The cure of Hearts.

One of the means of purifying the heart, being affected by the Qur'an, and truly benefiting from it is:
Listening to a reciter whose voice you love, with the intention of receiving the Qur'an and being guided by it.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked Ibn Mas‘ud to recite to him, saying:
"I love to hear it from someone else."
So Ibn Mas‘ud recited from Surah An-Nisa, until the Prophet’s ﷺ eyes were filled with tears.

The Prophet ﷺ was amazed by the recitation of Abu Musa al-Ash‘ari and praised him saying:
"You have been given a flute (voice) from the flutes of the family of Dawud (David)."

And he rejoiced at the recitation of Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, saying:
"Praise be to Allah who made someone like him in my Ummah."

A suggested way to receive and be guided by the Qur’an:

Play a Qur’an recitation by a reciter whose voice moves your heart,
while keeping your phone away, or muting its notifications.

Then make intention to listen with four specific goals:

To seek guidance from the Qur’an
(Focus your mind and heart on what you're hearing in order to reflect and be guided.)

To purify your heart
For nothing is better for the heart than reflecting on the Qur'an, as Ibn al-Qayyim said.

To expose yourself to the mercy of Allah
As Allah says:
"So when the Qur’an is recited, listen to it and remain silent that you may receive mercy." (Al-A‘raf 204)

To follow the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ
who asked to hear the Qur’an from Ibn Mas‘ud رضي الله عنه.

From the signs of Allah’s tawfiq (divine success) is that you set aside time in your schedule—especially in sacred seasons like the Ashhur al-Hurum (sacred months)—to listen to the Qur’an with the intention of receiving and being guided by it.

You will be amazed by the divine breezes, and the Qur’an will touch your heart,
acting like medicine reaching the very source of the pain.

متى جائت الاستجابة؟
لما جائك اليقين، جائت الاستجابة.

When will the response come?
When certainty settles in your heart — the response will come.

(لا تحزن على ما أصابك أو فاتك)
Do not grieve over what has afflicted you or what you have missed.


كل ما أصابك في هذه الدار،
Everything that has afflicted you in this world,

وكل ما فاتك من هذه الدار،
And everything you have missed from this world,

إذا احتسبته،
If you seek the reward for it (with patience and trust in Allah),

فهو محفوظٌ لك ومدخرٌ أوفى وأزكى وأوفر ..
Then it is preserved for you, stored up in a better, purer, and more abundant form...

فلا تحزن على ما أصابك أو فاتك.
So do not grieve over what has afflicted you or what you have missed.

١- فما فاتك،
As for what you missed,

ومعه الدنيا كلها بزهرتها وخزائنها،
Even if it came with the whole world in its beauty and treasures,

لا يساوي موضع سوط في الجنة.
It is not equal to the space of a whip in Paradise.

قال ﷺ: "موضع سوطٍ في الجنة خير من الدنيا وما فيها".
The Prophet ﷺ said: "The space of a whip in Paradise is better than the world and all that is in it."

٢- وما أصابك
And as for what has afflicted you,

قد كُتب عليك
It was written for you

قبل خلق السموات والأرض بخمسين ألف سنة.
Fifty thousand years before the creation of the heavens and the earth.

قال ﷺ: "كتب الله مقادير الخلائق قبل أن يخلق السموات والأرض بخمسين ألف سنة".
The Prophet ﷺ said: "Allah wrote the decrees of all creation fifty thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth."

قال تعالى:
Allah the Exalted said:

﴿ما أصاب من مصيبة في الأرض ولا في أنفسكم
"No calamity befalls on the earth or in yourselves,

إلا في كتاب من قبل أن نبرأها
Except that it is in a Book before We bring it into being,

إن ذلك على الله يسير ۝
Indeed that, for Allah, is easy.

لكيلا تأسوا على ما فاتكم ..﴾
So that you do not grieve over what has escaped you…"
[Surah Al-Hadid, 57:22–23]

قيام الليل عبادة تصل القلب بالله عزوجل، في وقت هدأت فيه الأصوات، ونامت العيون، وتقلب النُوّم على الفرش .
‏Qiyam al-Layl is an act of worship that connects the heart to Allah Almighty during a time when sounds have subsided, eyes are closed, and those asleep turn on their beds

قال أبو الدرداء رضي الله عنه: صلوا ركعتين في ظلم الليل لظلمة القبور .
Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
"Pray two units of prayer in the darkness of the night for the darkness of the graves."

