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What is your opinion on the validity of the fact that the Pakistani edition of the Mushaf contains 547 pages under the supplication for completing the recitation of the Qur'an?

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Question:
One of the brothers brought a copy of the blessed Mushaf, a Pakistani edition, and in it, on page five hundred and forty-seven, under the supplication for completing the recitation of the Qur'an, the fourth line reads: "And grant us victory over the disbelieving people by the sanctity of this great Qur'an, and adorn our character with the status of the noble Qur'an, and ease upon us the pangs of death by the status of the noble Qur'an." What is your Eminence's opinion on this?

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows, this supplication, this seeking nearness to Allah through this means, is not known from the righteous Salaf. There is no doubt that the Qur'an has sanctity and a great status, but "by the status of the Noble Qur'an" is a common phrase, a phrase of the common people. The Qur'an is the speech of Allah. So seeking nearness to Allah through His names and attributes is the truth, and it is among the causes of a supplication being answered. If one were to say, "O Allah, I ask You by my exalting of the Noble Qur'an, or by my following of the Noble Qur'an, or by my walking upon the methodology of the Noble Qur'an," then this is a great means. And if he says "by the Noble Qur'an," then he is seeking nearness to Allah through the attributes of Allah and the names of Allah, for the Qur'an is His speech. So the sanctity of the Qur'an is a great sanctity, because it is the speech of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. So there is nothing wrong with that. But "by the status of the Noble Qur'an" has no meaning; it is a common phrase that has no meaning. So what is recommended in such a case is to seek nearness to Allah explicitly through His names and attributes, as He, the Exalted, said:
And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them.وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا
[Al-A'raf 7:180]
So if he says, "O Allah, forgive me by Your mercy, O the Most Merciful of the merciful," or "O Allah, forgive me by my following of Your great Book, by my exalting of Your Noble Book, by my walking upon Your methodology," and the like of that, or "O Allah, forgive me and have mercy on me, for You are the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful, for You are the possessor of the best names and the highest attributes," and the like of that which is seeking nearness to Allah through His names and attributes, Exalted and Majestic is He. Yes.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 54 ما رأيكم في صحة أن النسخة الباكستانية من المصحف جاء فيها 547 صفحة تحت دعاء ختم القرآن؟ — youtube.com

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