Al-Kafi 3579

Translation

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Ismail Bin Mihran, from Ubeys Bin Hisham, from the one who mentioned it, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far^asws having said: ‘The reciters of the Quran are three (types) – A man who recites the Quran, so he takes it as a commodity and attracts the attention of the kings with it, and extend (his control) by it upon the people. And a man who recites the Quran, so he memorises its letters and wastes its limits, and his standing is (like) the standing of the arrow. May Allah^azwj not Cause a lot of these ones to be from the bearers of the Quran. And a man who recites the Quran, so he places the medicine of the Quran upon the illness of his heart. So he holds a vigil with it during his nights and remains thirsty due to it by his day, and he stands by it in his Masjid, and ignores his bed due to it. So it is due to them that Allah^azwj the Mighty, the Compeller Repels the affliction, and it is due to them Allah^azwj Defends from the enemies, and it is due to them that Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic Sends down the rain from the sky. Thus, by Allah^azwj, these ones among the reciters of the Quran, they are more rarer than the red ruby’.

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