Yazid al-Faqir says that once I said to Hazrat Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that there were some people among us who recited the Qur'an more than all of us, prayed the most, maintained family ties, and fasted, but now they have come before us with swords drawn. He replied that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that soon a people will emerge who will recite the Qur'an but it will not go below their throats, and they will leave the religion just as an arrow passes through its prey.