أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ جَابِرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شَيْخٌ يُكَنَّى أَبَا عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ ، قَالَ :" سَيَبْلَى الْقُرْآنُ فِي صُدُورِ أَقْوَامٍ كَمَا يَبْلَى الثَّوْبُ، فَيَتَهَافَتُ، يَقْرَءُونَهُ لَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُ شَهْوَةً وَلَا لَذَّةً، يَلْبَسُونَ جُلُودَ الضَّأْنِ عَلَى قُلُوبِ الذِّئَابِ، أَعْمَالُهُمْ طَمَعٌ لَا يُخَالِطُهُ خَوْفٌ، إِنْ قَصَّرُوا، قَالُوا : سَنَبْلُغُ، وَإِنْ أَسَاءُوا، قَالُوا : سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَا، إِنَّا لَا نُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا "

Muhammad bin Al-Mubarak told us, Sadaqa bin Khalid told us, on the authority of Ibn Jabir, a sheikh nicknamed Abu Amr told us, on the authority of Muadh bin Jabal. He said: “The Qur’an will wear out in the hearts of peoples just as a garment wears out, and it will fall apart. They will recite it and find no desire or pleasure for it. They will wear Sheep skins on the hearts of wolves. Their actions are greed not mixed with fear. If they fall short, they say: We will attain it, and if they do wrong, they say: We will be forgiven. We do not associate anything with God.”