Neglecting the Qur'an, its types, and those who have mushafs but do not read from them
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Furqan 25:30] Does this verse apply to a person who has several mushafs in his home but only reads from one, while the rest are not read from?
Answer:
This is what we know. Neglect comes in types. Neglect of recitation: not reading the Qur'an. This is neglect. Not reading the Qur'an, neither from the mushaf nor from part of it, is neglecting the Qur'an. The second type is neglect of action: he reads the Qur'an but does not act upon it. This is the most severe, and this is neglect of action in the Qur'an, even if he reads it. This is more severe than the first type.
The second type is neglect of meanings: he reads the Qur'an as mere recitation, without reflecting on the meanings, and does not read the tafsir of the verse if he wants to know its meaning. Mere recitation of the letters is neglect of the meaning. Neglect may be neglect of recitation, it may be neglect of the meaning of the Qur'an without becoming acquainted with it, or it may be neglect of action in the Qur'an, and this is the most severe. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, Allah the Exalted said:
And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur'an as [a thing] abandoned."
وَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي اتَّخَذُوا هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَهْجُورًاAnswer:
This is what we know. Neglect comes in types. Neglect of recitation: not reading the Qur'an. This is neglect. Not reading the Qur'an, neither from the mushaf nor from part of it, is neglecting the Qur'an. The second type is neglect of action: he reads the Qur'an but does not act upon it. This is the most severe, and this is neglect of action in the Qur'an, even if he reads it. This is more severe than the first type.
The second type is neglect of meanings: he reads the Qur'an as mere recitation, without reflecting on the meanings, and does not read the tafsir of the verse if he wants to know its meaning. Mere recitation of the letters is neglect of the meaning. Neglect may be neglect of recitation, it may be neglect of the meaning of the Qur'an without becoming acquainted with it, or it may be neglect of action in the Qur'an, and this is the most severe. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب إحياء الموات — islamhouse.com (49:14)
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