What is meant by reciting Qur’aan in a melodious voice

Praise be to Allaah.
In the saheeh Sunnah it is encouraged to recite the Qur'aan in a
melodious voice, i.e., making the voice beautiful when reciting it. It
does not mean that one should recite it as if singing, rather what is
meant is that one should make the voice beautiful when reciting. For
example the saheeh hadeeth says: "Allaah never listens to anything as
He listens to a Prophet with a beautiful voice reciting the Qur'aan
out loud" and "He is not one of us who does not recite Qur'aan in a
melodious voice when reciting it out loud." What this means is making
the voice beautiful, as stated above.
The meaning of the hadeeth quoted above refers to listening in a
manner that is befitting toAllaah and it is not like theattributes of
His creation, as is the case with all His other attributes. It may
besaid of His listening that it is like His other attributes, that it
is in a manner that is befitting to Allaah, may He be glorified and
exalted, and there is nothing like unto Him, may He be glorified and
exalted. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): "There is
nothing like Him, and He isthe All-Hearer, the All-Seer" [al-Shoora
42:11].Reciting in a melodious tone means reciting out loud and making
the voicebeautiful and with proper focus, so that the heart is moved,
because the aim isto stir the heart with this Qur'aan, so that people
will fear Allaah and so thatthey will find peace and benefit from it.
An example of this is the story of Abu Moosa al-Ash'ari (may Allaah be
pleased with him), when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) passed by him as he was reciting Qur'aan,and he started
listening tohim and said: "You have been given a beautiful voice like
the beautiful voices of the family of Dawood." When Abu Moosa came,
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told him about
that and Abu Moosa said: If I had known, O Messenger of Allaah, that
you were listening, I would have made it very beautiful indeed. The
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not denounce
him for that,which indicates that making the voice beautifuland being
careful in reciting is something that is required, so that both the
reader and the listenerwill focus properly and will both benefit. End
quote.

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“The best of forgiveness (sayyid al-istighfar) is to say,

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا
عَبْدُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ
بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ
وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لا يَغْفِرُ
الذُّنُوبَ إِلا أَنْتَ
'O Allah! You are my Lord. There is no god but. You created me and I
am Your slave. I am on Your covenant and promise as much as I am able.
I seek refuge in you from the wrongs I have done. I admit to You all
the blessings You have bestowed upon me, and I admit to You my sins.
So forgive me, for none forgives sins but You.' "
The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) then said,
"Whoever says it during the day, with conviction, and then dies that
day before night falls will be of the people of Paradise. Andwhoever
says it at night, with conviction, and then dies before day break will
be of the people of Paradise." [Bukhari (6306), Tirmidhi (3393),
Nasa'i (5522), and Ahmad (16662)]

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Who gave the Qur’aan this name?

This is my first question toyou and it is read as follows:
Who was the first person to name our holy book (Qur'an) to be named QUR'AN?
I read from a magazine that it was ABUBEKER (R.A.). But I couldn't
believe! In sura al INSAN verse 23 it says, "We brought (down) to you
the Qur'an" .
Dear brother please give me a clear picture about this.
May Allah help you.
Praise be to Allaah;
You have answered your own question, as it were, because it is Allaah
who gave His Book this name,"Qur'aan."
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): "The month of Ramadan in
which was revealed the Qur'aan . . ." [al-Baqarah 2:185] "Do they not
then consider the Qur'aan carefully . . .?" [al-Nisaa' 4:82] "So, when
the Qur'aan is recited, listen toit, and be silent that you may
receive mercy . . ." [al-A 'raaf 7:204] "Verily, Allaah has purchased
of the believers their lives and their properties; for the price that
their shall be Paradise. They fight in Allaah's Cause, so they kill
(others) and are killed. It isa promise in truth which isbinding on
Him in the Tawraat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel) and the Qur'aan . .
." [al-Tawbah 9:111] "And this Qur'aan isnot such as could ever be
produced by other than Alaah, but it is a confirmation of (the
revelation) which was before it, and a full explanation of the Book
wherein there is no doubt from the Lord of the 'Aalameen (mankind,
jinn and all that exists)" [Yunus10:37] "Verily, We have sent it down
as an Arabic Qur'aan in order that you might understand" [Yusuf 12:2]
"We relate unto you [Muhammad] the best of stories through Our
Revelations unto you, of this Qur'aan. And before this, you were among
those who knew nothing about it (the Qur'aan)." [Yusuf 12:3] "And
indeed, We have bestowed upon you seven of al-Mathaani (the seven
repeatedly recited verses, i.e. Soorat al-Faatihah) and the
GrandQur'aan." [al-Hijr 15:87]"So when you want to recite the Qur'aan,
seek refuge with Allaah from Shaytaan, the outcast (the cursed one)."
[al-Nahl 16:98] "Verily, this Qur'aanguides to that which is most just
. . ." [al-Israa' 17:9] "And We send down from the Qur'aan that which
is a healing and a mercy to those who believe, and it increases the
zaalimoon (wrongdoers) nothing but loss." [al-Israa' 17:82]"Say: 'If
mankind and the jinns were together to produce the like of this
Qur'aan, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they helped
one another.'" [al-Israa' 17:88]"And (it is) a Qur'aan which We have
divided)into parts), in order that you might recite it to men at
intervals. And We have revealed it by stages." [al-Israa' 17:106] "We
have not sent down the Qur'aan unto you [O Muhammad] to cause you
distress" [Ta-Ha 20:2]"Then High above all be Allaah, the True King.
And be not in haste (O Muhammad) with the Qur'aan before its
revelation is completed to you, and say: 'My Lord! Increase me in
knowledge.'" [Ta-Ha 20:114] "Ta-Seen [These letters are one of the
miracles of the Qur'aan, and none but Allaah (Alone) knows their
meanings]. These are the Verses of the Qur'aan, and (it is) a Book
(that makes things) clear" [al-Naml 27:1] "And verily, you (O
Muhammad) are receiving the Qur'aan from the One, All-Wise,
All-Knowing." [al-Naml 27:6] "Verily, He Who has given you (O
Muhammad) the Qur'aan will surely bring you back to the Ma'aad (place
of return, either to Makkah orto Pradise after your death) . . ."
[al-Qasas 28:85] "By the Qur'aan, fullof wisdom" [Yaa-Seen 36:2] "And
indeed, We have made the Qur'aan easy to understand and remember, then
is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?" [al-Qamar
54:40] "That (this) is indeed an honourable recital (the Noble
Qur'aan)." [al-Waaqi'ah 56:77] "Had We sent down this Qur'aan on a
mountain, you would surely have seen it humbling itself andrending
asunder by the fear of Allah . . ." [al-Hashr 59:21] "or a little
more; and recite the Qur'aan (aloud) in a slow, (pleasanttone and)
style." [al-Muzzammil 73:4] "Nay!This is a Glorious Qur'aan"
[al-Burooj 85:21].....

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A Presious Dua'

Yaa Allah, I am Your servant, son of Your servant, son of Your
maidservant; my forelock isin Your hand; Your command over me is
forever executed and Your decree over me is just; I askYou by every
name belonging to You that You have named Yourself with, or revealed
in Your book, ortaught to any of Your creation, or have preservedin
the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Qur'an thelife
of my heart and the light of my breast, and a departurefor my sorrow
and a release from my anxiety.

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