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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

78. Appearance of People Who Recite

the Qur'an for Personal Benefit

In the End Times, some people will recite the Qur'an for profit
rather than for gaining God's approval:

Let him who reads the Qur'an
ask [his reward] from God, be-

cause in the End Times many
people will read it and seek their
reward from other people.
(Tirmidhi)

When our scholars study in order to take your gold and silver, and when
you take the Qur'an for trade, then Doomsday is at hand. (Muhammad
ibn 'Abd ar-Rasul Barzanji, Al-Isha`ah li Ashrat as-Sa`ah, p. 141)
Another sign is that the Qur'an will be recited in ways far re-
moved from its real purpose:
When the Qur'an is recited as if singing a song,
and when a person is esteemed for reading in
that way, even though he is not knowledge-
able … (Al-Tabarani)

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