Virtues of the Quran's Chapters and Verses

Special Virtues of the Qur'an's Chapters and Verses 91

Arabic hadith text

عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ اتَّبَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ رَاكِبٌ فَوَضَعْتُ يَدِي عَلَى قَدَمِهِ فَقُلْتُ أَقْرِئْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ سُورَةَ هُودٍ وَسُورَةَ يُوسُفَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ لَنْ تَقْرَأَ شَيْئًا أَبْلَغَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ (‏ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ ‏)‏ وَ (‏ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ ‏)‏ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir reported: ‘I followed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was riding and placed my hand on his foot. I said, “O Messenger of Allah, teach me Sūrat Hūd and Sūrat Yūsuf.” He replied, “You will never recite anything more effective before Allah than ‘Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak’ (Sūrat al-Falaq) and ‘Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind’ (Sūrat an-Nās).”’