She said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The one who is skilled in the Quran is with the noble and righteous scribes, and the one who recites the Quran, stumbling through it and finding it difficult, has two rewards."
قالت قال رسول الله ﷺ: الماهر بالقرآن مع السفرة الكرام البررة، والذي يقرأ القرآن ويتتعتع فيه، وهو عليه شاق له أجران.
Bukhari narrated it in the tafsir chapter (4937), and Muslim in shortening the prayer (798), both through the chain of Qatada, who said, I heard Zurara bin Awfa narrating from Saad bin Hisham, from Ayesha, and he mentioned it. The wording given here is that of Muslim. The wording of Bukhari is, "The one who recites the Quran while having memorized it is with the noble scribes, and the one who recites it while struggling to retain it, finding it difficult, has two rewards."Bukhari titled a chapter in the book on divine unity (52), "The chapter on the statement of the Prophet ﷺ, 'The one skilled in the Quran is with the noble, righteous ones.'" However, he did not report the hadith with this wording, nor did he report the hadith of Ayesha under this chapter heading.Regarding the word "safarah" (scribes), Ibn Abbas and a number of the Tabiin said it means the angels. Bukhari, in his commentary on Surah Abasa, said, "Safarah means the angels, singular safir, from safarat meaning I set right and made straight, and the angels are called this because when they descend with a revelation from Allah and deliver it, they are like the mediator who sets things right between people."Other explanations have also been given. Ibn Jareer said, "The correct view is that the safarah are the angels, and safarah here means between Allah and His creation. From this comes the term safir, which is used for the one who works between people to bring about reconciliation and good, as the poet said, 'I do not abandon mediation between my people, nor do I walk with deceit if I walk at all.'"