عن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال: قال لي النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : «اقرأ عليَّ القرآنَ»، فقلت: يا رسول الله، أقرأ عليك، وعليك أُنزل؟! قال: «إني أحب أن أسمعه من غيري» فقرأتُ عليه سورةَ النساءِ، حتى جِئْتُ إلى هذه الآية: {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ شَهِيدًا} قال: «حَسْبُكَ الآنَ» فالتفتُّ إليه، فإذا عَيْنَاهُ تَذْرِفَانِ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) asked ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd (may Allah be pleased with him) to recite something from the Qur’an to him. Ibn Mas‘ūd said: O Messenger of Allah, how can I recite it to you when it was revealed to you? The Prophet (ﷺ) replied: Indeed, I love to hear it from others.
So he recited to him from Surat an-Nisā’ and upon reaching the verse that reads: {How will it be when We bring a witness from every community, and bring you [O Prophet] as a witness against these [people]?} Meaning: What will be your condition—and that of your Ummah—when We bring you as a witness over your people, testifying that you conveyed to them your Lord's message? At that point, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Stop reading now.
Ibn Mas‘ūd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I turned to him, and his eyes were flowing with tears—out of awe for that scene and mercy for his Ummah.
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