To Read the Holy Qur’an Well

To Read the Holy Qur’an Well

The Qur’an is the best of books. There is no book greater than the Qur’an. There are no words more beautiful than that in the Qur’an. We Muslims try to read it in the best way that we can and we feel great happiness in doing so. Initially there were no reading signs in the Qur’an but as Islam spread and the number of new Muslims grew, they came across certain diffi culties when trying to read the Qur’an. In order to overcome these diffi culties reading signs were placed. These really eased the task of reading the Qur’an. It is also an art to be able to read the Qur’an well. A person reading the Qur’an with a great voice can profoundly aff ect those around them. Obviously not everyone can read that well. Our responsibility is to read as correctly and as well as we can. Before reading the Qur’an we must get our ablution and then say “A`uwudhu billah iminash Shaitan ir Rajeem.”, the meaning of which is: “ I seek refuge with Allah (Th e All Hearing, Th e All-Knowing) from Satan, the rejected.” Th is is followed by: “Bismillahir-Rahmanir Raheem.” (In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful). We increase in beauty as we make an eff ort to read the Qur’an well. We add beauty to our already existing beauty.