Transmitted Wisdom

What the Imams said
about the Quran

Every quote below is attributed to a named scholar with a known death date — no anonymous "Islamic quotes" graphics, no unsourced attributions.

«ينبغي لحامل القرآن أن يُعرف بليله إذا الناس نائمون، وبنهاره إذا الناس مفطرون، وبحزنه إذا الناس يفرحون»

"The carrier of the Quran should be known by his night prayer when people sleep, his fasting when people eat, and his grief when people rejoice."

Al-Fuḍayl ibn ʿIyāḍ

Imam of asceticism, d. 187H

«من أراد أن يعلم حبّ الله له فلينظر إلى حبّه للقرآن»

"Whoever wants to know how much Allah loves him, let him look at his love for the Quran."

Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī

Hanbali Imam, d. 795H

«تلاوة آية بتدبر وتفهم خير من تلاوة ختمة بغير تدبر وتفهم»

"Reciting a single verse with reflection and understanding is better than reciting an entire Quran without reflection or understanding."

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Hanbali Imam, d. 751H

«إن القلب ليصدأ كما يصدأ الحديد، وجلاؤه قراءة القرآن وذكر الله»

"The heart rusts as iron rusts. Its polish is the recitation of the Quran and the remembrance of Allah."

Imam al-Ghazālī

Shafi'i Imam, d. 505H

«ينبغي لمن أُكرم بحفظ القرآن أن يتميّز عن غيره بصفاء القلب، وسلامة الصدر»

"One honoured with the Quran's memorisation should be distinguished by purity of heart and serenity of the chest."

Imam al-Nawawī

Shafi'i Imam, d. 676H

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