Special Virtues of the Qur'an's Chapters and Verses gathers the virtues, merits and blessings associated with selected surahs and verses of the Noble Qur'an, based upon sahih ahadith and reliable Islamic scholarship.
Why the Word "Authentic" Is Doing Real Work
Because this is the subject with the worst reputation for fabrication in the whole of Islamic literature.
Narrations promising extravagant reward for reciting particular surahs circulate everywhere — in pamphlets, in forwarded messages, from the minbar — and a great many of them are weak or outright invented. Some early figures admitted fabricating them, believing they were encouraging people toward the Qur'an.
The result is that a Muslim who wants to know what is genuinely established has no easy way to find out, and repeating an invented virtue is not a small matter.
What This Book Provides
The virtues that are actually established, with their sources — Surah Al-Fatihah, Ayat al-Kursi, the closing verses of Al-Baqarah, Al-Kahf on Friday, Al-Mulk before sleeping, the last three surahs, and the others that rest on sound narration.
A shorter list than the folk tradition offers, and one a person can act on with confidence.
Who It Is For
Anyone building a routine of daily recitation. Also imams and teachers, who are the people most likely to pass on a weak narration in good faith.
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