تِرے خوف سے تیرے ڈَر سے ہمیشہ         میں تھر تھر رہوں کانپتا یا اِلٰہی

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! It has been mentioned in this parable that Sayyiduna Yahya Bin Sa’eed Qattaan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه used to recite a complete Quran between Maghrib and ‘Isha. Perhaps Satan may put this evil thought in someone’s mind that the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said, ‘The person who recites a Quran in less than 3 nights, he has not understood.’

(Sunan Abi Dawood, vol. 2, pp. 79, Hadees 1394)

Then how could these personages recite the Quran in such a short period of time? Talking about the meaning of this blessed Hadees, a great thinker of Ummah, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: The person who always completes a Quran in less than three days, he, due to haste in recitation, neither can understand the words of Quran properly, nor can ponder over its apparent meaning.

(He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه then said) Remember! It is stated for ordinary Muslims that if they recite the Holy Quran in a hurry, tongue gets folded, words are not properly pronounced. For the righteous people of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ commandment is different. Our Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم himself used to recite 5 and sometimes 6 parts of the Holy Quran in a single Rak’at of Tahajjud.

§  Sayyiduna ‘Usman-e-Ghani رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ recited the complete Quran in one night.

§  Sayyiduna Dawood عَـلٰى نَبِيِّنَا وَعَـلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام would finish the blessed Zaboor in a few minutes.

§  Sayyiduna ‘Ali کَـرَّمَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی وَجۡـھَـهُ الۡـکَـرِیۡم would recite the complete Quran before putting a bridle (a set of leather bands put around a horse’s head and used to control its movement) on a horse.