Qiyam al-Layl reminder:

Muhammad ibn Yusuf said:
Sufyan al-Thawri would wake us up at night and say: "Get up, young men, and pray while you are still young.
If you don't pray today, then when?"

خطبة الجمعة قال فيها الشيخ:

تفاءلوا فكلُّ بَلاءٍ دونَ النّارِ عافية، وكُلُّ ضيقٍ دونَ القَبْرِ سَعَةٍ، وكُلُّ ذَنْبٍ دونَ الشِّرْكِ مَغْفُورٍ، حَتَّى لَوْ لَم تَرَ جَمالَ المصائب، فكلُّ ما قَدَّرَهُ الجَليلُ هُوَ جميل.

“Be optimistic, for every affliction less than Hellfire is well-being, and every hardship less than the grave is ease, and every sin short of shirk (associating partners with Allah) is forgivable. Even if you do not see the beauty in tribulations, know that everything decreed by the Most Glorious is beautiful.”

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اتعجبين من امر الله؟
"Do you marvel at the command of Allah?"

This magnificent verse resonates in the heart more deeply than all human reassurance.

The wonder is not in dreams coming true, the real wonder is that you know Allah — the Most Generous, the Giver of mighty gifts — and yet you despair.

كم من غايةٍ بعيدة و أمنيةٍ عزيزة .. قرّبها الدُعاء!

"How many distant goals and cherished wishes were brought closer by prayer!!"

Etiquette of Quran Recitation

The person reciting the Holy Qur’an should sit for recitation in a state of complete purity, with clean clothes, perfumed, having used the miswak, calm, humble, and modest.

He should be mindful of the greatness of Allah Almighty, reflect deeply on the meanings of the Qur’an, and be emotionally affected by its verses and rulings. As Allah says:

“The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts tremble, and when His verses are recited to them, it increases them in faith, and upon their Lord they rely.” [Al-Anfal: 2]

The Qur’an reciter should also exemplify good manners, dignity, and respect.

He should recite the Qur’an in a measured and melodious manner (with tarteel and tajweed), giving each letter its due right and characteristics—such as correct pronunciation, articulation points, elongations (madd), nasalizations (ghunnah), and other rules of tajweed—hoping for Allah’s acceptance of his recitation and seeking His Paradise and pleasure.

"مَن كانتِ الدُّنيا هَمهُ ، فَرَّقَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ أَمرَهُ ، وجعل فقره بين عينيه ، ولم يأتِه من الدنيا إلا ما ستار و كتب له

"Whoever makes the world (this life) his concern, Allah will scatter his affairs, place poverty before his eyes, and he will not obtain from the world except what has been decreed for him.

ومن كانت الآخرة نيته ، جمعَ اللهُ لَهُ لَهُ ن جمع أمرَهُ ، وجعلَ غِناه في قلبه ، وأنتهُ الدُّنيا وَهِيَ راغمة"

But whoever makes the Hereafter his intention, Allah will gather his affairs, place richness in his heart, and the world will come to him submissively.”

- صحيح ابن ماجه

What's meant for you will always find its way to you.

وَعَسَى أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَعَسَى أَن تُحِبُّوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Life is too precious to waste on sadness over what's beyond your control.

آمن بقضاء الله وقدره

and you'll find peace and happiness.

Who are the People of the Qur'an and its Bearers?

Among the sayings that gladden the heart of a believer is the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying:
"Indeed, Allah has His own people among mankind."
They asked: "O Messenger of Allah, who are they?"
He replied: "They are the people of the Qur’an — the people of Allah and His chosen ones."

So, who are the people of Allah and His special ones?

His saying: (Ahlīn)— meaning "people"— refers to family or close associates. The "people" in this context are the allies and beloved ones.

Thus, the people of the Qur'an are those uniquely attached to it.

Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said, in the context of discussing whether it's better to recite the Qur’an slowly with reflection or quickly with more quantity:

"Therefore, the people of the Qur’an are those who have knowledge of it and act upon what it contains, even if they do not memorize it by heart. As for the one who memorizes it but does not understand or act upon it, then he is not from its people — even if he perfectly recites its letters like an arrow hitting its mark."

He Rasulullah sallahu alayhi wassalam said:

"When one of you prays (makes supplication), let him ask with great desire and expectation, for nothing is too great for Allah."