Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَطَاءٍ أَنْبَأَنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ اللَّيْثِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا فِيهِ قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ قَالَ اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَابْتَغُوا بِهِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ قَوْمٌ يُقِيمُونَهُ إِقَامَةَ الْقِدْحِ يَتَعَجَّلُونَهُ وَلَا يَتَأَجَّلُونَهُ.
English Translation
Abd al-Wahhab - meaning Ibn Ata' - told us, Usamah ibn Zayd al-Laythi informed us, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Jabir ibn Abdullah, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, entered the mosque and found people reciting the Qur'an. He said: "Recite the Qur'an and seek Allah, Mighty and Majestic, through it, before a people come who will straighten it out as an arrow is straightened, hastening its reward and not waiting for it."