How to respect the Quran?

Sources

• ✓ 7:204 · Al-A'raaf

  7:204 · Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

  وَإِذَا قُرِئَ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥ وَأَنصِتُوا۟ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

  And when the Qur'an is recited, give ear to it and pay heed, that ye may obtain mercy.

• ✓ Sunan Abu Dawud 43:71

  Sunni Hasan Sahih (per Al-Albani)

  Sunan Abu Dawud · Book 43, Hadith 71 · Narrated by Abi Musa al-Ash'ari

  The Prophet said: Among honoring Allah is to honor the elderly Muslim, the one who carries the Qur’an without excess or neglect, and to honor a just ruler.

• ✓ Al-Kafi 3:97

  Shia

  Al-Kafi · Book 3, Hadith 97

  Hisham ibn al-Hakam asked Abu Abdullah (peace be upon him) about the names of Allah and their derivations. He said, "O Hisham, Allah is derived from 'Ilah' (God), and Ilah implies meaning. The name is other than the Named. Whoever worships the name without meaning is a disbeliever and has not worshipped anything. Whoever worships both the name and meaning has committed polytheism and worshipped two. Whoever worships the meaning without the name, that is pure monotheism. Do you understand, O Hisham?" I said, "Teach me more." He said, "Allah has ninety-nine names, and if the name were the Named, then each would be a deity. But Allah is a meaning indicated by these names, and all are other than Him. O Hisham, bread is the name for the eaten, water the name for the drink, garment the name for what is worn, and fire the name for what burns. Do you understand, O Hisham? Understanding this will help you dispute the enemies of our people who take besides Allah." I said, "Yes." He said, "May Allah benefit and stabilize you, O Hisham." He said, "By Allah, none overpowered me in monotheism until I took this position." — OR — He said, "There are three types of Quran reciters: One who recites the Quran treating it as merchandise, bargaining with kings through it and extending his power over people by it; another who recites the Quran, memorizes its letters, but neglects its limits and applies it presuming excessive liberty—Allah does not multiply such among the bearers of the Quran; and a third who recites the Quran, applying its cure to the sickness of his heart, staying awake at night and thirsting during the day because of it, performing prayers in mosques, and distancing himself from his bed for its sake. It is by these last that Allah, the Mighty and Powerful, repels affliction, deals with enemies, and sends down rain from the sky. By Allah, these people have a status in Quran reciters more revered than red sulfur." — OR — I asked him about washing the deceased outdoors. He said: It is permissible, but if a covering is used, that is better in my view. — OR — He was asked about game hunted in the halal zone and then brought alive into the sanctuary. He said, "Once it is brought into the sanctuary, it is forbidden to eat or keep it. Do not buy in the sanctuary except something slaughtered outside it and then brought alive but already slaughtered again in the sanctuary. That is permissible for the halal." — OR — Ali ibn al-Husayn (peace be upon him) married Surriya, who had belonged to Hasan ibn Ali (peace be upon them). When Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan heard of this, he wrote to him a letter, saying, "You have become the husband of a female slave." Ali ibn al-Husayn (peace be upon him) wrote back, "Allah has raised the lowly by Islam, completed the deficient by it, and honored the base by it. Thus, there is no baseness upon a Muslim; baseness is only that of the Age of Ignorance. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) married his slave and married his servant. When the letter reached Abd al-Malik, he asked those around him, 'Tell me about a man that, when he attains what lowers others, is only elevated more.' They said, 'That is the Commander of the Faithful.' He said, 'No, by Allah, he is not that.' They said, 'We know of no other but the Commander of the Faithful.' He said, 'No, by Allah, he is not the Commander of the Faithful, but rather Ali ibn al-Husayn (peace be upon him).' — OR — Aisha said to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): The people of Barira made a condition for her loyalty. The Messenger of Allah said: Loyalty belongs to the one who frees. — OR — Deportation from one city to another. Ali (peace be upon him) deported two men from Kufa to Basra.