Intentions of Reciting the Qur'an

The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) 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."

The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "The one who is proficient in the recitation of the Qur'an will be with the honourable 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."

The Messenger of Allah, ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) appointed a man in charge of an army unit who led them in Salat (prayer); he always concluded his recitation with Surat Al-Ikhlas: "Say (O Muhammad ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him )): 'He is Allah, (the) One. Allah-us-Samad (Allah - the Self-Sufficient). He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none equal or comparable to Him."' (112:1-4) Upon their return to Al-Madinah, they mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ), who said, "Ask him why he does so?" He was asked and he said, "This Surah contains the Attributes of Allah, the Gracious, and I love to recite it. Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) then told them, "Tell him that Allah loves him".

" Whoever likes to love Allah and His Messenger let him read in the Mus-Haf"

The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "The best amongst you is the one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it."

“Whoever reads the Quran, learns it, and acts in accordance with it, on the Day of Resurrection, his parents will be given a crown to wear whose light will be like the light of the sun, and his parents will be given garments which far surpass everything that is found in this world. They will say, ‘Why have we been given this to wear?’ It will be said, ‘Because your child learned the Quran.’”

"Whoever reads the Quran will not reverse to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing.

“Fasting and the Qur’an intercede for a man. Fasting says, ‘O my Lord, I have kept him away from his food and his passions by day, so accept my intercession for him.’ The Qur’an says, ‘I have kept him away from sleep by night, so accept my intercession for him.’ Then their intercession is accepted."

I heard the Messenger of Allah (  may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him  ) saying, "Read the Qur'an, for it will come as an intercessor for its reciters on the Day of Resurrection."

The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "The one who was devoted to the Qur'an will be told on the Day of Resurrection: 'Recite and ascend (in ranks) as you used to recite when you were in the world. Your rank will be at the last Ayah you recite."'

“Allāhumma innī `abduk, ibnu `abdik, ibnu amatik, nāsiyatī biyadik, māḍin fiyya ḥukmuk, `adlun fiyya qaḍā'uk, as'aluka bikullis’min huwa lak, sammayta bihi nafsak, aw anzaltahu fī kitābik, aw `allamtahu aḥadan min khalqik, aw‘ista'tharta bihi fī `ilmil-ghaybi `indak, an taj`ala ‘l-Qur'āna rabī`a qalbī, wa nūra ṣadrī, wa jalā'a ḥuznī, wa dhahāba hammī. O Allah, I am Your slave, and the son of Your male slave, and the son of your female slave. My forehead is in Your Hand (i.e. you have control over me). Your Judgment upon me is assured, and Your Decree concerning me is just. I ask You by every Name that You have named Yourself with, revealed in Your Book, taught any one of Your creation, or kept unto Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen that is with You, to make the Qur'an the spring of my heart, and the light of my chest, the banisher of my sadness, and the reliever of my distress.

A man came to the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) and he said, “O Messenger of Allah, instruct me.” The Prophet said, “You must fear Allah, as it is the sum of all good. You must wage jihad in the way of Allah, as it is the monasticism of the Muslims. You must remember Allah and recite His Book, as it will be your light upon the earth and your mention in the heavens. You must hold your tongue except for what is good, as by it you will defeat Satan.”

"If anyone makes proper use of ten verses he will not be recorded among the negligent "

" read the Quran and do not be deluded by the Hanged Mus-Hafs. Allah will not punish a man whose heart is acquainted with the Quran"

"The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said: 'Allah has His own people among mankind.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, who are they?' He said: 'The people of the Qur'an, the people of Allah and those who are closest to Him.'"

"Indeed, the one who does not have the Qur'an inside him (his heart) is like the ruined house"

Which of you would like to go out every morning to Buthan or al-'Aqiq and bring two large she-camels without being guilty of sin or without severing the ties of kinship? We said: Messenger of Allah, we would like to do it. Upon this, he said: Does not one of you go out in the morning to the mosque and teach or recite two verses from the Book of Allah. the Majestic and Glorious? That is better for him than two she-camels, and three verses are better (than three she-camels). and four verses are better for him than four (she-camels), and to on their number in camels.

"The one who memorized the Qur'an shall come on the Day of Judgement and ( the reward for reciting the Qur'an ) says: 'O Lord! Decorate him." So he is donned with a crown of nobility. Then it says: "O Lord! Give him more!' So he is donned with a suit of nobility. Then it says: "O Lord! Be pleased with him.' So He is pleased with him and says: "Recite and rise up, and be increased in reward with every Ayah

" Verily, Allah elevates some people with this Qur'an and abases others."

" The Book of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, is a rope stretched between heaven and earth"

“I advise you to be mindful of Allah Almighty, for it will beautify all of your affairs.” I said, “Tell me more.” The Messenger of Allah said, “Recite the Quran and remember Allah Almighty, for you will be mentioned in heaven and you will have light upon the earth.”

“Whoever would like his lifespan to be extended, his provision to be increased and a bad death to be warded off from him, let him fear Allah and uphold his ties of kinship”

"The actions of the children of Adam are presented before Allah Almighty on Thursday evening, the night before Jumu'a. He does not accept the actions of someone who has severed ties of kinship."'"

" I came to the Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) while he was accompanied by his companions, I said: " you are the one who claims to be the Messenger of Allah? H replied in the affirmative. The man asked: "O Messenger of Allah, what deeds are the most loved by Allah? The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said: "to believe in Allah" the man asked: " what else?" The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said: " maintaining the ties of kinship" then the man asked: "O Messenger of Allah, what deeds are the most disliked by Allah? The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said: " disassociating partners with Allah in worship" the man asked: " what else?" The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said: " severing the ties of kinship" finally the man asked: " what else?" The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said: " ordering what is wrong and forbidding what is right".

My dear friend, the Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) instructed me with virtuous traits. … to maintain the ties of kinship even if my relatives cut it "