Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2957b
" (عَنْ كنَانةَ) الْعَدَوِىِّ قَالَ: كَتَبَ (عُمَرُ) بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ إِلَى أُمَرَاء الأَجْنَادِ: أَنِ ارْفَعُوا إِلَىَّ كُلَّ مَنْ حَمَلَ الْقُرآنَ حَتَّى أُلْحِقَهُمْ فِى الشَّرفِ مِنَ الْعَطَاءِ، وَأُرْسِلَهُمْ فِى الآفَاقِ يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْه الأَشْعَرِىُّ: أَنَّهُ بَلَغَ مَنْ قِبلى مِمَّنْ حَمَلَ الْقُرْآنَ ثَلاثَمِائةٍ وَبِضْعَ رِجَالٍ، فَكَتَبَ عُمَرُ إِلَيْهِمْ. {بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} مِنْ عَبْد اللَّه عُمَرَ إِلَى عَبْدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنْ حَمَلَةِ الْقُرْآنِ، سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ: فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ كَائِنٌ لَكُمْ أَجْرًا، وَكَائِنٌ لَكُمْ شَرَفًا وَذُخْرًا، فَاتَّبعُوهُ وَلَا يَتَبِعَنَّكُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ الْقُرْآنُ زُخَّ () فِى قَفَاهُ حَتَّى يَقْذِفَهُ فِى النَّارِ، وَمَنْ تَبِعَ الْقُرْآنَ وَرَدَ بِه الْقُرْآنُ جَنَّاتِ الْفِرْدَوْسِ، فَليَكُونَنَّ لَكُمْ شَافِعًا إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ، وَلَا يَكُونَنَّ بكُمْ مَا حِلًا، فَإنَّهُ مَنْ شَفَعَ لَهُ الْقُرْآنُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ، وَمَنْ مَحَل بِه الْقُرْآنُ دَخَلَ النَّارَ، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ يَنَابيعُ الْهُدَى، وَزَهْرَةُ الْعِلْمِ، وَهُوَ أَحْدَثُ الْكُتُبِ عَهْدًا بِالرَّحْمَنِ، به يَفْتَحُ اللَّه أَعْيُنًا عُمْيًا، وآذَانًا صُمًّا، وَقُلُوبًا غُلْفًا، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَسَوَّكَ وَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ وَقَرأ وَضعَ الْمَلَكُ فَاهُ عَلَى فِيهِ وَيَقُولُ: اتْلُ اتْلُ قَدْ طِبْتَ وَطَابَ لَكَ، وَإِنْ تَوَضَّأَ وَلَمْ يَسْتَكْ حَفِظ عَلَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَعْدُ ذَلِكَ، أَلَا وَإِنَّ قِرَاءَةَ الْقُرْآنِ مَعَ الصَّلَاةِ كَنْزٌ مَكْنُونٌ وَخَيْرٌ مَوْضُوعٌ، فَاسْتَكْثِرُوا منْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ، فَإِنَّ الصّلَاةَ نُورٌ، وَالزَّكَاةَ بُرْهَانٌ والصَّبْرَ ضِيَاءٌ، والصَّوْمَ جُنَّةٌ، والْقُرْآنَ حُجَّةٌ لَكُمْ أَوْ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَأَكْرِمُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا تُهِينُوهُ، فَإِنَّ اللَّه مُكْرِمٌ مَنْ أَكْرَمَهُ، وَمُهِينٌ مَنْ أَهَانَهُ، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ مَنْ تَلَاهُ وَحَفِظَهُ وَعَمِلَ بِهِ وَاتَّبَعَ مَا فِيهِ، كَانَتْ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّه دَعْوَةٌ مُسْتَجَابَةٌ إِنْ شَاءَ عَجَّلَهَا لَهُ فِى دُنْيَاهُ، وَإلَّا كَانَتْ لَهُ ذُخْرًا فِى الآخِرَةِ، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ ما عِنْدَ اللَّه خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى لِلِذَّينَ آمَنُوا وَعَلى ربِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Knānh al-ʿAdawi
- Katab ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
- Umarāʾ al-Ajnād
- Ārfaʿūā
Machine translation, not reviewed
"(On the authority of Kinanah al-'Adawi) who said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to the commanders of the military districts: Raise to me everyone who has memorized the Quran, so that I may place them in honour in the stipends, and send them out to the horizons to teach the people. Al-Ash'ari wrote to him that there had reached him from his region three hundred and some men who had memorized the Quran, so 'Umar wrote to them: {In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.} From 'Umar, servant of Allah, to 'Abd ibn Qays and whoever is with him of the bearers of the Quran: Peace be upon you. To proceed: this Quran is a reward for you, and a source of honour and treasure for you. So follow it, and let it not follow you, for whoever is followed by the Quran will be dragged by his nape until it casts him into the Fire, and whoever follows the Quran, the Quran will bring him to the Gardens of Firdaws. So let it be an intercessor for you if you are able, and let it not be a complainant against you, for whoever is interceded for by the Quran enters Paradise, and whoever is complained against by the Quran enters the Fire. Know that this Quran is the springs of guidance and the flower of knowledge, and it is the most recent of the Books in covenant with the Most Merciful. By it Allah opens blind eyes, deaf ears, and veiled hearts. Know that when the servant rises at night and uses the siwak, performs ablution, then says takbir and recites, the angel places his mouth upon his mouth and says: Recite, recite; you are good and it is good for you. If he performed ablution but did not use the siwak, it is kept upon him and it does not exceed that. Verily, reciting the Quran along with prayer is a hidden treasure and a placed good; so increase from it as much as you can, for prayer is light, charity is proof, patience is radiance, fasting is a shield, and the Quran is a proof for you or against you. So honour the Quran and do not disgrace it, for Allah honours whoever honours it and humiliates whoever disgraces it. Know that whoever recites it, memorizes it, acts by it, and follows what is in it, will have a granted supplication with Allah: if He wills, He hastens it for him in this world, and otherwise it is stored for him in the Hereafter. Know that what is with Allah is better and more lasting for those who believe, and upon their Lord they rely."
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Notes
ابن زنجويه
machine translationIbn Zanjawayh
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