1a] Will he be rewarded for listening to the Qur’aan without understanding it?

1a]
He replied:
The Holy Qur'aan is blessed, as Allah, may He be exalted, says
(interpretation of the meaning): "(This is) a Book (the Qur'aan) which
We have sent down to you, full of blessings, that they may ponder over
its Verses, and that men of understanding may remember" [Saad 38:29].
So man is enjoined to read it, whether he understands its meanings or
not. But the believer who is enjoined to act upon it should not read
Qur'aan without understanding its meanings. If a person wants to learn
medicine, for example, and studies the books of medicine, he cannot
benefit from them unless he understands their meanings and they are
explained to him; in fact he will be very keen to understand the
meanings so that he can apply them. So why do you think anyone should
read the Book of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, which is a
healingfor what is in the hearts and exhortation to people, without
pondering and without understanding its meanings? For this reasonthe
Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) would not move onfrom ten
verses until they had learned them and learned the knowledge they
contained and how to act upon it. So they learned the Qur'aan and
knowledge and action all together.
A person will be rewardedfor reading the Qur'aan whether he
understands its meanings or not, but he should be very keen
tounderstand its meanings and to learn these meanings from scholars
who are trustworthy in their knowledge. If he hasno access to a
scholar who can teach him the meanings, he may refer tothe trustworthy
books of tafseer, such as Tafseer Ibn Jareer, Tafseer Ibn Katheer and
others which pay attention to the tafseer that is based on reports
narrated from the Sahaabah and the Taabi'een (may Allah be pleased
with them).
End quote from Fataawa Noor 'ala al-Darb, tape 85,side A.
And Allah knows best.