ASpeci

alTeacher

YearsagoaJohnHopki n’
sprof
essorgav
eagr oupofgraduat
estudentsthi
sassi
gnment
:Gotothesl
ums.Take200
boys,betweentheagesof12and16,andinv
estigat
ethei
rbackgroundandenvi
ronment
.Thenpr
edi
ctthei
rchances
fort
hef ut
ure.

Thestudents,af
terconsul
ti
ngsoci
alst
ati
sti
cs,tal
ki
ngt
otheboy
s,andcompi
l
ingmuchdat
a,concl
udedt
hat90
per
centoftheboyswouldspendsometi
meinjail
.

Twenty-
fi
veyearsl
ateranot
hergroupofgraduat
estudentswasgi venthejoboftesti
ngt hepredi
cti
on.Theywent
backtothesamearea.Someoftheboys-bythenmen-wer est
il
lther
e,afewhaddi ed,somehadmov edaway
,but
theygoti
ntouchwi
th180oftheorigi
nal
200.Theyfoundthatonl
yfourofthegrouphadev erbeensentt
ojail
.

Whywasitthatt
hesemen,whohadl
ivedinabr
eedingpl
aceofcr
ime,hadsuchasur
pri
singl
ygoodr
ecor
d?The
r
esear
cher
swerecont
inual
l
ytol
d:“
Wel
l
,ther
ewasateacher
…”

Theypr essedf
urt
her,
andfoundthatin75percentofthecasesitwasthesamewoman.Ther esear
cherswenttothi
s
teacher,nowli
vi
nginahomef orreti
redteachers.Howhadsheexertedthi
sremarkabl
einf
luenceoverthatgr
oupof
chil
dren?Couldshegiv
ethem anyreasonwhyt heseboysshoul
dhaverememberedher?

“
No,
”shesaid,“noIreal
l
ycoul
dn’
t.
”Andthen,
thi
nki
ngbackov
ert
hey
ear
s,shesai
damusi
ngl
y,mor
etoher
sel
fthan
t
oherquest
ioners:
“Il
ovedt
hoseboys….
”

Musl
i
msTodayAndMusl
i
msI
nThePast

The t
ime is overwhen we used to make advancements compel
li
ng t
he world powerst oret
reat
.
Thosepreciousmoment shavegonef arawayfrom usonaccountofourcar el
essness,loveforthe
wealt
h and t he wor l
d.It was a t
ime when the enti
re worl
d adver
tent
ly or inadver
tent
ly was
compell
edtof ol
low us.

We had chal l
enged the Greek ci
vili
zat i
on,we had cal l
ed Azans i n whole ofHi ndustan,we had
offered prayers ateach and ever
yspotoft he eart
h,we had el iminated the cent ur
ies-ol
dl ure of
Egypt ,defeatedtheenemyatal lf
ront s,wehadchangedt heenvironmentofRomeandI ranthrough
oursl ogansofAl l
ah-o-
Akbarand r ecitati
onofhol ywor ds,ourswor d had it
si mpactont heent ire
wor l
df r
om theAr abtonon- Ar
abwor l
d,ourhor seshadent er
edt heoceansofbr utali
tytoel i
minat e
inj
ust icesfrom theearth,wehadt aughtnew t acti
csandst ylesofl i
vingwi thdi gnitytothewor ld
nations,wehadsetexampl esofbraver y,andwehadi nt
roducednew r ulesofwar .

Butt oday we ar
e att
he defensive si
de.We do celebr
atethe Def
ence Day,butwe do nott ake
i
niti
ativeand so wedo neverobserveanydayar ound theyear
,which could becal
led t
heDayof
Advancement.Wehadcomef or
war dastherescueroft hehumanit
y,butt odaywear ewait
ingfor
other
st o come forourrescue.We arethe one who were assi
gned to show r
ightpat
htothe
humanit
yf rom eastt
owest,buttodayweareloit
eringhaplesswaiti
ngforforei
gnhelp.Wear
ethe
onethatourshepherdswereevenhadabil
itytoleadt hecommunity,buttodaywedonothaveour
Imams(leaders).

