Abu Ma’shar reported: Muhammad ibn Ka’b, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Whomever the Quran reaches, it is as if Allah is speaking to him.”
Source: Tafsīr al-Tha’labī 6:19
Imam al-Ghazali commented, “If that is presumed, let him not take the formal study of the Quran as his main task. Rather, let him recite as a servant reads the book of his Master, who has written it for him to meditate upon and to act upon what it requires.”
Source: Iḥyā’ Ulūm al-Dīn 1/285
عَنْ أَبي مَعْشَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ بَلَغَهُ الْقُرْآنُ فَكَأَنَّمَا كَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ
2/452 تفسير الثعالبي
قَالَ الْغَزَالِيُّ وَإِذَا قَدَّرَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ دِرَاسَةَ الْقُرْآنِ عَمَلَهُ بَلْ يَقْرَؤُهُ كَمَا يَقْرَأُ الْعَبْدُ كِتَابَ مَوْلَاهُ الَّذِي كَتَبَهُ إِلَيْهِ لِيَتَأَمَّلَهُ وَيَعْمَلَ بِمُقْتَضَاهُ
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