Sayyiduna Bara bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man recited Surah Al-Kahf. In the house where he was reciting, his mount was also tied. The mount began to get restless. He saw that a cloud was overshadowing him. When this was mentioned to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: "O so-and-so! If you had continued reciting, it was tranquility (sakinah) which was descending for the Qur'an."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that one night Sayyiduna Usaid bin Hudair (may Allah be pleased with him) was reciting the Holy Qur'an in his enclosure, when suddenly his horse began to startle. (He became silent), then when he started reciting again, it startled again, so whenever he began to recite, it would startle. Sayyiduna Usaid says, I feared that it might trample my son Yahya, so I stood up to pick up my son. I saw that above me there was a canopy like a cloud, in which lamps were shining, which kept ascending into the sky until it disappeared from my sight. When morning came, I presented myself before the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I was reciting the Holy Qur'an in my enclosure at the end of last night, when suddenly my horse began to startle, then I narrated the whole incident. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Ibn Hudair! You should have continued reciting. I said: Yes, I recited, but the horse startled again. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) again said: O Ibn Hudair! You should have continued reciting. I said: When I recited, the horse startled again. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) again said: O Ibn Hudair! You should have continued reciting. He said: Yes, I recited, but my son Yahya was lying nearby, and I feared that the horse might trample him. Then I saw something like a canopy, in which lamps were glittering and it was rising in the sky. Then the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Those were angels, listening to your recitation. If you had continued reciting until morning, people would have seen them and they would not have been hidden from them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) gave him the glad tidings that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever wishes to recite the Qur'an as fresh as it was revealed, then let him recite according to the recitation of the son of Umm 'Abd (Abdullah bin Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated a similar hadith of the Prophet, however, in it are the words "ghaddan aw ratban."

Syedna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever wants to recite the Qur'an fresh as it was revealed, then he should recite according to the recitation of Ibn Umm Abd, that is, Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with them), and the mention of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) came up. He said: I have loved this man ever since I heard this hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Learn the Qur’an from these four persons: Ibn Umm Abd, Mu’adh, the freed slave of Abu Hudhaifah, Salim. He (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned Ibn Umm Abd, that is, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him), first. Ya’la, the narrator, says: I forgot the name of the fourth.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Learn the Qur'an from these four individuals: Abdullah bin Mas'ud, Salim the freed slave of Abu Hudhaifah, Mu'adh bin Jabal, and Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with them).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that during the blessed era of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), four individuals had memorized the entire Qur’an; all of them were from among the Ansar: Ubayy ibn Ka’b, Mu’adh ibn Jabal, Zayd ibn Thabit, and Abu Zayd.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would recite a verse mentioning mercy, he would ask Allah for it; when he would pass by a verse mentioning punishment, he would seek refuge; and when he would pass by a verse in which Allah’s sanctity was declared, he would glorify Him.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever recites Surah Al-Mursalat and when he reaches this verse {فَبِأَ یِّ حَدِیثٍ بَعْدَہُ یُؤْمِنُونَ}, he should say: آمَنَّا بِاللّٰہِ (We believe in Allah), and whoever recites Surah At-Tin, then at the end he should say: بَلٰی وَأَ نَا عَلٰی ذَلِکَ مِنْ الشَّاہِدِینَ (Yes, and I am among the witnesses to that), and whoever, when he recites this verse {أَ لَیْسَ ذٰلِکَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَی أَ نْ یُحْیِیَ الْمَوْتٰی}, he should say: بَلٰی (Yes). The narrator Ismail said: I tried to find out whether this Bedouin had memorized it well or not, so he replied: Nephew! What do you think, that I have not memorized it? I have performed sixty Hajj and I can recognize every camel of each year on which I performed Hajj.