in the morning and none of them would have remained concealed.’”^[1]

صَلُّوا عَلَی الْحَبِیْب!           صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلٰی مُحَمَّد

Excellence of reciting the Holy Quran

O devotees of the Companions and Ahl al-Bayt! We come to know from this narration that in the place where the Holy Quran is recited, angels of mercy descend. The Mercy of Allah Almighty descends there, due to the blessings of the recitation of the Holy Quran, other creatures in the surroundings also witness the Divine manifestation. Just as you have heard that the Companion   رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ was reciting the Holy Quran and his horse witnessed the angels, and he himself also witnessed angels in the shape of a shining lamp.

Remember! The Holy Quran is the very blessed Speech of Allah Almighty. Reciting it, teaching it, listening to it and making others listen to it are all acts of reward. Not only is reciting it an act of reward but even looking at it is also an act of worship.

It has been stated in a Hadith:

اَلنَّظْرُ فِی الْمُصْحَفِ

“Looking at the Holy Quran is [an act of] worship.”^[2]

This is the reason why the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم regularly encouraged the noble Companions عَلَیْہِمُ الرِّضْوَان to recite the Holy Quran. Moreover, he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم also mentioned its excellences in various hadiths too. Let us listen to three of them:     

Made to wear heavenly attire

1.The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said:

On the Day of Judgement, a Quran reciter will come and the Holy