Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:8846 حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ عَنِ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تَعَلَّمُوا فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَا يَدْرِي مَتَى يَحْتَلُّ إِلَيْهِ» فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مَنْكُوسًا؟ قَالَ «ذَلِكَ مَنْكُوسُ الْقَلْبِ» فَقَالَ وَأُتِيَ بِمُصْحَفٍ قَدْ زُيِّنَ وَذُهِّبَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ مَا زُيِّنَ بِهِ الْمُصْحَفُ تِلَاوَتُهُ فِي الْحَقِّ»
English Translation
Ibn Mas'ud said: 'O people, learn! For none of you knows when he will be in need of it.' A man came to him and said: 'O Abu Abd al-Rahman, what do you think of a person who reads the Quran backwards?' He said: 'That person has an inverted heart.' Then a Mushaf that had been beautified and gilded was brought to him, and Abdullah said: 'The best adornment for the Mushaf is reciting it in truth.'