Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 990
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ السُّوَرِ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ فِيهَا بِأَطْوَلِ الطُّولَيَيْنِ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَا أَطْوَلُ الطُّولَيَيْنِ قَالَ الأَعْرَافُ .
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Ala informed us: Khalid narrated to us: Ibn Jurayj narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, who said: Urwah ibn al-Zubair informed me that Marwan ibn al-Hakam told him that Zayd ibn Thabit said: Why do I see you reciting short surahs in the sunset prayer when I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reciting in it the longer of the two long surahs? He was asked, Abu Abd Allah, which is the longer of the two long surahs? He replied, Surat al-Araf.
Translation notes
The report identifies the longer of the two long surahs as Surat al-Araf; the wording leaves the speaker of the follow-up question implicit.