Abdul Malik bin Maleel says that once on a Friday I was sitting near the pulpit with Hazrat Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him), when Muhammad bin Abi Hudhaifah came and sat on the pulpit and began to deliver a sermon. Then he recited a surah from the Holy Qur'an, and he was an excellent reciter. Hazrat Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that many people will recite the Qur'an but it will not go beyond their throats; they will go out of the religion just as an arrow passes out of the prey.