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tabarani:8647Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Jazarī > Abū ʿUbaydah > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] Whoever recites the Quran, for every letter of a verse, he will receive ten rewards. And I do not say that 'Alif Lam Mim' is one letter, but 'Alif' is a letter, 'Lam' is a letter, and 'Mim' is a letter, totaling thirty rewards.  

الطبراني:٨٦٤٧حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ أَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ الْجَزَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فَلَهُ بِكُلِّ حَرْفِ آيَةٍ عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ وَلَا أَقُولُ الْم عَشْرٌ وَلَكِنْ أَلِفٌ وَلَامٌ وَمِيمٌ ثَلَاثُونَ حَسَنَةً  


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tabarani:8649Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Shuʿbah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] Learn the Quran and recite it, you will be rewarded ten good deeds for every letter. Indeed, I do not say "Alif, Lam, Meem" but I say, "Alif, Lam, Meem".  

الطبراني:٨٦٤٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

تَعَلَّمُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَاتْلُوهُ تُؤْجَرُوا بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ أَمَا إِنِّي لَا أَقُولُ الْم وَلَكِنْ أَقُولُ أَلِفٌ وَلَامٌ وَمِيمٌ