Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 32001 — Holding fast to the Quran

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "In the Book of Allah are the accounts of the people before you, the news of those who will come after you, and rulings for those among you. It is the judgement between truth and falsehood, not a matter of jest. Because of it the soul does not go crooked. The scholars can never have their fill of it, it does not grow old through being read again and again, and the secrets and wonders of its meanings never come to an end. Whoever among the tyrants abandons it, Allah will break him to pieces, and whoever seeks guidance in anything other than it, Allah will lead him astray. It is the firm rope of Allah, it is the Wise Reminder, and it is the Straight Path. Whoever acts upon it receives reward, whoever judges by it judges justly, and whoever calls to it calls to the Straight Path. O A'war, hold fast to this."