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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Qur'an ( When Was It Complied ) The Bearers of the Qur'an The Messenger of Allah (S) said: 'The people of the Qur'an are the people of Allah and His elect.' 95 He (S) also said: 'The nobles of my nation are those who bear the Qur'an (in their hearts), and the people of the night (who worship Allah during the hours of darkness).

96 He (S) also said: 'The people of the Qur'an have reached the highest degree of all the children of Adam, apart from the prophets and messengers.

Therefore do not deny them their rights for they have from Allah The Almighty a lofty station.' 97 He (S) also said: 'The person with the most right to humility both secret and public is the bearer of the Qur'an, as is he the person with the most right to prayer and fasting both secret and public.' Then he called at the top of his voice: 'O bearer of the Qur'an, practise humility, with the Qur'an Allah raises you up, and do not make it a source of pride so that Allah humiliates you.

O bearer of the Qur'an, beautify yourselves with it for Allah, He will beautify you, but do not beautify 94 Seas of Lights: vol.17, p.210. 95 Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kilam: p.111; Tafsir Majma' al-Bayan: vol.1, p.15. 96 Al-Amali of al-Sheikh al-Suduq: p.234; He who is not in the presence of a Jurist: vol.4, p.499. 97 Usul al-Kafi: vol.2, p.603. yourselves with it for the people that Allah may disgrace you with it.

The person who completes a reading of the Qur'an is as one who has reached the station of prophethood except that he will not receive revelation, and he who upholds the Qur'an, and encourages others to do so, he would not respond in the same way when he is insulted, angered, or wrathed, but he would forgive, pardon and forbear (the offending person) in line with the teaching and the honour of the Qur'an.

He who is given the Qur'an and thinks that anyone else has been given something better than he has been given has aggrandised that which Allah has belittled and belittled that which Allah has aggrandised.' 98 He (S) also said: 'The most honourable of servants in the sight of Allah after the prophets are the scholars, then the bearers of the Qur'an, they will exit from this world as the prophets exit and will be gathered from their tombs with the prophets, and pass over the path along with the prophets and will receive the reward of the prophets.