[١٥٥٩/١٠] خصال الصدوق: عن ابن الوليد، عن الصفار، عن البرقي، عن إسماعيل بن مهران، عن عبيس بن هشام، عن غير واحد، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: قراء القرآن ثلاثة رجل قرأ القرآن فاتخذه بضاعة واستدر به الملوك واستطال به على الناس، ورجل قرأ القرآن فحفظ حروفه وضيع حدوده، ورجل قرأ القرآن فوضع دواء القرآن على داء قلبه فأسهر به ليله وأظمأ به نهاره وقام به في مساجده وتجافى به عن فراشه، فبأولئك يدفع الله العزيز الجبار البلاء وبأولئك يديل الله من الاعداء وباولئك ينزل الله الغيث من السماء، فوالله هؤلاء قراء القرآن أعز من الكبريت الاحمر
[10/1559] Khisal of al-Saduq: Ibn al-Walid from al-Saffar from al-Barqi from Ismail b. Mihran from Ubays b. Hisham from more than one from Abi Ja’far عليه السلام who said: The Qurrāʾ of the Qur’an are three:  A man who memorized the Qur’an so he takes it to be merchandise, attracts by it the rulers (to himself), and gains by it prominence over the masses.  A man who memorized the Qur’an so he preserves its letters but neglects its bounds, and treats it the way one does a drinking-cup. May Allah not increase such ones from among the bearers of the Qur’an! And a man who memorized the Qur’an so he applies the ointment of the Qur’an over the ailment of his heart. He keeps awake by it his nights, thirstens by it his days, stands with it in his places of prostration, and abandons for it his bed-wrap.  Because of them does Allah the All-Mighty and Most-Powerful avert tribulations, because of them does Allah Mighty and Majestic grant victory over enemies, and because of them does Allah Mighty and Majestic send down rain from the sky.  For I swear by Allah - such ones among the Qurrāʾ of the Qur’an are rarer than Red Sulphur!