Are We Abandoning the Qur'an While Still Reading It?

Is it possible to recite the Qur'an regularly, yet still fulfill the Prophet’s terrifying complaint on Judgment Day that his people took the Qur'an as an abandoned thing (Mahjooran)? In this Quran-only analytical study, we examine the deep Quranic and linguistic definitions of recitation (Tilawah) and abandonment (Mahjoor). While society often reduces recitation to a phonetic speed exercise or ceremonial reading, root analysis reveals that the primary root of Tilawah (T-L-W) literally means "to follow". True recitation (Haqqa Tilawatihi) requires that our actions and limbs obey what our tongues recite