Reciting the Qur’an Everday and its Reward; The Status of the Umm al-Kitab ‘Mother of the Book’, Three Verses, Surat al-Tawhid; The Different Categories of Reciters; Reciting Verses By Night

The Qur’an is the covenant of Allah to His creatures, it is incumbent therefore on a Muslim man to look into his covenant and that he recite fifty verses from it every day

I heard him (i.e. the Imam) saying: It is incumbent on a man when he wakes up (in the morning) that he recite after the Taʿqīb (post dawn-prayer supplications) fifty verses

What prevents a merchant among you who is busy in his market-place that he does not sleep when he returns back to his home until he recites a Chapter from the Qur’an? So it will be written for him in place of every verse…

I said to him: In how many (days) should I recite the (whole) Qur’an? He (i.e. the Imam) said: Recite it in fifths, recite it in sevenths, as for me then I have a codex divided into fourteen parts

When Allah Mighty and Majestic ordered these verses to go down to the Earth they attached themselves to the Throne and said: ‘O Lord - where are you sending us down to? To the people of mistakes and sins?!’ So Allah…

My father صلوات الله عليه used to say: Qul Huwa l-Llāhu Aḥad is a third of the Qur’an, and, Qul Yā Ayyuhā l-Kāfirūn is a fourth of the Qur’an

I heard Aba Abdillah عليه السلام say: Whoever recites Qul Huwa l-Llāhu Aḥad a hundred times when he betakes himself to his bed-spread (i.e. before sleeping) - it is forgiven for him what he has committed (of sins) fifty…

The one who recites a hundred verses in his prayers at night - Allah Mighty and Majestic records for him devotion of the whole night (in reward) for it. The one who recites two hundred verses [at night] outside (his)…

If al-Ḥamd were recited upon a dead body seventy times and the soul is returned into it (i.e. the dead body) that would not be surprising

The Qurrāʾ of the Qur’an are three: A man who memorized the Qur’an so he takes it to be merchandise, attracts by it the rulers (to himself), and gains by it prominence over the masses. A man who memorized the Qur’an so…

Abu Abdillah عليه السلام said: Whoever recites Sūrat al-Kahf every Friday eve (i.e. Thursday night) it becomes an expiation for him for what is between one Friday to another Friday (i.e. of sins) .

Ali عليه السلام said: Whoever prays Ṣalāt al-Fajr (the dawn prayer) and then recites Qul Huwa l-Llāhu Aḥad eleven times - no sin will follow this on that day, though the Devil’s nose be soiled (i.e. though the Devil be…