“Daily recitation of the Qur’an was a key aspect of the Prophet’s spiritual practice. This recitation was (and still is) viewed as a form of worship and a great spiritual act. The Prophet frequently recited the Qur’an during prayers (salat). In communal prayers, he would typically recite shorter passages, but in his private devotions, especially during the night prayers, he would spend hours reciting the longer chapters of the Qur’an. His supplications, invocations, and remembrance of God often included verses from the Qur’an.
“In several hadiths, the Prophet emphasized the benefits of reciting the Qur’an. In one of them, he mentioned, ‘Whoever recites a letter from the book of God will be credited with a good deed, and a good deed earns a ten-fold reward.’ Another hadith states, ‘The one who recites the Qur’an aloud is like the one who gives charity publicly, and the one who recites it quietly is like the one who gives charity in secret.’ ”
