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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is there a basis for consistently saying: (May Allah the Great be truthful) after reciting the Qur'an?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: The phrase "May Allah the Great be truthful" is said after reciting the Qur'an, and we hear it often after recitations. Is there a basis for this phrase and its repetition in this manner?

Answer:
There is no basis for adhering to it after the recitation. It is not among the etiquettes of recitation; it is not among its etiquettes to say "May Allah the Great be truthful" afterwards. Rather, among its etiquettes is to say
[first] seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
[An-Nahl 16:98]
at its beginning,
So when you recite the Qur'an, [first] seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
[An-Nahl 16:98]
. It has not come, neither in the Book nor in the Sunnah, that after one finishes, he says "May Allah the Great be truthful." Rather, this is something some people have become accustomed to by way of custom. And if one thinks that this is prescribed, then it is a bid'ah (religious innovation).
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1603- 4717] هل المداومة على قول:(صدق الله العظيم) بعد تلاوة القرآن له أصل ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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