Episode 4 - The Quran is the Rope of Allah

Brother, imagine that your foot slipped from the edge and you are about to fall into a valley. A rope is thrown to you, and you grab it. What matters to you about this rope? That it is strong and that the person holding it, who will pull you up, is strong and capable of saving you. The Quran is the rope of Allah, the connection between us and Allah, which saves us from falling into the abyss. Where in the Quran is this meaning? Allah says: ((And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided))... We will stop at the phrase (the rope of Allah). Ibn Arabi said in the Ahkam of the Quran: The most apparent is that it is the Book of Allah. This is supported by the hadith narrated by Muslim: That the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ((Indeed, I am leaving among you two heavy things, one of them is the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, it is the rope of Allah)).

Brothers, this Quran is our connection with Allah. It is narrated from the Prophet (peace be upon him) that he said: ((Rejoice, rejoice! Do you not testify that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah?)) They said: Yes. He said: ((Indeed, this Quran is the cause – meaning: the rope – one end is with Allah and the other end is in your hands, so hold onto it, for you will never go astray nor will you perish after it ever)). (Al-Albani said: Its chain is authentic according to the condition of Muslim).

Therefore, the Quran is the rope whose end is with Allah... the rope is strong, and the one holding it is the Almighty... so it remains for us to hold onto the other end with our hands and teeth and cling to it so that we do not fall. The more we cling to it, the closer we come to salvation, and the more we slacken in holding onto the Quran, the greater the danger of falling into the abyss... and the fault is not in the rope nor in the one holding it from the other end, but the fault is in us at that time... therefore: ((And hold firmly to the rope of Allah)). In the same meaning, Allah says in Surah Az-Zukhruf: ((So hold firmly to what has been revealed to you. Indeed, you are upon a straight path)) (Az-Zukhruf 43)... The one who holds fast clings to the rope with his hands and teeth and wraps himself around it with his neck, trunk, and legs.

The lesson from today's reminder: The Quran is the rope of Allah, the more you hold onto it, the more you are saved.