he said that when he would get to those surahs in the quran it was like he got into some beautiful gardens and so what do you do when you get to these beautiful gardens you stop and you take time to observe and to smell the flowers and to uh to really uh and you know take into into your heart

**[7:46]** the beauty of what is around you and so it is also natural that you might be attached to certain parts of the quran you should be attached to all of the quran of course but certain parts might get to you because of your circumstances because of just a certain thing about those surahs or

**[8:02]** those stories that relate to you but it's natural even ibn masood radiallahu anhu who certainly loved the whole quran would stop at certain surahs as well and take his time and enjoy those surahs a little bit more and he described the hawameen in another narration as as like these silk garments

**[8:21]** these beautiful silk garments of the quran so the point is dear brothers and sisters you have to have some recitation of the quran that is with some reflection time and some pause and it is a good idea to quantify to an extent so even the salaf as they talked about the pious predecessors talked

**[8:40]** about the importance of reflection they still set goals for themselves and they still would try to recite the quran a certain amount of times but at the same time they took that into consideration with the time that they spent with the quran and all of it is ibadah so yes if you want to set a

**[8:56]** smaller goal for example in terms of how much you'll recite but at the same time give it the same amount of time that you would have given for a longer goal so that you can give your time more give yourself more time to reflect and to ponder then do so by in the lahi ta'ala so we ask allah

**[9:12]** subhanahu wa ta'ala to fill our hearts with the quran to to allow our tongues to be busy with the quran and our thoughts to be busy with the quran in the month of quran and we ask allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to make us people of quran allahumma ameen

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