just as traveller who leaves the cup behind him when he finishes with it.

just as traveller who leaves the cup behind him when he finishes with it. 57 ibid, p182 Allah’s Messenger (S) said, “If two categories of people in my Ommah were virtuous the whole of my Ommah will be righteous, and if these two were corrupt, it will be corrupt; the leaders and readers58.”59 The learned of the Qur’an who does not practice it Allah’s Messenger (S) said, “If one reads the Qur’an and then drinks something unlawful or gets indulged in love of the worldly things, he becomes subject to the wrath of Allah unless he repents, and if he dies without repenting, He would refute and rebut him on the Day of Judgement, and He would not leave him until He has proven as false all his arguments and excuses60.”61 Allah’s Messenger (S) said, “One who learns the Qur’an and does not follow its guidance and instead prefers to love the worldly things and its adornment, he becomes subject to the wrath of Allah and he would be of the same rank as the Jews and Christians who threw the Book of Allah behind their backs.

One who reads the Qur’an seeking reputation and worldly gains, he will meet Allah on the day of judgement with his face is only bone with no flesh on, and the Qur’an will push him at his back until he is thrown into Hell wherein he will fall with all those who will fall therein. He who reads the Qur’an and does not act upon it, he will be resurrected blind on the day of judgement, and he will say, .My Lord, why have you raised me blind while in the world I was a seeing one?

[Allah] will say, “so did you when Our signs came to you but you neglected them and so today you will be neglected.62 and he will be ordered to Hell. One who reads the Qur’an in order to please Allah and to understand religion, his reward will be like the rewards of all the angels, the prophets, and the messengers. 58 By ‘readers’ it is meant ‘scholars’, and ‘Ommah’ means ‘nation’. 59 ibid, p183 60 . . . and thus he would not be allowed to paradise.

61 ibid, p182 62 The Qur’an, [20:125-126] One who reads the Qur’an seeking boast and fame in order to argue with the unlearned and boast before the scholars and make worldly gains, Allah will scatter his bones on the day of judgement and no one in the fire will have more severe sufferings than him, and there will be no punishment which he will not suffer given the severity of Allah’s wrath against him.