Those who had cr ushed the whi t

e paperundert hei
rf eet
,ar e now standing infrontoft he Whi t
e
Housewi thbeggi ngbowl si nt heirhands.Thosewho hadaki ndandsof thear tf
ort heoppr essed
are now l ooking fora kind-hearted per son.Those who had al lhopes on j ustone Al l
ah,ar e now
lookingt owardshundr edsoft housandsot her
sf orhelp.Thosewhower est r
ongert hanst or
msand
calamities,areunabl et odayt o sust ain even a smallblow oft hewi nd and closeeyesseei ng the
danger.Wehavebecomesocowar dt hatwet aket heunwant edchangesi nthepoliti
calandwor ldl
y
developmentasourunnat ur
aldeat h.Wear etheonewhoel i
minatedsl averyfrom thewor l
dar enow
becomi ngsl avesoft hesuperpower s.

The wor l
d knowsthatMusli
msused t ofightwi t
houtfood and watera hundr
ed t
imesbi ggerand
strongerenemies on f
ootand used t
o defeatthem in al
lbattl
efiel
ds butnow despi
te having al
l
resourcesoftheworldwehavebecomespi rit
less.

Ifwer ecalltheI slamicHistor

y,wer emembert hatther
ewer eonl y313 Musl i
msdur ing BadrWar .
And these fi
st f
ulMusl ims had onlytwo horses,70 camels,eightswor ds and sixar mourchai ns.
Whil
et hebat tali
onoft heenemyi nthatwarwasbi gger.St
illt
heMusl i
msst oodvi ctorious.I
nUhud
War,t he battali
on ofMusl ims compr ised onl
y 700 warr
iors,whi l
et he battali
on oft he enemy
compr i
sed3,000f ull
yarmedmen.Butt heMuslimsmadet hem r unfrom thebat t
lefi
eld.I nKhandaq
War,therewer eonl y3,000Musl i
mswhi letheforcesofenemycompr i
sed24, 000war riors.

ButtheMuslimshadcour ageandwont hebat

tle.InKhyberWar,Musli
mswer enotmor ethan1600
tr
oops,whof ought20,
000Jewsandst il
ltheMuslimsstoodvictor
iousandcapturedtheKhyber.In
QudsiyaWar,Muslim t
roopswerealitt
leover30,000,whil
etherewer emorethan100,000Iranian
warr
iorsagai
nstMuslimswhoul t
imat
elyhadtor et
reatandMusli
msst oodvi
ctori
ous.

In Yarmook War ,32,000 Muslims defeated 200, 000 Romans.( Some hist
orians have writ
ten t
he
fi
gur eofRomansas700, 000outofwhi ch500, 000wer ekil
ledwhi l
e40,000wer ecaptured)
.InSpai n
War ,12,000Musl i
ms,ledbyTar iqbinZi yad,whowasasmal lfollowerofHazr atMoosabi nNaseer
(r
ahmat ul
lahi
),foughtan armyof100, 000 troops oft he enemywho wer e armed withlatestwar
gadget s.Christ
ians cannot deny the fact that Musl i
ms,t housands of miles away from their
homel and,foughtawarwi ththem anddef eatedt hem atallfronts.

Whatwast her eason t hatever

ysingleMusl im washeavi erthan a hundred tr
oopsoft heenemy?
Whatwast her easont hatMuslimshadnevert houghtt hattheywer egoingt owageawaragai nsta
hundred ti
mes bi ggerenemy?The gover norofEgypt ,during a war,had soughthelpf rom Hazrat
`Omarbi nAl -
Aas( radhiall
ahuta`al
a`anhu)anddemanded30, 000t r
oops.Inresponset otheEgypt
governorsr equest ,Hazr at`Omar(radhiall
ahu ta`ala`anhu)sentj ustthree men and saidini
tial
ly
accepttheset hreet housand.Thoset hreemenwer e:Hazr atKhar j
abinHazaf a(radhial
lahuta`ala
`anhu), Hazrat Zubai r bin Awam ( radhiall
ahu t a`al
a `anhu) , and Hazrat Maqdad bi n Aswad
(
radhi
all
ahut
a`al
a`anhu)
.Theset
hreeMusl
im war
rior
sreal
lypr
ovedheavi
ert
han30,
000t
roopsof
t
heenemy.

