Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 5439

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ، أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ رَاكِبٌ فَوَضَعْتُ يَدِي عَلَى قَدَمِهِ فَقُلْتُ أَقْرِئْنِي سُورَةَ هُودٍ أَقْرِئْنِي سُورَةَ يُوسُفَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ لَنْ تَقْرَأَ شَيْئًا أَبْلَغَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ ‏‏{‏ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ ‏}‏ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

It was narrated that Uqbah ibn Amir said: I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was riding, placed my hand on his foot, and said, ‘Recite Surah Hud and Surah Yusuf to me.’ He replied, ‘You will never recite anything more eloquent before Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, than “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak”’ (Surah al-Falaq).