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It
is an undeniable fact that no book was ever held as dear as
the Quran. There are numerous inspiring stories of people’s
love of Quran. We need not go in the distinct past; a look
at the biographies of our Ulama who passed away in the recent
years is enough to prove this fact. Ramadan is the month of
Quran, so we mention a few stories of the servants of Quran.
(1)
Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (rahimahullah) was blessed with
immense love of Quran. He used to say in his speeches: “In
my life, there is only one thing that I love and only one
thing that I hate. It is Quran that I love and it is the British
that I hate.” In fact his love of Quran would force
him to hate the British. Jews and Christians harbour hardnosed
enmity towards Islam and this fact is spread over the holy
pages of Quran.
(2) Hazrat Maulana Qari Fateh Muhammad had devoted himself
for the service of Quran. Mufti Taqi Usmani rightly says:
“Qari Fateh Muhammad was a living miracle of Quran.
His tongue was all the time busy reciting the Quran. He was
always engrossed in thinking the best ways of spreading Quran
education. He was at home in different accents of recitation.
During Ramadan, he would lead the prayer of traveeh and recite
seven to ten parts of Quran in one night. In this way he would
complete the Quran in three or four days. Then he would again
recite the whole Quran in some other accent. By the end of
Ramadan he would recite the Quran for about ten times in traveeh
alone.
(3) Sheikh-ul-Hadith Maulana Zakariya (rahimahullah) was a
hafiz and recite the Quran immensely. For 42 years, it had
been his routine that he would recite the whole Quran in each
day of Ramadan. About his family women, he used to say, “Our
family women spend most of their night time in listening to
Quran and in the day time, it is their routine to recite about
one half of the Quran. My grandmother was hafiz and it was
her routine to recite one manzil of the Quran daily. And during
Ramadan, she would recite the whole Quran plus one-third of
it again in one day. In addition to this, she would recite
thousands of tasbeeh as her permanent routine.
(4) Hazrat Mufti Rasheed Ahmad (rahimahullah) memorized the
whole Quran in just three months at the age of 46 years. He
did this in such a way that he would easily memorize one part
of the Quran in one hour. Despite his tough scholarly engagements,
he would spend a large amount of his time in reciting the
Quran. He would recite five parts in day and as many at night
in tahajjud prayer.
(5) Maulana Subhan Mahmud, sheikh-ul-hadith of Darul Uloom
Karachi, was blessed with a special fondness of reciting the
Quran. For a long time, it was his routine to recite the whole
Quran daily. On becoming old and weak, he would recite more
18 parts of Quran. He continued with this routine till the
day he breathed his last. During Ramadan, he would set aside
all other activities and remained busy reciting the Quran
day and night.
(6) Hazrat Qari Raheem Bukhsh was blessed with such immense
love of Quran that except for natural human needs, he would
not spend a single moment in which he was not teaching or
reciting the Quran. His punctuality was proverbial. He never
absented himself from teaching duty during 40 years. Whatever
salary he withdrew from the madrasah, he returned it to the
madrasah in a short period. His son Qari Abdullah said, “Since
childhood, I never see my father miss his tahajjud prayer.
He would recite three parts of Quran in tahajjud prayer.”
Our history is full of Quran lovers. They were the people
who not only recited the Quran by tongue but their every word
and action gave the fragrance of Quran, and their routines
and prayers were practical explanation of Quran.
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