Abstract:
One of the Infallibles’ (a) recommendations about the recitation of the Qur’ān is reciting it with ḥuzn (sadness). This recommendation can be clearly construed from the appearance of some traditions. However, the question is that if this ḥuzn is necessary in the recitation of the Qur’ān? The sad recitation of the Qur’ān improves the connection of the reciter and audience with the meaning of the verses and helps them learn its concepts. Therefore, the Infallibles (a) have significantly recommended this and have reprimanded some due to the lack of ḥuzn in their recitation. In order to understand the recommendations of the Infallibles (a), it is necessary to determine the meaning of ḥuzn and its difference from worldly sorrow and specify its intention. To this end, the instances of ḥuzn should be examined and its roots should be specified. Definitely any ḥuzn has a cause and knowing it can help specify the praiseworthy and blameworthy ḥuzn. The qur’ānic verses and Islamic traditions have suggested some signs for the praiseworthy and blameworthy ḥuzn; having praiseworthy ḥuzn is a sign of faith and the abandonment of the blameworthy ḥuzn is one of its requirements.
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PhD Holder in Jurisprudence & the Principles of the Islamic Law, College of Farabi, University of Tehran,Qom, Iran (Recived: June 15, 2019; Revised: December 16, 2019; Accepted: December 25, 2019) Abstract One of the Infallibles’ (a) recommendations about the recitation of the Qur’ān is reciting it with ḥuzn (sadness).
The lack of correct understanding of the meaning of ḥuzn leads to elegiac recitation of the Qur’ān, and the extremity of some in sad recitation of the Qur’ān has brought about a depressing image of the recitation setting in a way that when some people hear the recitation of the Qur’ān, they start thinking about a mourning party.
In the following lines we will get familiar with the concept and instances of ḥuzn so as to specify the principles of sad recitation of the Qur’ān.
The following traditions that emphasize the use of ḥuzn in the recitation of the Qur’ān are all the statements of the noble Prophet (s).
Therefore, if we translate the traditions on ḥuzn based on this definition, they would mean, “The Qur’ān has been revealed to make people reflect and then mend their deeds; therefore, you also recite it that way.
The recitation of the Qur’ān by Ibn Mas‘ūd and the Prophet’s (s) shedding of tears after hearing the verses reveal the use of this method (Muṭahharī, 1983, vol.
This tradition in fact expresses the time of ḥuzn and shedding tears in the recitation of the Qur’ān.