Is a Muslim considered to have abandoned the Quran if he does not complete its recitation within forty days due to being preoccupied with memorizing it, reviewing it, and contemplating its meanings, and which is more preferable: completing the recitation or contemplating its meanings?
Reciting the Qur'an, pondering its meaning, and teaching it contain immense good. It is desirable for a Muslim to complete the recitation of the Qur'an and then return to it. This is what is meant by "the traveler who keeps traveling" mentioned in the . And whoever is preoccupied with memorizing, reviewing, pondering, and interpreting the Qur'an is not considered among those who have abandoned the Qur'an. Pondering is the essence for which the Qur'an was revealed. The specific duration for completing the recitation of the Qur'an was not a matter of consensus among scholars, and being engaged in memorizing and pondering the Qur'an is better than merely reciting it, for by doing so, the Muslim becomes among those who are skilled in the Qur'an.
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