What is the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community in reciting the Qur'an and tartil (reciting it slowly and clearly)?

Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: What is the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community in reciting the Qur'an and tartil (reciting it slowly and clearly)?

Answer:
By tartil, it is meant that one recites it slowly, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite slowly, pausing at every verse. This is tartil. As for tajwid, this tajwid is different from tartil. Tajwid concerns the words, such as idgham (merging), ghunnah (nasalization), iqlab (substitution), qalqalah (vibration), and the like, as well as ikhfa (concealment) and izhar (clarity). This tajwid is not this tartil. This tajwid, without exaggeration, is without exaggeration, because it is part of beautifying the voice for the Qur'an, part of beautifying the recitation. We must know the difference between tartil and tajwid. Tartil is the slowness in recitation, not rushing, pausing at the beginning of every verse, and not combining two verses. This is tartil; one part follows another.
Tartil means that one part follows another, as Allah the Exalted said, "And We have revealed it in stages" (in its descent). This means that Allah revealed it in stages by making it come down in parts, not all at once. So tartil is gradual revelation.