1     The best person amongst you is the one who learns the Holy Quran and teaches [it to others]. (Sahih Bukhari, vol. 3, pp. 410, Hadees 5027)

2      One who is expert in reciting the Holy Quran is with Kiraman Katibeen and for the one who falters in it, and finds it hard [i.e., he cannot pronounce easily, pronounce with difficulty], there are two rewards.

(Sahih Muslim, pp. 400, Hadees 798)

May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ enable us to attend Madrasa-tul-Madinah [for Islamic brothers] to learn the Holy Quran with correct pronunciation!

اٰمِيۡن بِجَاهِ النَّبِيِّ الۡاَمِيۡن صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيۡهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! We can get the blessings of the Holy Quran in the true sense when we recite it also keeping in view its manners. If we do not take care of the manners, we will neither get its benefits nor its blessings, but rather in some situations we can commit sins. Let’s listen to some manners of reciting the Holy Quran so that we can attain its blessings by reciting it in a proper way.

1     Amir-ul-Mu`mineen, Sayyiduna ‘Umar Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ used to kiss the Holy Quran in the morning every day, and would say, ‘This is the covenant of my Rab عَزَّوَجَلَّ, and His Book.’ (Durr-e-Mukhtar, vol. 9, pp. 634)

2      It is Mustahab to recite Ta’awwuz ‘اَعُوۡذُ بِاللّٰه’ when beginning Tilawat, and it is Sunnah to recite Tasmiyah ‘بِسۡـمِ اللّٰه’ at the start of a Surah, otherwise it is Mustahab. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, vol. 1, part 3, pp. 550)

3     It is Mustahab to perform Tilawat in the state of Wudu, facing the Qiblah, and whilst wearing good garment. (Ibid, pp. 550)