TheMusl i
msofyest eryear sreall
yhadsomet hingbeyondt hecour agethatt ur
nedthem heavi
erthan
ahundr edt i
mesbi ggerar myoft henon- Muslims.But,todayt hatcour ageandzealisnotf oundin
theMusl ims.Wepr ovedourmet tl
et otheenemyatal lbatt
lefiel
dsandf r
onts.Theenemyknew that
fist
fulMusl i
mscoul dneverbedef eatedonaccountofwargadget s.Non- Musli
msknew thatMusli
m
forcesneverr et
reat,butt heyfightwhi l
eclosingalltheirwaysofr et
urninghome.Musl i
msf i
ghtthe
enemy af ter burni
ng t heir boats because t hey f
ight wi t
h a vow wi n or embrace Shahadah
(mar t
yrdom).

Theenemyknew t hatMusl
imsknow how to advanceandmaket heenemyretreat.Theyonlystop
whenoceansorr i
verscomeint hei
rways.Atthisstaget heyusedt oprayt
oAl lahAlmighty,Al
lah,
had t
his ocean notcome in ourway,we woul d have conti
nued wit
h waging Jihad agai
nstthe
enemiesofIslam andeli
minat
edt henon-
bel
ieversfrom t
heear th.

NazarenesandJewswer esoashamedoft heirfor

efathersdef eatsatt hehandofMuslims.Buthow
long such st
ori
es and narrat
ions woul
d conti
nue to make them f eelashamed?And how l ong we
would have continued t
o survi
ve on r
eminding t
hem such event s? Atlastwe are exposed.Our
enemi eshavecomet oknow thatMusli
msar ejusthollow andt heyhavenost rengt
h,nopower .The
non-Muslimsknow t hatt
heancestorsofMuslimswer epr acti
calpeoplewhi leMusli
mst odaydepend
onlip-ser
vingonly.

Theirancestor
swer ecourageousenough who used t o at
tackenemiesli
kedanger ouseaglewhi l
e
Muslimst odaylookf orthe sheltersto hi
de from the enemy.Those wer
et he Musli
mswho l oved
martyrdom and prefer
red death overcowar di
cewhi leMusl i
mstodaylovewor l
dlythings.Musli
ms
todaydonothavet hatcouraget hatusedtomaket heMusl imsinthepastheavieroverhundr
edsof
enemies.

The sayi
ng ofHazratMuhammad ( sal
lal
lahu `alai
he wasallam)hascome t rue:The dayisnotf ar
awaywhenal lnon-Musl
im nationswouldgetuni tedagainstMusl i
msandl aunchstri
kejointl
y.When
somebody questi
oned the Holy Pr
ophet,Wi l
li thappen because Musli
ms wi llbe l
ess in number
agai
nsttheenemi es?TheHol yProphetrepli
ed:No,youwi llbemor et
hant heenemybutyouwi llbe
li
kefoam,whichhasnot hi
ngi nitandhasnopowerorst rength.

All
ahAlmighty,becauseofyourcowardice,wouldremoveyourfearfr
om theheart
sofnon- Musl
im
powersandwoul dfil
lyourhear
tswithcowardice.Anot
herSahabaquesti
oned,YaRasool
ull
ah:What
wouldbethatweakness?Her epli
ed:Yourweaknesswouldbelovefortheworld.

Todayal
lofus,ourbor ders,ourideologi
es,ouri nt
erests,ourgenerat
ionsand t
heentireMusl i
m
worl
dhavebecomethet argetofenemi esofIslam.Wear eleftj
ustoneremedytothissit
uationthat
weshoul
dchangeourt odaywi thouryesterday.Ourzealandcour agecanchangeourfateandt his
waywecanprotectbet
terouri nter
ests,ourreligi
ousbel i
efs,ourcountr
iesandourgenerat
ions.No
ot
hert
hingcandef
endus.

