Abū Bakr ؓ is reminded of the time when the early Muslims would cry after they first heard the Quran
When the people of Yemen came during the ˹khilāfah˺ of Abū Bakr and they ˹first˺ heard the Quran they began to cry. Abū Bakr then said, "This is how we used to be then ˹our˺ hearts became hard."
لَمَّا قَدِمَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ زَمَانَ أَبِى بَكْرٍ وَسَمِعُوا الْقُرْآنَ جَعَلُوا يَبْكُونَ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: هَكَذَا كُنَّا، ثُمَّ قَسَتْ الْقُلُوبُ