Qur'an

Q: I wanted to know if it is permissible to participate in Qur'an memorization competitions, knowing that the prize is a certain amount of money?

Q: Is it permissible to listen to the Qur'an while exercising?

Q: Was any Quranic verse revealed in Babylon to our beloved Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)?

Q: Whilst reading Qur'an, if a person knows Arabic and comes across an ayat where there's a command to glorify Allah or seek refuge with Him, and the person makes dua accordingly, do they have to recite ta'awwuz again before they resume the tilawat? Would the rulings be different if they made the dua in a language other than Arabic?

Q: Alhamdulillah and thanks to Allah for all his blessings amongst us. Alhamdulillah who favoured me over many other creations by blessing me with a melodious voice and gave me a wealthy life. My question is that once in my class at school our teacher told us that those who read the Qur'an with nice voices with the intention to please people and impress them with his voice is one of the people of hell and that actually shocked me and kept a "waswasa" in me whenever I'm reading Qur'an in front of the school or my class mates so I don't participate in such activities much anymore. What should I do because I totally doubt that my intention is pure.

Q: It is permissible to listen to Qur'an tarjuma or tafseer on mobile phone without wudhu?

Q: A muslim brother of mine who is becoming an Alim told me that according to Imam Malik, you are allowed to touch the qur'an under some circumstances without wudhu, reciting the qur'an by touching it and looking inside without wudhu, is this true?

Q: I want a detailed explanation in my matter. From past years, in my society there has been a rise in women opening Madrasah related courses in their houses where they teach Qur'an translation to regional language, tafseer, ahaadith etc. but their is no merit set for women to confirm to who wish to teach such courses, they don't acquire approval before starting teaching from a recognised Aalim. Any lady who does the translation once begins to teach. I don't see any women tutor around having a sound knowledge of the Qur'an that they teach and so whatever they have learned from a local madarasa is what they dictate to others. There is no merit level set for their worldly education and also their religious education (apart form having done a translation themselves once) and such madarasa are continuously rising in number. They don't follow a single translation but every madarasa teaches a different translation from among those made available to them by their teachers. Moreover, their is no merit set for students to confirm to who wish to begin learning translation, young girls aged below 10 are learning translation whether they go to school or not and they are quite in number. I just want to know is their any merit in real for a teacher to approve to before beginning teaching and a student to approve to before joining learning?

Q: I had a question regarding whether or not one is allowed to read the Qur'an through his phone without wudu? I have the PDF version of the Qur'an on my laptop and I wanted to read it in school. I don't have wudhu all the time so is it possible if I can read the Qur'an through my laptop or phone without wudhu, or is compulsory to have wudhu?

Q: If one cannot read Arabic, can one read the English Qur'an?