And he who learns the Qur’an and is humble in knowledge and...

And he who learns the Qur’an and is humble in knowledge and teaches the servants of Allah seeking Allah’s rewards, no one in Paradise will be of greater rewards than him, nor of higher ranks then him, and there shall be no position or prominent degree in Paradise except that he will have the greatest share in and most honourable position of.”63 Allah’s Messenger (S) said, “In Hell there is a valley that the people of Hell seek protection from seventy thousand times every day.” The Prophet was asked who this punishment is for.

The prophet replied, “For the wine drinker and he who gives up his prayers from amongst the people of the Qur’an.”64 Husayn ibn Zayd has narrated from Imam S{a>diq, (A), who has narrated from the holy Prophet, (S), who said, “Whoever learns the holy Qur’an and then forgets it, he will meet Allah on the day of judgement tied up in chains and for each verse that he has forgotten Allah will send to him a snake that will stay with him in Hell until Allah forgives him.”65 What is meant by “forgetting” in the hadith is to ignore and abandon the laws and guidance of the holy Qur’an.

63 ibid, p183-184 64 ibid, p184 65 ibid, p196 The Qur’an in all circumstances Mo’a>wiyah ibn Amma>r narrates from Imam S{a>diq, (A), who said about the Prophet’s guidance to Imam Ali, (A), “You must read the holy Qur’an in all circumstances.”66 Al-Zuhri has said, I asked Imam Zayn al-Abidin (A), “Which deed is more virtuous?” He said, “Opening the Qur’an and reading to the end and whenever coming to the beginning of the Qur’an read it to the end.”67 Imam Mossa> al-Ka>dim (A), said, “The degrees of ranks in Paradise are equal to the number of the verses of holy Qur’an.

One is told to read a verse and ascend and so one would read and ascend.”68 Imam Ba>qir, (A) said, “Whoever reads the Qur’an in his prayer standing up Allah will write for him for each letter one hundred virtues, and for one who reads from the holy Qur’an in the sitting position Allah will write fifty virtues for each letter read.