The Discourse of the Quran

Ponder over the discourse of the Quran.

You will perceive the presence of a King to whom belongs the kingdom and all praise.

His hands control all creatures, and their beginnings and ends too.
He rises above His throne, and nothing of His Kingdom is hidden from His knowledge.

He knows what is in His slaves’ innermost selves and He knows what they hide and what they publicize.

He alone takes care of His kingdom.
He hears and sees; He gives and withholds; He rewards the obedient and punishes the disobedient; He honors and humiliates; He creates and gives sustenance; He causes death, and gives life; He preordains, decides, and manages the affairs of all of His creatures.

Great and tiny matters descend and ascend to Him.
Nothing moves except by His permission, no leaf falls except by His knowledge.

Reflect on how Allah exalts, glorifies, and praises Himself.
Reflect on how Allah admonishes His slaves, directs them, and makes desirable what brings them happiness and success, and warns them of what brings them destruction.

Ponder on how Allah makes Himself known to His slaves through His names and attributes, how He endears Himself to His slaves through bestowing on them His blessings and favors. He reminds them of His blessings, and commands them to do what makes them eligible for all His perfect blessings, and He warns them of His punishment. 
He also reminds them of the honor He prepares for them if they obey Him, and of the punishment, He prepares for them if they disobey Him. He informs them of how He deals with His beloved salves, and His enemies, and how the end of each of them will be. He informs them of how He praises His beloved slaves through mentioning their good deeds and beautiful attributes, and how He dispraises His enemies through mentioning their evil deeds and abominable attributes.

Contemplate how Allah gives examples and a variety of evidence and proofs, provides the best answers to the doubtful claims of His enemies, testifies to the truthfulness of the truthful and refutes the claims of the liars.

Ponder over how Allah speaks the truth, guides to the straight path, invites to the abode of peace, Paradise, mentions its attributes and enjoyments, warns of the abode of destruction hellfire and mentions its torment, and severe pains.

Reflect on how Allah reminds His slaves of their immense and utter need for Him, and that they can never manage their affairs without His help. He reminds them that He is in no need of them and all that exists, that He is Self-Sufficient; while everything is in need of His help, and that no one can attain any good as tiny as an atom, or greater than it, except by means of His bounty and mercy, nor any evil as tiny as an atom, or greater than it, except through His justice and wisdom.

It is perceived from the discourse of the Qur’an how Allah gently reproaches his beloved slaves, but at the same time, He overlooks their errors, forgives their blunders , accepts their excuses, rectifies their corruption, defends and supports them, takes care of their interests, saves them from every affliction, and fulfills what He promises them. Moreover, He is their true supporter, and they have no protector and helper other than Him. Indeed, He is the Best Supporter and the Best Helper.

When the hearts discern from the Qur’an, the existence of a Great, Merciful, Generous, and Sublime King, Allah. How will they not love Him, compete to be close to Him, and spend their lives cherishing Him?

How will He not become the most beloved thing to them, whose pleasure is preferred over the pleasure of anything other than Him?
How will they not mention Him and His love continuously, while yearning to meet Him and feeling at ease by being close to Him becomes their nourishment and remedy.

If the hearts miss these things, they become impaired, and deteriorate and will not benefit from their lives.

Source: Ibn al-Qayyim, abee Abdul Allah Muhammad bin abee Bakr, Al-Fawaa’d.