Recite the Qur'an as it should be recited
بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ يَهۡدِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقۡوَمُ Inna haazal Quraana yahdee lillatee hiya aqwamu Part of Al-Isra (The Night Journey) 17:9 VERILY, this Qur'an shows the way to all that is most upright.... Recite the Qur'an as it should be recited As I was growing up in Kashmir, I would come across a well-known saying from the patron saint of Kashmir, Sheikh Noor ud-Din Wali (RA), popularly known as Nund Rishi , which went like this: Quran Paran Kono Mooduk, Quran Paran Goi No Soor Quran Paran Zindeh Koh Rooduk, Quran Paran Dodh Mansoor Why didn't you get annihilated reciting the Qur'an ? Why did you not turn to ashes reciting the Qur'an ? How come you are still alive after reciting the Qur'an (While) Mansour , reciting the Qur'an, went up in flames? I would wonder what it meant, and how is it that we are expected to be annihilated while reciting the Qur'an, until one day I...