Combining Reflection on the Qur'an with Completing Its Recitation

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Question:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I try to reflect on the Qur'an by reading its verses, but I will not be able to complete a recitation if I follow this method. Should I continue or not? Is completing the recitation of the Qur'an better, or reflecting on its verses?

Answer:
Yes, reflection is required,

Then have they not reflected over the Qur'an

أَفَلَمْ يَدَّبَّرُوا الْقَوْلَ

[Al-Mu'minun 23:68]

Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an?

أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ

[An-Nisa 4:82]

If it had been from [any] other than Allah, they would have found within it much contradiction.

وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ غَيْرِ اللَّهِ لَوَجَدُوا فِيهِ اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا

[An-Nisa 4:82]

Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon [their] hearts?

أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ أَمْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَا

[Muhammad 47:24]

?! And reflection does not mean that you prolong your thinking. You reflect while you are reading; you reflect on every verse that passes by you. You reflect on it, and you proceed with your reading, completing the Qur'an and repeating it. And whatever you read from the Qur'an, you reflect on it, so you combine reflection with recitation. Do not spend your time on recitation without reflection, and do not spend your time on reflection without recitation. You must maintain moderation and preserve your time in these matters.

Source لقاء مفتوح 14-09-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (13:43)

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