He also says:

“If any of the polytheists seeks your protection, grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allah.”
[Surah al-Tawbah 6]

Allah Most High says:

“Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book.”
[Surah al-ʿAnkabūt 45]

He also says:

“So recite whatever is easy for you of it.”
[Surah al-Muzzammil 20]

The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “He is not one of us who does not recite the Quran melodiously.” He also said: “Whoever recites the Quran receives ten good deeds for every letter. I do not say that Alif-Lām-Mīm is one letter; rather, alif is a letter, lām is a letter, and mīm is a letter.” This is a vast subject, and there is not enough room here to discuss even a portion of it.

Once the generations of excellence had passed, this prescribed listening, through which hearts are set right and religion is perfected, fell into decline. Those who introduced changes in this regard fell into two categories: a man who turned away from both prescribed and unprescribed listening, and a man who felt a need to listen to odes and verses, and so introduced listening to them as a kind of change. The eminent figures who attended such gatherings had their own interpretive justifications. Allah then raised up people within the Muslim community who denounced this, as is His established way with this community, which enjoins what is right and forbids what is wrong.