The Qur’an is the greatest wealth. How can a true Muslim like to see his home without this wealth?
Hazrat Hakim Maulana Nurud-Din used to relate that there was an elderly lady who was very pious. He used to visit her from time to time.
Once he asked her, “Dear Lady, tell me if you need anything. I will get it for you.”
She said, “Son, I am in quite a comfort. I do not need anything.”
He used to say that he insisted, “You must need something.”
But each time she said, “I am comfortable. Every peace is here. There is no inconvenience.”
Then she elaborated, “We are a son and a mother only. Allah sends us two loaves of bread, morning and evening. I eat one and my son eats the other. We go to sleep on the same bed because we have only one blanket. When my side gets cold, I ask him to change side and he complies. So, that side too becomes warm. After a short while, when his side gets cold, he asks me to change my side, and I change my side, and he becomes comfortable. Therefore, we do not need anything.”
He used to relate that when he asked her persistently, “Please, let me know if you need anything’.”
She said, “Due to my advanced age, my eyesight has become weak, and I cannot read comfortably the copy of the Qur’an I have because of the small writing. So, if you have to give me something, give me a copy of the Qur’an printed in large font so that I may read it easily.”
For a believer, the greatest bounty is the Holy Qur’an.