Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 2125
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْآيَتَانِ مِنْ آخَرِ سُورَة الْبَقَرَة من قَرَأَ بهما فِي لَيْلَة كفتاه»
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Masud reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The two verses at the end of Surat al-Baqarah: whoever recites them at night, they suffice him.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic has the concise expression كفتاه (‘they suffice him’); the English witness supplies two possible interpretations, ‘avert harm from him’ or ‘be enough for him.’