بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Ibn Ishāq said: Yahyā ibn ‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr told me, on the authority of his father, he said: The first to recite the Qur’ān out loud after the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) was ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd.
He said: One day the companions of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) gathered together, and they said:
“By Allāh, the Quraysh have never heard this Qur’ān recited aloud to them, so who among you will make them hear it?”
‘Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd said: “I (will)”. They said: “We fear for you. We want a man with a clan who will protect him from the people if they intend to harm him.” He said: “Leave me. Allāh will protect me.”
So Ibn Mas’ūd went in the forenoon until he came to the Maqām (of Ibrāhīm) whilst the Quraysh were in their assemblies. He stood in front of the Maqām and then recited [Sūrah al-Rahmān 55]: Bismillahi al-Rahmān al-Rahīm, Al-Rahmān, ‘Alama-l Qur’ān… He said: So they looked at him and started saying: “What is he saying?”
Then they said: “He is reciting some of what Muhammad brought.” So they stood up to him, and they started hitting him in the face, and he continued to recite until he went on as much as Allāh willed for him to recite.
Then he returned to his companions, and they looked at him (with traces of beating visible on his face), and they said to him: “This is what we feared for you.” So he said: “The enemies of Allāh have never been more insignificant in my sight than they are now! And if you wish, I will do the same thing tomorrow.” They said: “No, it is enough. You have made them hear what they dislike.”
(Sīrah of Ibn Hishām 1/314-315)
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