Benefit of Reading Al Quran

Abu Umaamah relates that Rasulullah SAW said:

"When a man dies and his relatives are busy in
funeral, there stands an extremely handsome man by his head.

When the dead body is shrouded, that man gets in between
the shroud and the chest of the deceased.

When after the burial, the people return home, 2 angels,
Munkar and Nakeer (names of two special Angels),

come in the grave and try to separate this handsome man
so that they may be able to interrogate the dead Man
in privacy about his faith.

But the handsome man says, "He is my companion, he is
my f riend. I will not Leave him alone in any case.

If you are appointed for interrogation, do your job.
I cannot leave him until I get him admitted into Paradise ".

Thereafter he turns to his dead companion and says,
I am The Qura'an, Which you used to read, sometimes

in a loud voice and sometimes in a low Voice.
Do not worry. After the interrogation of Munkar and Naker,

you will have no grief. When the interrogation is over,
the handsome man arranges for him from Al-Mala'ul A'laa
(the angels in Heaven) a Silk bedding filled with musk.

Rasulullah SAW said:

"On the Day of Judgement, before Allah, no other
intercessor will have a greater status than the Qura'an,
neither a Prophet nor an angel."

[ Hadith: Muslim ]

Ibn al-Arabi in his book Futuhat al-Makiyyah, Volume IV :

One day I became seriously ill and plunged into such

a deep coma that I was believed to be dead.

In that state I saw horrible-looking people who were trying

to harm me. Next I became aware of someone kindly, powerful,

and exhaling delightful fragrance who defended me against them

and succeeded in defeating them. Who are you?, I asked.

The being replied to me: I am the sura Yasin; I am your protector!.

Then I regained consciousness and found my father,

God bless him, standing at my bedside in tears;

he had just finished reciting the sura Yasin

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