MIRACLE 96 – TEACHING THE HOLY QURAN

It is reported in the book al-Kharaij wa al-Jaraih, the narrator says that he said to Zazan,

‘O Zazan! You are a very good reciter of the Holy Quran, how have you learnt it?

He (the narrator) said, ‘Zazan smiled, then said, ‘Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) passed by me one when I was reciting a poem, and I was reciting it well and he liked my voice.

He (a.s.) said to me: ‘O Zazan! Why not the Quran?’

I said, ‘O Ameerul Momineen! I do not know the recitation of the Holy Quran. I do not recite it except what I recite in my Salat.

He (a.s.) said: ‘Come near me’. I went near him (a.s.).

He (a.s.) spoke with a phrase in my ear, I neither recognised it nor did I know what he (a.s.) was saying. Then he (a.s.) said: ‘Open your mouth!’ He (a.s.) applied saliva in me. By Allah! My feet had not even moved from his presence until I had memorised the Quran along with its notations (A’raab), and its commas, and I was needy to ask anyone about it after that’.¹

Footnotes

1. Behar al-Anwaar, Vol. 41, Chp 110, Trad 6 ↩