TwoCausesOfMusl
i
msDownf
all

Youwoul dhavehear dofsuchwr i

terswhosepenspr i
nklesagalaxyofwordsonpaper .Youwould
haveseensuchf orcefulspeaker
swhohavet heabi l
itytoigni
tethepassi
onsofaudience.Youwould
have seen such poets whose poetry gets worl
dwi de accl
aim.You would have r
ead aboutthe
phil
osopherswhoser easoningmyst i
fiedthepeople.

Youwouldhavecomeacr osssuchpol i
tici
answhohavethecapabi
li
tytoworkwonders.Youwoul
d
havebeenimpr essedbythepopul
arit
yofsci ent
ist
swhoscal
et heplanet
s.Youwouldhavehear
d
aboutthebusinessmenwhosewealthhasnobounds.Youwouldhaveheardoftherul
erswhoknow
thetr
ickstolengthent
hei
rrul
e.

Butt he numberoft hose exemplarypeople was and i

s veryli
ttle who feelf
ort he whole Musli
m
Ummahandachef orthet r
uer el
igion,whofeelthepainintheirhear ti
fat hor
npr icksthefootofa
Muslimi nthelastcornerofthewor ld.Thei
rloveisbeyondracial,li
nguist
icandcount ryboundari
es,
thei
rt houghti
shi gherthanskiesandvast erthandeserts,thei
ri nsi
ghtisdeepert hanoceans,and
thei
rwor dsandact i
onshavenocl ash.Thei
rlif
eisdedicatedfort hecauseofot her
s.

Ineveryera,suchgr eatpeopleareveryli
ttl
einnumberbutnotnon- exi
stent
.Ifthefaceofear thgot
tot
ally devoid ofsuch people,there would be doomsday on ear
th.There are many preceding
personali
tiesthatmayber ightl
ycountedamongsuchgr eatpeopl
e.Inthi
scolumn,weshal ldiscuss
onlyonesuchper son.

Sheikh-ul
-Hind,Maul anaMahmoodHassanDeobandiwasacl assuntohimself.A torchbeareranda
leader of poli
tics simult
aneousl y,he was ver y much aggr ieved over t
he oppr essi
ons against
Musl i
msi n Balkan and Trabulus.Muf t
iAziz-ur-
Rahman wr ites,When Hazr atSheikh-ul
-Hind would
hearaboutdef eattot heTur ks,tearswoul
dr olldownf rom hiseyesmaki nghi sbear dwet.Allni
ght,
hewoul dprayt oAllah.Itseemedasi fhewoul dchew theBr i
tishifhecould.

Hegavel eavestothet eachersandst udent

sofhismadr asahandsentt hem tovil
lageandtownsfor
coll
ect i
ng donations.He gave hi s own salar
y and the salar
ies oft eacher
s and otherstaffas
donat i
ons.Athi sor der,thestudentsdonatedevent hei
reducat i
onalawar dsandt hefoodoftheir
canteen.Hi s concer nf or t
he Ummah made hi m the leader of muj ahi
deen of the worl
d.His
emer genceast heleaderofmuj ahi
deenwasunbear ablefortheBr i
tish.TheyarrestedHazratShei
kh
-
ul-
Hindandi mprisonedhi
mi nanislandofMal ta.TheBrit
ishdidimpr
isonhisbodybutcoul
dnot
i
mpr i
son hi
s hear
tand mind.Inthe jai
l,he wouldfeelangui
shed f
orthe downf
alloft
he Musl
im
Ummah.

Afterbeingr el
easedin1920,her etur
nedtoHindust an.Oncespeaki ngatabi ggat heri
ngof` Ulama,
he said,We l earnttwo lessons from ourli
fei n Malta.These wor ds made t he whol e audience
attenti
ve,ast heywantedt oknow whatt he80-year-oldsagewasgoi ngtosay.I nt helonel i
nessof
jai
li n Malt
a,Iponder ed overthe causes ofMuslims r ui
nation bothreli
giouslyand t empor all
y,I
foundoutt wocauses:One,f orsakingtheQuran.Two,i nternaldiffer
encesanddi scor ds.Fr om the
jai
l,Ihavecomewi tharesolvet hatIwouldspendt herestofmyl iveinpromotingt heQur anandi t
s
meani ng.

