Merits S Alaq

سورة العلق

فضلها

The Virtue of Surah Al-Alaq

99-/11747 _1- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ:بِإِسْنَادِهِ،عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: «مَنْ قَرَأَ فِي يَوْمِهِ أَوْ لَيْلَتِهِ: اِقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ ثُمَّ مَاتَ فِي يَوْمِهِ أَوْ فِي لَيْلَتِهِ،مَاتَ شَهِيداً،وَ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ شَهِيداً،وَ أَحْيَاهُ شَهِيداً،وَ كَانَ كَمَنْ ضَرَبَ بِسَيْفِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)».

99-/11747 Ibn Bābawayh: With his chain of transmission, from Sulaymān ibn Khālid, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him), who said: “Whoever recites ‘Read in the Name of your Lord’ (Surah al-ʿAlaq) during his day or night, and then dies during that day or night, he dies as a martyr, and Allah will raise him as a martyr, and will cause him to live as a martyr. And he will be like one who struck with his sword in the path of Allah, the Exalted, alongside the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).”

99-/11748 _2- وَ مِنْ(خَوَاصِّ الْقُرْآنِ):رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «مَنْ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ،كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ كَمَثَلِ ثَوَابِ مَنْ قَرَأَ جُزْءَ الْمُفَصَّلِ [1]،وَ كَأَجْرِ مَنْ شَهَرَ سَيْفَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى،وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا وَ هُوَ رَاكِبُ الْبَحْرِ سَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مِنَ الْغَرَقِ».

99-/11748 And from (Khawāṣṣ al-Qurʾān): It is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) that he said: “Whoever recites this sūrah (Surah al-ʿAlaq), Allah will write for him a reward equal to the one who recites a section of al-Mufaṣṣal [1], and equal to the reward of one who unsheathes his sword in the path of Allah, the Exalted. And whoever recites it while riding the sea, Allah the Exalted will safeguard him from drowning.”

Footnote: [1] al-Mufaṣṣal refers to the short chapters of the Qur'an from Surah Qāf (50) to the end of the Qur'an.

99-/11749 _3- وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ): «مَنْ قَرَأَهَا عَلَى بَابِ مَخْزَنٍ،سَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مِنْ كُلِّ آفَةٍ وَ سَارِقٍ إِلَى أَنْ يُخْرِجَ مَا فِيهِ مَالِكُهُ».

99-/11749 The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: “Whoever recites it (Surah al-ʿAlaq) at the entrance of a storage place, Allah the Exalted will protect him from every harm and thief until its owner removes what is inside.”

99-/11750 _4- وَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «مَنْ قَرَأَهَا وَ هُوَ مُتَوَجِّهٌ فِي سَفَرِهِ كُفِيَ شَرَّهُ،وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا وَ هُوَ رَاكِبُ الْبَحْرِ سَلِمَ مِنَ أَلَمِهِ بِقُدْرَةِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى».

99-/11750 Al-Ṣādiq (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever recites it (Surah al-ʿAlaq) while setting out on a journey will be protected from its harms, and whoever recites it while sailing at sea will be safe from its distress by the power of Allah, the Exalted.”

_1) -ثواب الأعمال:124.

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_4) -خواص القرآن:14«نحوه».

[1] قيل:إنّما سمّي به لكثرة ما يقع فيه من فصول التسمية بين السور،و قيل:لقصر سوره،و اختلف،و اختلف في أوّله،فقيل:من سورة محمّد(صلّى اللّه عليه و آله)، و قيل:من سورة ق،و قيل:من سورة الفتح.«مجمع البحرين 5:441».

Translation of Footnote [1]: It is said that it was named thus (i.e., "al-Mufaṣṣal") because of the frequency of the occurrence of the formula of bismillāh (In the name of Allah) separating the sūrahs within it. Another opinion states that it was so named due to the short length of its chapters. There is also a difference of opinion regarding where it begins: some say it starts from Surah Muḥammad (peace be upon him), others say from Surah Qāf, and still others from Surah al-Fatḥ. (Majmaʿ al-Baḥrayn 5:441)

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