Read the Qur.aan to me

Reference: Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa v1 p461

‘Abdullaah ibn Mas’ood رضي الله عنه narrated:

The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said to me:

«Read the Qur.aan to me.»

I said: O Messenger of Allaah, you want me to read [the Qur.aan] to you, when it was revealed to you? He ﷺ said:

«Indeed, I crave to hear it from [someone] other than me.»

So I read soorah an-Nisaa to him until I reached:

{So how [will it be] when We bring from every nation a witness and we bring you, [O Muhammad] against these [people] as a witness?}, an-Nisaa 4:41

…and he then signalled [enough] to me with his leg, and [I saw] his eyes were flowing with tears.

Translation originally published on 10 February, 2017.