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anonymous
I am thinking of memorizing the Quran along with it's meanings at home. I can give atleast two hours for it daily. I know I may not be able to memorize the whole Quran but atleast some part. I have a lot of questions on mind. Some of them are:Will it benefit me? Will it be helpful for me to become a good muslim? AM I JUST TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE? I don't know if there are any hafiz members here or not please advice me what to do.
Assalamu alaykum my respected sister.I see that you understand the huge responsibility this undertaking comes with....
If you're scared about it, that's a good sign. You should be, in fact.
People can give you all sorts of advice.... and encourage you to learn the Qur'an, become a hafiz... go to an Islamic school, spend time learning meaning and interpretation of the Qur'an, memorize it, recite it beautifully etc. etc. etc.And they believe that this would be very beneficial for you.
It could be highly beneficial... but it could also be highly dangerous.
The Qur'an is not an ordinary book... and should be treated with the greatest reverence that you can muster.
Do not read it, memorize it and learn it.... and then not act upon its teachings!!
It is better to learn a little of the Qur'an and act upon the little that you've learnt... than learn a whole lot and fail to act upon your learning.
It is a tremendous responsibility to bear.
Remember: The Qur'an will be either
for you or
against you on the Day of Judgement.
And there will be people in Hell whom the Qur'an will imprison and will not let out! Yes, the very people who read the Qur'an. They will be imprisoned in Hell BY the Qur'an.
There's even a dream the Prophet (saws) narrated about a man he saw being crushed on the head by another man with a huge boulder. It would roll away.... the man would pick it up.... the head of the man would return to its normal state and his head would be crushed again.. And this would continue on and on..This was a man who read the Qur'an... and did not follow the teachings in it.
Consider all this and then make your decision what you would like to do sister.