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through its recitation alone. Rather, it is meant to shape his character. Hence, Aisha—may Allah be pleased with her—said, “The Prophet’s ﷺ character was the Quran.” (1) By “character” is meant the moral qualities he embodied, which he drew from the Quran. May Allah grant us success in attaining all that is good and wholesome in this world and the Hereafter. He is capable of all things.
(1) Narrated by Muslim, *The Book of the Prayer of Travelers*, “Chapter on the Comprehensive Description of the Night Prayer,” no. 746 (139).
بتلاوته فقط، المقصود أن يتأدب به ولهذا قالت عائشة ﵂: «إن النبي ﷺ كان خلقه القرآن» . (١) خُلقه يعني أخلاقه التي يتخلق بها يأخذها من القرآن. وفقنا الله لما فيه الخير والصلاح في الدنيا والآخرة. إنه على كل شيء قدير.
(١) أخرجه مسلم كتاب صلاة المسافرين باب جامع صلاة الليل (٧٤٦) (١٣٩) .