Thereisaneedt hatmadr asahsforchil

drenaresetupineverytownandvi l
lagetogivechil
drent
he
l
iter
aleducati
onofQur an,andpubl i
cgatheri
ngsareorgani
zedforenli
ghteningtheadultswitht
he
meaning ofQuran and prepari
ng t
hem to actaccor
dingl
y.And thei
nternaldif
ferencesamong t
he
Muslimsshouldnotbet olerat
edatanycost .

Ifwecool -mindedl
yponderovert hecausesofMusl i
msdownf allanddi sgrace,weshal lf i
ndt het wo
verycausesasr esponsible.TheHol yQur anist hecommandcent r
eofal lindividualandcol lecti
ve
mat ters,rit
ualsandwor shipsoft heMusl ims.Asl ongast heMusl imsr etainedt heQur anast heir
leader,t hey weret he leaders oft he world.Undert he leader ship oft he Qur an,wher evert hey
mar ched,t heyconquer edandbi gpower soft hetimef ellt
ot hem.Butwhent heMusl imsdi ver t
ed
from t he way ofQur an,t hey l
ostt hei
rleading role and theiruni ty as a nat ion crumbl ed.The
Musl imshavenotonl ybecomeapat het
ictowar dsQuran butal so theyhavest arted distorti
ng the
meani ngofQur an.Everyonei satl i
bertytocal lhi
mselfaschol arofQur ananddef i
net hemeani ng
ofQur anicver sesfrom hisownmi nd.

Inthesameway,t heot hersecretofMuslimspowerandr uleovert heunbel ieverswast heirunity,

whichhashasvani shedt oo.Asl ongastheywer emaintai
nedt hebondsofemaanandbr ot her
hood,
theywer edominantovert hewhol eworl
dandwhent heystartedbegr udgingt heirownbr ot her
sand
making fri
endswi t
ht heenemi es,theyfel
lint heabyssofdi sgraceand humi li
at i
on.Itisst range
thatwedonott akelessonf rom ourhi
story.ThewholeMusl im histor yisawi t
nesst hatt heKuf f
ar
alone coul
d neverdefeatt he Musli
ms,rather,itwas Musli
ms int ernaldi scordt hatalways led to
defeat.

The land ofAndal usia was maj est

icall
yr uled by the Musl ims foreighthundr ed years,and i ts
magni ficentmosques,spl endid buil
dingsand beaut i
fulgar densstil
lrecalltheirori
ginators.When
didtheMusl i
msdownf allbegint here?Onl ywhent heydividedi nsectsandr acesandst ar
tedcal ling
theChr istiansf orhelpagai nstoneanot her.Baghdad– t het hencentreofMusl i
ms'knowl edgeand
poli
tics– wassavagel ydest royed byt he Tart
ar sonl ywhen t he Muslimsgotengaged i ni nternal
confli
ct sandl osttolerancef oroneanot her.Thet henr ulerofBaghdadwant edtoweakenhi sr i
val
Khuar zam Shah.So,hei nvitedtheTar tarstoat t
ackt heShah.TheTar t
arsfirstdest
royedKhuar zam
Shahsempi reandt henwr eckedBaghdad.
Today,Andal usia and Baghdad-l
ike situation is pr
evai
ling agai
n.The Musl i
ms have plunged i n
discord,disper
sionandsect ar
ianism despi t
et heyarefacinganenemyt hatismor emercil
ess,mor e
savage,mor ecunni ngandmor epr ejudi
cedt hantheTartars.Theenmi tyofTartar
swasconf inedt o
somer ul
ersandki ngdomswhi let hepr esent -
dayenemyi soutt o annihi
lat
et heMuslimsf rom t he
faceoft hewor ld.Itwantstobeatt heMusl imsonebyone.Fi rst
,itplayedhavocwi t
hAf ghani stan
andt hewhol ewor ldactedasasi lentspect ator
.Now,i thasunf oldeditsplansagainstIraq,I r
an,
Somal i
aandYemen.

