He would recite it melodiously and modulate his voice while reciting it (1) at times, as he did on the day of the conquest when reciting:
“Indeed, We have granted you a clear victory.” [al-Fath: 1] (2)
‘Abd Allāh ibn Mughaffal reproduced his vocal modulation by sounding “ā, ā, ā”—three times. Al-Bukhārī recorded this (3).
If you consider this hadith (4) alongside his sayings, “Beautify the Quran with your voices” (5), “He is not one of us who does not recite the Quran melodiously” (6), and “Allah has never listened to anything as He listens to a prophet with a beautiful voice reciting the Quran melodiously,” you will realize that this vocal modulation by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was deliberate, not an involuntary result of the she-camel’s jolting him. Had it resulted from the she-camel’s jolting, it would not have been within his control. ‘Abd Allāh ibn Mughaffal would therefore not have reproduced it and deliberately demonstrated it as an example to be followed (7), while he