One of the teachers at the Jam’iyyah Tahfeeth al-Qur.aan al-Kareem in Madeenah recited from the beginning of Soorah al-Baqarah to the end of Soorah al-‘Israa.
Category: Qur.aan
Conscious and fearful of Allaah
The best of the people in reciting the Qur.aan is he who, when he recites, you see (feel) he is conscious and fearful of Allaah (‘Azza wa Jall).
A third of the Qur.aan
I spent the night [at the house of] Ibn ‘Ulayyah, [during which] he read a third of the Qur.aan.
How would he preoccupy himself?
It was said to the sister of Maalik ibn Deenaar: How would Maalik preoccupy himself at home? She replied: The Qur.aan and [its] recitation.
Verily these hearts are but utensils
Verily these hearts are but utensils, so busy them with the Qur.aan, and do not busy them with anything else.