Apar tfrom thei nternat

ionalscenar io,theinsidesit
uationisver yfr
ight
eningt oo.Themostr egretf
ul
facti st hatt he Isl
amicor ganizationsar e atgreatdistance fr
om one anot her,providi
ng t
he anti-
Islam for ceswithanoppor tuni
tyt ocr i
tici
zethem.Wewi shthatatleasttheupr ightulamagathered
undercommandofoneAmeer( leader).TheMusl imsofHi ndustanwerel uckyfort heyhadgott he
Sheikh-ul -Hi
ndunderwhosecommandandl eadershipMusl i
msf rom ever
ysectgotuni t
ed.Wewi sh
alltheIsl am-lovingpeoplei nPaki stanagreedononeAmeer .

Thef or mati
onofoneuni f
iedor gani
zat ionunderoneAmeerwoul dinspir
ittheMuslimsandf ri
ght en
theenemi es.Itisperti
nentt o mentiont hatwhenShei kh-ul
-Hindsheal t
hdeclined toi
rrecoverable
state,he cal l
ed forelecting an uprightschol aras leaderaf terhi m.Justone week bef ore his
demi se,Jami `atUlama-i
-Hind washol ding i
tssecond annualmeet ing.Though hewast oo sickt o
move,hesai d:Takemycott ot hemeet i
ngpl ace.Allpeopleofwi sdom andknowl edgefr
om allover
Hindar epresentthere.Theymustel ectanAmeer .Iwi l
lbet hef i
rstper sont
opl edgetheoat hof
all
egi anceatthehandsoft hatAmeer .

Itistobenot edthatmostoft heparti

cipantsinthemeetingwerehi sstudentsandmur i
dsbutstil
l
hewaspr eparedto pl
edget heoathofallegianceatthehandsofoneAmeerel ect
edf r
om among
them.Inourbel ovedcount r
y,isitnotpossiblethatfort
hepr otect
ionofI sl
amicvalues,r
eli
gious
insti
tut
esand ourf uture,al
ltheright
eouspeopl eelectfrom among themselvesonecapableand
insi
ghtfulpersonasAmeerandgetuni tedunderhi sl
eadershi
p?

The sage ofthe time,Shei kh-ul

-Hind Mahmood Hasan had poi nted outtwo causes ofMusl i
ms
downfall.The t
wo causes ar e st
illplayi
ng the pivotalroleinthe downf al
loft he Musli
m Ummah
today.Foreveryonewhodr eamsoft herevivalofI slam andemi nenceofMusl im Ummah,i ti
svit
al
tospendhi scapabilit
iesinel i
minatingthet wocauses.Whent helightofQur aniceducationwould
spread,thedarknessoff al
lacieswoul dautomat i
cal l
yshr i
nk,andwhent heupholdersofrightwould
getunited,t
heuphol dersoff al
sehoodwoul dgetf rightened,notbeingabl etoriseagai
n.

Lov
eOfQur
an
SendThi
sAr
ti
cleToYourFr
iend

Itis an undeniabl
efactthatno book was everhel
d as dearas t
he Qur an.There are numerous
inspi
ring stori
es ofpeopl
es l
ove ofQuran.We need notgo int he disti
nctpast ;a look atthe
biogr
aphi es ofourUlama who passed away inthe r
ecentyearsi s enough to prove thi
sf act
.
Ramadani
sthemont
hofQur
an,sowement
ionaf
ew st
ori
esoft
heser
vant
sofQur
an.

(1)SyedAtaUllahShahBukhari(r
ahimahull
ah)wasbl essedwithimmenseloveofQur an.Heusedto
sayinhisspeeches:I
nmyl if
e,thereisonlyonet hi
ngthatIloveandonlyonethingthatIhate.I
tis
QuranthatIloveanditistheBr i
tishthatIhate.InfacthisloveofQuranwouldf or
cehi mtohate
theBrit
ish.Jewsand Chri
stiansharbourhardnosed enmit
yt owardsI
slam and t
hisf acti
sspread
overtheholypagesofQuran.

