The Holy Prophet (saww) used to recite the Holy Quran
to the people. This has been stated in the Holy Quran itself.
“Allah certainly favoured the
faithful when He raised up among them an apostle from among themselves
to recite to them His signs and to purify them, and to teach them the
Book and wisdom, and earlier they had been in manifest error”.
(3:164)
The Holy Prophet (saww) once told Ibn Mas’ood,
“Recite Quran!” Ibn Mas’ood asked,
“O Prophet of Allah! Should I recite when the Quran was revealed upon
you?” He (saww) replied, “Indeed I feel
good to hear its recitation from others”. Thereafter Ibn
Mas’ood would recite Quran and the Messenger of Allah would listen to it
while tears rolled down his cheeks.
(Al-Mahajjatul-Baydha)
It is reported that once the Holy Prophet (saww) told
Ibn Mas’ood, “Recite Quran in my presence”.
Ibn Mas’ood began reciting Suratun-Nisaa (Chapter 4) and when
he reached the verse, which reads: ‘So how
shall it be when We bring from every nation a witness and We bring you
as a witness to them?’(4:41) Ibn Mas’ood noticed that the
Holy Prophet (saww) was weeping profusely and then he (saww) said to
him, “Stop! It suffices here for now”.
(Al-Mahajjatul-Baydha)
The Holy Prophet (saww) once said,
“Indeed I have knowledge of one such verse,
which if the people took (acted upon) it, it would be sufficient for
them. The verse is: ‘And whoever is wary
of Allah, He shall make a way out for him and provide for him from
whence he does not reckon’.”
(65:2-3) And then he (saww) kept repeating the verse.
(Quran-o-‘Itrat)