Virtues of the Quran's Chapters and Verses
Special Virtues of the Qur'an's Chapters and Verses 1
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي فَمَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَدَعَانِي فَلَمْ آتِهِ حَتَّى صَلَّيْتُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ " مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ أَلَمْ يَقُلِ اللَّهُ (يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ) ثُمَّ قَالَ لأُعَلِّمَنَّكَ أَعْظَمَ سُورَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ ". فَذَهَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِيَخْرُجَ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ. وَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ خُبَيْبٍ، سَمِعَ حَفْصًا، سَمِعَ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ، رَجُلاً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِهَذَا، وَقَالَ هِيَ (الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ) السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي.
Abū Saʿīd ibn al-Muʿallā (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was praying when the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) passed by me and called me. I did not go to him until I had finished praying. Then I came to him, and he said, ‘What prevented you from coming? Did Allah not say, “O you who believe, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you”? Then I shall teach you the greatest sūrah in the Qur’an before I leave.’ The Messenger of Allah went to leave, so I reminded him of it. Muʿādh said: Shuʿbah narrated to us from Khubayb, who heard it from Ḥafṣ, who heard it from Abū Saʿīd, a man from among the Companions of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), with this report. He said: It is ‘Praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds’—the seven oft-repeated verses.