Manzil is the division of the Quran into seven portions. It was done to assist those who wanted to read the Quran in seven days. They can simply read one manzil a day to reach their goal of completing the Quran in a week.The division of the Quran into Manzil was done by Abu ‘Imarah Hamzah Ibn Habib al-Zayyat al-Taymi, better known as Hamzah az-Zaiyyat. He was one of the seven canonical transmitters of the Qira'at.
The division is as follows:
The Quran is the message of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) that describes a complete code of life for Muslims. Reciting and reflecting on the verses of the Quran and their meaning has numerous benefits, as described by Ahadith.
Each Ahadith is a source of motivation and encouragement to read, understand and implement the Quran in our daily lives. A few hadith are enlisted below:
Abu Umamah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
عن أبي أمامة رضي الله عنه قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: " اقرءوا القرآن فإنه يأتي يوم القيامة شفيعًا لأصحابه"
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "Read the Qur'an, for it will come as an intercessor for its reciters on the Day of Resurrection."
(Riyadh-as-Salihin 991)
An-Nawwas bin Sam'an (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
وعن النواس بن سمعان رضي الله عنه قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: "يؤتى يوم القيامة بالقرآن وأهله الذين كانو يعملون به في الدنيا تقدمه سورة البقرة وآل عمران تحاجان عن صاحبهما
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "The Qur'an and its people who applied it, will be brought on the Day of Resurrection preceded with Surat Al-Baqarah and Surat Al-'Imran arguing on behalf of those who applied them." (Riyad as-Salihin 992)
We’ll be enlisting two more Hadith here, highlighting the virtues of reciting the Quran. For more details, you can click here. (If it seems okay to you, you can add a Muslim and Quran Hadith section link here related to Quran recitation.)
Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
وعن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : "من قرأ حرفًا من كتاب الله فله حسنة، والحسنة بعشر أمثالها لا أقول: ألم حرف، ولكن ألف حرف، ولام حرف، وميم حرف"
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Whoever recites a letter from the Book of Allah, he will be credited with a good deed, and a good deed gets a ten-fold reward. I do not say that Alif-Lam-Mim is one letter, but Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter and Mim is a letter."
To those who read the Quran with love, but stammer, here is a glad tiding for you from the mother of believers Hazrat Aisha (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهَا):
وعن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: "الذي يقرأ القرآن وهو ماهر به مع السفرة الكرام البررة، والذي يقرأ القرآن ويتتعتع فيه وهو عليه شاق له أجران"
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The one who is proficient in the recitation of the Qur'an will be with the honorable and obedient scribes (angels), and he who recites the Qur'an and finds it difficult to recite, doing his best to recite it in the best way possible, will have two rewards.
Magnificent! The Quran is a source of tranquility and peace. To read the Quran, click here and begin from Juz 1.