The Book of Stations

1. Mawqif 167 · “And when the Qurʾān is recited”

   See the print: Damascus 1966, p. 374, Damascus 1966, p. 375, Cairo, vol. 1, PDF p. 355, Cairo, vol. 1, PDF p. 356 (archive.org)

   قَالَ تَعَالَى: «وَإِذَا قُرِىءَ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ».

   God Most High has said: "And when the Qurʾān is recited" (Q 7:204).✦

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2. لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ قَرَأَهُ غَيْرُكُمْ لَكُمْ، وَهَذِهِ هِيَ النُّكْتَةُ فِي بِنَائِهِ لِلْمَجْهُولِ: «فَٱسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ وَأَنْصِتُوا».

   by yourselves, or others recite it for you, and this is the subtle point in its being put in the passive: "then listen to it and be silent" (Q 7:204).✦

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3. عَلَى أَنَّكُمْ تَسْتَمِعُونَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ، فَالْكَلَامُ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ، وَالْمُتَكَلِّمُ بِهِ اللَّهُ،

   on the understanding that you are listening to it from God: for the speech is God's speech, and the one who speaks it is God,✦

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4. وَعَلَى أَنَّ سَامِعَهُ هُوَ اللَّهُ، فَاِنَّهُ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ وَالسَّامِعُ مِنْ كُلِّ أَحَدٍ، عَرَفَ أَوْ جَهِلَ،

   and on the understanding that its hearer is God, for He is the speaker and the hearer from within everyone, whether one knows it or not.✦

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5. فَاِذَا كَانَ الْمُسْتَمِعُ هُوَ الْقَارِىءَ؛ يَكُونُ كَمَنْ تُحَدِّثُهُ نَفْسُهُ وَهُوَ يَسْتَمِعُ حَدِيثَهَا.

   So when the listener is the reciter, he is like one whose soul speaks to him while he listens to its speech.✦

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6. فَسَامِعُ الْقُرْآنِ بِهَذِهِ الطَّرِيقَةِ يَأْتَمِرُ لِأَوَامِرِهِ، وَيَنْزَجِرُ لِزَوَاجِرِهِ، وَيَتَّعِظُ بِمَوَاعِظِهِ، وَيَتَيَقَّظُ لِاِشَارَاتِهِ،

   The one who hears the Qurʾān in this way obeys its commands, is restrained by its restraints, takes admonition from its admonitions and is awakened by its allusions;✦

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7. وَحِينَئِذٍ تَكُونُ رَحْمَةُ هَذَا الْمُسْتَمِعِ مُحَقَّقَةً وَاجِبَةَ الْحُصُولِ، لِأَنَّ «لَعَلَّ» مِنَ اللَّهِ وَاجِبَةٌ، كَمَا قَالَ الْعُلَمَاءُ،

   and then the mercy shown to this listener is made certain, bound to come about, because "perhaps" from God is binding, as the scholars have said;✦

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8. وَأَمَّا اِذَا سَمِعَهُ بِغَيْرِ هَذِهِ الطَّرِيقَةِ فَلَا يَكُونُ دَاخِلاً تَحْتَ هَذَا الْوَعْدِ الْكَرِيمِ، فَلَا تَكُونُ رَحْمَةٌ مُحَقَّقَةٌ،

   but if he hears it in some other way, he does not come under this noble promise, and so there is no certain mercy;✦

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9. وَاِذَا كَانَ الْقَارِىءُ غَيْرَ الْمُسْتَمِعِ، فَرُبَّمًا كَانَ لَا يَسْمَعُ مِنْهُ اِلاَّ نَغَمَاتَهُ وَتَمْطِيطَهُ، وَحُسْنَ صَوْتِهِ فَلَا يُدْرِكُ الْمَعَانِيَ فَضْلاً عَمًّا وَرَاءَهَا،

   And when the reciter is someone other than the listener, it may be that he hears from him nothing but his melodies, his drawling and the beauty of his voice, and so does not grasp the meanings, let alone what lies beyond them;✦

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10. وَاِذَا كَانَ هُوَ الْقَارِىءَ، فَلَرُبَّمَا كَانَ مِمَّنْ قَالَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ-: «رُبَّ قَارِىءٍ وَالْقُرْآنُ يَلْعَنُهُ»•

    and when he himself is the reciter, he may well be among those of whom the Messenger of God (God bless him and grant him peace) said: "Many a reciter is cursed by the Qurʾān."✦

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11. يَقُولُ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ، عَلَى الْفَاسِقِينَ، عَلَى الْكَاذِبِينَ، وَهُوَ مِنْهُمْ•

    He says "the curse of God be upon the wrongdoers", "upon the transgressors", "upon the liars", while he is one of them.✦

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12. فَمَنْ أَرَادَ الْحُصُولَ عَلَى الْكُنُوزِ فَلْيَكْسِرِ الْأَقْفَالَ يَظْفَرْ بِمَا وَرَاءَهَا•

    So whoever wants to obtain the treasures, let him break the locks, and he will win what lies behind them.✦

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