Two Heavenly Raiments ( Hillay ) will be given to him to wear.

Two Heavenly Raiments ( Hillay ) will be given to him to wear. He will be Ordered,’ Recite the Holy Qur’an, and for every verse recited, you will rise one step higher in the Heaven!’” If the parents of the reciter of the Qur’an were Mu’min, they too will be provided two Hillay each and will be told that this reward was in rturn for instructing their son in the recitation of the Holy Qur’an.

It is narrated from the Holy Prophet, (S) “The noble and big persons among my people (Ummat) are those who are the bearers ( Hamilan) of the Qur’an and remain awake in the nights in prayer. The bearers of the Qur’an will be termed superior amongst the people of the Heaven.” Allah will not give Retribution to the Heart that has memorised the Holy Qur’an. The bearers of the Qur’an will be in the second echelon in the Heaven after the Prophets (S).

Therefore, don’t under-rate the reciter of the Holy Qur’an. They have a very high status in the consideration of Allah. The Qualities of The Reciters of The Qur’an The phrase Haamilan al-Qur’an (Bearers of the Qur’an) has several meanings: First, one should properly learn the words in the Qur’an. Secondly: he should learn the correct meaning of the contents of the Book. Such a person will have a status higher than the first. Thirdly: One should practice the Qur’anic precepts.

Therefore, the true bearer of the Qur’an is one who understands the words, their meanings and practitioner of the Qur’anic Precepts. The Prophet of Islam (S) has said that the Holy Qur’an is the table laid with the Bounties of Allah.as there will be various types of victuals on the table of a generous person. There are some people who draw benefit from the words of the Qur’an. There are other who benefit from the meanings of the Qur’an.

The people who supply the ink for writing or printing the Book or those who supply the paper too derive benefit from the Holy work. In a nutshell, everyone associated with the publication, translation, commentary, and distribution of the Book gets his share of reward for the work. To put it briefly, people of all fields such as scholars, jurists, mathematicians, poets, scholars etc derive benefit from the Qur’an’s unfathomable store of knowledge.

Those who possess total control over the contents of the Qur’an are the Prophet and his Infallible Descendents (as). Therefore the very word ‘Qur’an’ is associated with them.