Combining the love of singing with the love of the Qur'an

Question:
He says: I am a young man who loves singing, and I love reading the Qur'an sometimes. Sometimes I like to sing, and sometimes I like to read the Qur'an. How can I separate singing and keep the Qur'an?

Answer:
Never. Leave singing and listening to songs, and turn to reciting the Qur'an yourself and listening to the Qur'an from others via good tapes. If you do this a lot, then, if Allah wills, you will forget the songs and your heart will become attached to the Qur'an, because the Qur'an is light from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), a purification from Allah that purifies your heart and illuminates your heart. So if you love the Qur'an, then you will hate the songs without a doubt. The love of the Qur'an and the love of singing do not coexist.
The scholar Ibn al-Qayyim says in al-Nuniyyah: The love of the Qur'an and the love of the tunes of singing do not coexist in the heart of a servant. If you love songs, you cannot love the Qur'an. And if you love the Qur'an, you cannot love songs. Because they are opposites that do not coexist.