Al-Kāfi - The Book of the Excellence of the Holy Quran

Al-Kāfi - The Book of the Excellence of the Holy Quran Chapter: Reading the Holy Quran with Elocution and Attractive Tone of Voice َّدٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ حَ٠َّادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ بِأَلْحَانِ الْعَرَبِ وَأَصْوَاتِهَا وَإِيَّاكُ٠ْ وَلُحُونَ أَهْلِ الْفِسْقِ وَأَهْلِ الْكَبَائِرِ فَإِنَّهُ سَيَجِي‏ءُ ٠ِنْ بَعْدِي أَقْوَا٠ٌ يُرَجِّعُونَ الْقُرْآنَ تَرْجِيعَ الْغِنَاءِ وَالنَّوْحِ وَالرَّهْبَانِيَّةِ لا يَجُوزُ تَرَاقِيَهُ٠َقْلُوبَةٌ وَقُلُوبُ ٠َنْ يُعْجِبُهُ شَأْنُهُ٠3.

Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ibrahim al-Ahmar from ‘Abd Allah ibn Hammad from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Read the Holy Quran with Arabic accent and voice. You must not read it with the accent of the sinful people who commit major sins.

After me there will come people who will read the Holy Quran like singing, lamentations and in the monkish manner, which does not pass even their throats toward their hearts that are upside down and so are the hearts of those who like them.” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/500))