Talim-ul-Quran — Page 5
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْمِ. In the name of Allah the Gracious, the Merciful. TA'LIMUL QUR'ĀN. FOREWORD. Allāh, the Omniscient, the All-Knowing, has revealed the Holy Qur'an to. Hadrat Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) as the guidance for all mankind for all times. It is a very concise book in the Arabic language. Merely reading the Holy Qur'an earns one a mighty reward. Our beloved master, the Holy. Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has said: مَنْ قَرَأَ حَرْفًا مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ فَلَه حَسَنَةٌ وَالْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا لَا أَقُولُ الَمَ حَرْفٌ اَلِفٌ حَرْفُ وَلَامٌ حَرْفٌ وَ مِنْمُ حَرْفٌ mann qara-a ḥarfan min kitabillahi falahū ḥasanatun walḥasanatu biʻashri amthaliha la aqūlu alif lam mim harfun alifun harfun wa lamun ḥarfun wa mimun harfun "When a person recites one letter from the Book of Allāh, that is one good deed equal to ten good deeds the like of it. I do not say that Alif, Lām, and Mim is a letter; but Alif is a letter, Lām is a letter, and Mīm is a letter. ". He (peace and blessings of Alläh be upon him) further exhorts: اِقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ، يَأْتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شَفِيْعًا لِأَصْحَابِهِ (Tirmadhi) iqra'ul-qur'ana fa innahū ya'fi yaumal qiyamati shafi'an li-ashabibhi "Keep reading the Qur'an for it will intercede for its readers on the Day of. Judgement. " 5 (Muslim)