[^2] The great narrator...

[^2] The great narrator, the late Majlisī, in Mir'āt al-'Uqūl explaining the expression: “I will be his hearing and his seeing,” says: “One who does not dedicate his eyes, ears and other organs to the way of obeying Allah, will not obtain spiritual eyes and ears, as his corporeal eyes and ears will not go to the other world, and so he will be without ears and eyes in the worlds of the grave and the Resurrection, whereas the criterion for the questionings of the grave is those spiritual organs (the end of the sum of his translation).” [^3] In short, the noble Hadiths about this kind of tranquility and its effects are many.

The Glorious Qur'an orders that it (the Qur'an) should be recited in tartīl , and it is stated in the noble Hadiths : “Whoever forgets a sūrah from the Qur'an, it will appear before him in Paradise in a most beautiful image. When he looks at it he says: “What are you? How wonderful you are! I wish you were mine.” It will reply: “Do you not know me? I am so-and-so sūrah . If you had not forgotten me, I would have lifted you to this high rank”.

[^4] In another hadīth it is stated: “Whoever learns the Qur'an as a young man, it will mix with his flesh and blood.” This is because the heart of a young man is less engaged and less tarnished, and so, it is affected quicker and easier, and the effect remains longer. There are many Hadiths in this respect, to which we shall refer when we discuss “recitation,” inshā' Allāh .

In a noble hadīth it is said: “Nothing is more loved by Allah than a deed which is done persistently, no matter how small the deed may be.”[^5] Its important point may be that such a deed becomes the inner image of the heart, as it has already been noted. [^1]: Misbāh ash-Sharī'ah, ch. 5, “On Supplication”; Mustadrak al-Wasā'il, “Book of as-Salat,” sec. on “Supplication,” ch. on “Rarities,” hadīth 2. [^2]: 'Ilm al-Yaqīn, vol. 2, p. 1039. [^3]: Mir'āt al-'Uqūl, vol. 10, p. 392.

[^4]: Usūl al-Kāfī, vol. 4, p. 410, “Book of the Merit of the Qur'an,” ch. “One who Learnt the Qur'an then Forgot it,” hadīth no. 2. [^5]: Ibid., vol. 3, p. 137, “Book of Faith and Infidelity,” ch. “Economy in Worshipping,” hadīth 2. Previous…