(2)Hazr atMaulanaQar iFatehMuhammadhaddevot edhimsel ffort heser vi

ceofQur an.MuftiTaqi
Usmanir i
ghtl
ysays:Qar iFatehMuhammad wasal ivi
ng miracl eofQur an.Hi stonguewasal lthe
time busy recit
ing the Quran.He was al ways engr ossed i
nt hinking the bestways ofspr eading
Quraneducat ion.Hewasathomei ndiff
er entaccentsofr ecitation.DuringRamadan,hewoul dl ead
the prayeroft raveeh and reci
te seven tot en par
ts ofQur an i n one night.Int his wayhe woul d
complet etheQur anint hreeorfourdays.Thenhewoul dagainr ecit
et hewhol eQur ani nsomeot her
accent.Byt heendofRamadanhewoul dr ecitetheQur anforaboutt entimesi ntr
aveehal one.

(3)Sheikh-
ul-HadithMaul anaZakar i
ya( r
ahimahullah)wasahaf i
zandr ecit
etheQurani mmensely.
For42year s,ithadbeenhi srouti
net hathewoul dr ecitethewhol eQuranineachdayofRamadan.
Abouthi sfami ly women,he used t o say,Ourf ami l
y women spend mostoft hei
rni ghtt
ime in
li
steni
ngt oQur anandi nt hedayt ime,itistheirrout i
net orecit
eaboutonehal foftheQuran.My
grandmotherwashaf izandi twasherr outi
net or eciteonemanzi loft heQurandai
ly.Andduring
Ramadan,shewoul dr
ecitethewhol eQur anplusone- thir
dofi tagaini
noneday.I nadditi
ontothis,
shewoul drecitethousandsoft asbeehasherper manentr outi
ne.

(
4)HazratMuf t
iRasheedAhmad( r
ahimahullah)memorizedthewholeQur
ani njustt
hreemont hsat
t
heageof46year s.Hedi dthisinsuchawayt hathewoul deasi
lymemorizeonepartoft heQuran
i
nonehour .Despi
tehistoughscholarlyengagements,hewouldspendalargeamountofhi sti
mei n
r
eci
tingtheQuran.Hewoul dreci
tef i
vepartsindayandasmanyatni ghti
nt ahaj
judprayer
.

(5)MaulanaSubhanMahmud,shei kh-
ul-hadithofDarulUloom Karachi
,wasbl essedwit
haspeci al
fondnessofr ecit
ingtheQur an.Foralongt i
me,itwashisr out
inetor eci
tethewhol eQur andaily.
Onbecomi ngol dandweak,hewoul drecitemor e18partsofQur an.Hecont i
nuedwi t
ht hi
sr outi
ne
til
lthe day he breathed hi
sl ast
.Dur i
ng Ramadan,he woul d setasi de al
lot heracti
viti
es and
remainedbusyr ecit
ingtheQur andayandni ght.

(6)Hazr atQar iRaheem Bukhsh was bl essed with such i

mmense love ofQur an t hatexceptf or
naturalhumanneeds,hewoul dnotspendasi nglemomenti nwhichhewasnott eachingorreciti
ng
theQur an.Hispunct ual
itywaspr over
bial.Heneverabsent edhimsel
ff rom teachingdut yduri
ng40
years.What eversalaryhewi thdr
ew from themadr asah,her et
urneditt othemadr asahi nashor t
period.HissonQar iAbdul lahsai
d,Sincechildhood,Ineverseemyf at
hermi sshist ahaj
judprayer.
Hewoul dr eci
tethreepar t
sofQur anintahajj
udpr ayer.

Ourhi
stor
yisf
ullofQur
anl
over
s.Theywer
ethepeopl
ewhonotonl
yreci
tedt
heQur
anbyt
ongue
buttheirever
ywor d and act
ion gavet
hef
ragr
anceofQur
an,and t
hei
rrout
inesand pr
ayer
swer
e
pract
icalexpl
anat
ionofQur an.