They had committed two great crimes: They forbade others from the Quran, and they wholly shunned it, in order to stop anyone from listening to it, in fear that the light of the Quran would slip into the listeners’ hearts.

(  وَإِن يُهْلِكُونَ إِلَّا أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ … ) (…And they do not destroy except themselves, but they perceive [it] not): All their disturbances are of no benefit. They believe they have harmed the Quran and caused confusion regarding it, whereas it will remain till the Hour happens.