Al-Hasan al-Basri رحمه الله said,

‘Indeed those who came before you saw the Qur’an as personal letters from their Lord. So they would ponder over it by night and yearn for it by day.’

*[Al-Tibyan fi Adab Hamalat al-Qur’an, by Imam al-Nawawi رحمه الله ]*

Shaikh Sajid Umar