Correct Belief Regarding the Qur’aan
• The Qur’aan is the Speech of Allaah, uncreated.
• The Qur’aan is an attribute of Allaah.
• Some Deviant Sects believe that the Qur’aan is created and
deny Allaah’s Attribute of Speech.
• Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal was tortured due to this issue of
the Qur’aan being ‘uncreated’.
• Some deviant/ ignorant people say “My recitation of the
Qur’aan is created/uncreated” Very inaccurate and potentially dangerous
statement.
Ibn Abee Daawood mentions in his poem ‘Haa’iyyah:
“And do not say that the Quran is created, meaning: its recitation,
since the Speech of Allaah, through its recitation, is made clear.”
Ahlus Sunnah say
الصوت صوت القاري و الكلام كلام الباري
“The voice is the voice of the reciter and the speech is the
Speech of the Originator (Al Baaree is one
of the names of
Allaah). ”
Meaning: That which is being recited is the Speech of Allaah,
as for the recitation and the action (of recitation), then it is the speech of
the creation, his voice is created and his pronunciation is created….. Those
who recite the Qur’aan differ (from each other), some of them have been given
beautiful voices whilst others have not been given that, but as for the Speech
of Allah – Majestic and Most High – then of course it is of the highest
perfection.
(Shaykh Fawzan’ s explanation of the Haa’iyyah Poem by Ibn
Abee Daawood)
More on
Belief and the Qur’aan
Read the following for a more in depth understanding of the
Qur’aan and how we should believe in it as the uncreated Speech of Allaah:
• The Asha’ rees regarding the
Qur’aan. Click here.
• The written Mushaf is actually the
Qur’aan . Click here
• Recitation is it created or
uncreated. Click here
Learning
Eemaan Before Qur’aan
Jundub ibn 'Abdullaah (radiallaahu 'anhu) said:
"We were with the Prophet - sallallaahu 'alayhi wa
sallam - while we were young boys, and we learned Eemaan before we learned the
Qur`aan, and then we learned the Qur`aan and it increased us in Eemaan.” [Ibn
Majah, authenticated by Al-Albaanee; rahimahumullaah]
'Abdullaah Ibn 'Umar (radiallaahu 'anhummaa) said:
"We lived during an instant of time in which one of us
would receive Eemaan first before receiving the Qur`aan and, when the verses
were revealed, we would learn what they permitted and what they prohibited and
what they forbade and what they ordered and what stance one should have towards
them. But I have seen many men from whom one is given the Qur`aan before Eemaan
and he reads it from the opening of the Book to its closing and he does not
know what it orders and what it forbids and what stance one should have towards
it. He is like someone who is just throwing out dates [i.e. he does not get any
benefit from his recital]." [Al
Bayhaqee and Al Haakim who authenticated it; rahimahumullaah]
Shaikh Saalih Ibn Fawzaan al-Fawzaan(hafidhahullaah) said
The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: Recite the
Qur`aan before there comes a people who will straighten its letters just as an
arrow is made straight; it [the Qur`aan] will not go beyond their collarbones.
They will seek to bring its reward forward, and will not wait for its reward
(in the Hereafter). [Saheehah 259]• “This hadeeth tells us that what is intended is not merely
recitation of the Qur`aan; rather what is intended is recitation in order to
act upon the Qur`aan. So the recitation is a means, and the goal is to act upon
the Noble Qur`aan. The reward is therefore for the person who recites the
Qur`aan and then acts upon it. ”
