In How Many Days Should The Qur'an Be Recited?
Darussalam · Volume 2
6. (The Book Of The Chapters Pertaining To The Month Of Ramaḍān)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1390 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 54
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1390. It was reported from Yazid bin 'Abdullāh, from 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr, that he said: "O Messenger of Allāh, in how many days should I recite the Qur'ān?" He replied: "In one month." I said: "I am capable of more!" — and Abū Mūsā repeated this statement[1] — and he made it less until he said: "Recite it in seven." So he said: 'I am capable of more!' But he said: "He who recites it in less than three (days) will not understand it." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
1390 - حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فِي كَمْ أَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ قَالَ: «فِي شَهْرٍ»، قَالَ: إِنِّي أَقْوَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ، يُرَدِّدُ الْكَلَامَ أَبُو مُوسَى، وَتَنَاقَصَهُ حَتَّى قَالَ: «اقْرَأْهُ فِي سَبْعٍ»، قَالَ: إِنِّي أَقْوَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: «لَا يَفْقَهُ مَنْ قَرَأَهُ فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ»
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The Qur'ān should not just be recited or read. It should also be understood. Recitation, much or little, should be coupled with proper comprehension. One who merely reads it, will, no doubt, be rewarded for just reading the text but, none the less, the need to comprehend and grasp its meaning is obvious.