The Impact of the Qur'an in Prayer Despite Differences Among Imams
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good. I pray with one of the imams and find that I am either not affected by the recitation or not a reciter in the prayer. I pray with others and feel that the Qur'an comes from their hearts, even if they are reciting the shortest surahs. Do you attribute the cause of our hearts' shortness to that, or does the reciter and the imam have a role in it?
Answer:
Allah knows best. Both matters are at fault: the shortcoming of some reciters in reciting the Qur'an, and the shortcoming of the listeners in reflecting on the Qur'an. The deficiency is on the part of everyone.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good. I pray with one of the imams and find that I am either not affected by the recitation or not a reciter in the prayer. I pray with others and feel that the Qur'an comes from their hearts, even if they are reciting the shortest surahs. Do you attribute the cause of our hearts' shortness to that, or does the reciter and the imam have a role in it?
Answer:
Allah knows best. Both matters are at fault: the shortcoming of some reciters in reciting the Qur'an, and the shortcoming of the listeners in reflecting on the Qur'an. The deficiency is on the part of everyone.
Source
شرح لمعة الاعتقاد [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : وقال - تعالى - : { كهيعص } — islamhouse.com (1:10:26)
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