Is it permissible to read the Qur'aan without understanding its meanings?
Question

                Is it permissible to read the Qur'aan without understanding its meanings?.
Praise be to Allah.
    Yes, it is permissible for believing men and women to read 
    the Qur'aan even if they do not understand the meaning, but it is prescribed 
    to ponder and think so that one may understand, and to refer to books of 
    tafseer (commentaries) if one has enough knowledge to understand them, and 
    to refer to books of tafseer and Arabic language in order to benefit from 
    that, and he can ask scholars about anything he does not understand. What is 
    meant is that he should ponder the meanings, because Allah 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]. 

    The believer should ponder the meanings, i.e., he should pay 
    attention to reading and think about what it means; he should understand the 
    meanings and thus he will benefit from it. If he does not understand the 
    meaning perfectly, he will still understand many meanings. So let him read 
    carefully and ponder and understand. This also applies to women. The reader 
    should benefit from the words of his or her Lord and understand the meaning 
    so that he may act upon it. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): 

    “Do they not then think deeply in the Qur’aan, or are 
    their hearts locked up (from understanding it)?”

    [Muhammad 47:24]. 

    Our Lord, may He be glorified and exalted, urges and 
    encourages us to think and ponder His words. When the believer -- man or 
    woman -- reads the Book of Allah, it is prescribed for them to ponder and 
    think and pay attention to what is read, so that they may benefit from the 
    words of Allah and so that they may understand the words of Allah and so 
    that they may act upon what they learn from the words of Allah. They may 
    seek help in doing so from books of tafseer that have been written by 
    scholars such as those by Ibn Katheer, Ibn Jareer, al-Baghawi, al-Shawkaani 
    and others. They may also make use of books of Arabic language and ask 
    scholars who are known for their knowledge and virtue about anything they do 
    not understand. End quote. 

    Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him).