Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 217
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَوْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، مَوْلَى أَبِي أَحْمَدَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " تَعَلَّمُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَاقْرَءُوهُ وَارْقُدُوا فَإِنَّ مَثَلَ الْقُرْآنِ وَمَنْ تَعَلَّمَهُ فَقَامَ بِهِ كَمَثَلِ جِرَابٍ مَحْشُوٍّ مِسْكًا يَفُوحُ رِيحُهُ كُلَّ مَكَانٍ وَمَثَلُ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَهُ فَرَقَدَ وَهُوَ فِي جَوْفِهِ كَمَثَلِ جِرَابٍ أُوكِيَ عَلَى مِسْكٍ " .
Amr ibn Abdullah al-Awdi reported to us: Abu Usamah reported to us, from Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja‘far, from al-Maqburi, from Ata, the freedman of Abu Ahmad, from Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Learn the Quran, recite it, and sleep; for the likeness of the Quran and the one who learns it and stands in prayer with it is like a bag filled with musk whose fragrance spreads everywhere. The likeness of one who learns it and sleeps while it is within him is like a bag sealed over musk.’
Translation notes
The Arabic specifically contrasts standing with the Quran and sleeping while it remains within the person; the final image is a sealed bag over musk.