Importance of Learning and Teaching Qur’ān

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm.

“Inna hādhā l-qur’āna yahdī lillatī hiya aqwam”, “Indeed, this Qur’an guides to that which is most suitable.” (Qur’an: 17:9). Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n is the greatest miracle of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam. There is no greater miracle than it. Because everything from awwalīn to ākhirīn, from the beginning to the end, is written in it. There is nothing missing in it. Therefore, Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n is a great blessing for Muslims. All kinds of goodness are in it. Barakah is in it, healing is in it, guidance is in it. It also prevents man from all kinds of evil. That is, it commands good and forbids evil. Moreover, it is the word of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla that humankind can hold in his hands in this world. There’s nothing like it. As for other books besides the Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n – the Bible, the Psalms, the Torah – all of them are the word of Allāh ﷻ, but nothing remains of them. They have been distorted and altered over time. People have written them as it suited them to deceive the people. But Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s book, without a single letter or meaning changed, remains with us until the Day of Judgment exactly as it was revealed to our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, shukr to Allāh ﷻ.

Therefore, learning and teaching the Qur’ān is a great reward. Even during summer holidays, they teach it to children; may Allāh ﷻ be pleased with them. If children learn it at a young age, it will benefit them throughout their lives. That’s what’s beneficial. People spend all they have on unnecessary things just so their children can study. Yet, what is truly necessary is the Qur’ān. The most important thing they should learn first is the Qur’ān. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, during the summer, imāms also teach children in mosques as much as they can. They also receive the greatest reward. They are the best people; those who learn and teach the Qur’ān are the best. Of course, becoming a hāfiz is not important. What is more important than becoming a hāfiz is knowing and being able to

read the Qur’ān. It is much more acceptable to read the letters exactly as Allāh ‘Azza waJalla revealed them and as taught by our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

Therefore, those who say “it’s not easy to learn” are mistaken; in fact, it is very easy. There are those who learn this word taught by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla in even three days. There are those who learn it in a month, and those who learn it in a year. All that matters is that they begin and continue. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has made the reward and thawāb for this very great. This is the word of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. There is no word more sacred than it on earth. There is no word more sacred than it in the entire universe. Therefore, it is necessary to know its value. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that for each letter of the Mus’haf we hold in our hands, that is, the Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n, which is the word of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, there are ten rewards. Each word may have three letters, five letters, or seven letters. For each of those letters, there are ten rewards. Not only ten rewards, but also the forgiveness of ten sins and an elevation of ten degrees. So, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla bestows His ﷻ barakah and mercy upon us, and on top of that, we earn so much reward. Therefore, may Allāh ﷻ grant us clarity of mind; may we learn and teach easily, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 20 July 2026/ 06 Safar 1448 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul