Appearance of People Who read the Qur'an
for Personal Benefits

In the End Times, people will appear who read the Qur'an for profit rather than to gain God's approval:
 

Let him who reads the Qur'an ask (his reward) from God. Because in the final times there will be many people who read the Qur'an and seek their reward from other people. (Tirmidhi Hadiths)

 

 

When our scholars study in order to take your gold and silver, when you take the Qur'an for trade, then doomsday is at hand. (Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rasul Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-ashrat al-sa'ah, p. 141)

 

It is also a sign that the Qur'an will be read in different ways other than its real purpose:
 

When the Qur'an is read as if singing a song, and when a person is esteemed for reading in that way, even though he is not knowledged… (Al-Tabarani)