In The Early Hours

Remember that the whole purpose of the Quran is to guide you and to change you by bringing you into submission to Allah. As you read it, also try to live by what it invites you to. If it does not have any impact upon your actions and if you do not observe what it enjoins and avoid what it prohibits, then you are not getting nearer to the Quran. In fact, one who reads the Quran and does not try to act upon it may be more likely to be cursed and punished by Allah.

O Believers, when the call to Prayer is sounded on the Day of Congregation, hasten to Allah’s remembrance and leave all worldly commerce. This is for your own good, if you but knew it. And when the Prayer is finished, then disperse through the land, and seek of the bounty of Allah; and remember Allah frequently that you may prosper. [al-Jumua 62: 9-10.]

Prosperous indeed is one who purifies himself and remembers the name of his Guardian-Lord, and prays [unto Him].