سورة الفرقان

Imam Rida (peace be upon him): In the narration of Fadl ibn Shadhan it is reported: ... It was heard from Imam Rida (peace be upon him) many times that he said: "If someone asks: why should the Quran be recited in prayer? — it is said: so that the Quran may be preserved from being abandoned and lost, so that it does not fall into decay and be forgotten."

The Messenger (peace be upon him and his family): Whenever tribulations engulf you like a dark night, hold fast to the Quran, for it is an intercessor whose intercession is accepted and a reporter of evils whose word is confirmed. Whoever makes the Quran his leader, it will lead him to Paradise, and whoever puts it behind his back, it will drive him to the Fire. That very Quran is the guide that points to the best of paths, and it is a book in which is detail, exposition, and the attainment of purposes. It is the divider of truth and falsehood and the remover of every kind of dispute; it is not jest or trifling. It has an outer and an inner: its outer is judgement and command, and its inner is knowledge; its outer is pleasant and beautiful, and its inner is deep and unfathomable. It has stars, and its stars themselves have stars (it has parts, and each of its parts has further parts). Its wonders cannot be numbered, and its novelties do not grow old. In it are the lamps of guidance and the beacon of wisdom and the proof of gnosis, for the one who knows its way.

The Messenger (peace be upon him and his family): I am the first to arrive before Allah, the Mighty, the Compeller, on the Day of Resurrection, together with His Book and my Ahl al-Bayt; then my ummah [will arrive], and then I shall ask them: 'What did you do with the Book of Allah and with my Ahl al-Bayt?'

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Yaqub ibn Ahmar said: I said to Abu Abdillah (peace be upon him): 'I have a great deal of debt, and I am so distressed and grieved that the Quran has slipped from my memory.' Abu Abdillah (peace be upon him) said: 'The Quran, the Quran! Indeed a single verse of the Quran and a single Surah will come on the Day of Resurrection and ascend a thousand degrees — that is, in Paradise — and will say: If you had preserved and memorised me, I would have raised you to this rank.'

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): It is narrated from Abu Kahmas Haytham ibn Ubayd who said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about a man who has read the Quran and then forgotten it, and I repeated the question up to three times, saying: "Is there any blame upon him?" He said: "No!"

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): The glorious Quran is a covenant conveyed from Allah to the people; so it is fitting for the Muslim man to look into this covenant and to recite fifty verses of the Quran every day.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Indeed, I am the Reminder (dhikr) from which he strayed, and the Path from which he deviated, and the Faith which he disbelieved in, and the Quran which he forsook, and the Religion which he denied.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Regarding every single individual of Quraysh, at least one or two verses have been revealed which guide them to Paradise or Hell, and it is likewise for other people as well — if they were good, they are called to good, and if they were bad, they are called to evil.