Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 31944 — The virtue of one who recites

Mu'afis bin Imran said that Umm al-Darda' said: "I came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and asked: 'Among the people of Paradise, what is the superiority of one who recited the Qur'an over one who did not recite the Qur'an?' Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: 'The number of the levels of Paradise is equal to the number of the verses of the Qur'an. No one will enter Paradise who is superior to one who recited the Qur'an.'"