Virtues of the Quran's Chapters and Verses
Special Virtues of the Qur'an's Chapters and Verses 62
Arabic hadith text
عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأُولَى مِنَ الْوَتْرِ بِـ ( سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى ) وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِـ ( قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ) وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِـ ( قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ).
Translation
Ubayy ibn Kaʿb said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would recite in the first rakʿah of the witr prayer ‘Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High’ (Sūrat al-Aʿlā), in the second ‘Say: O disbelievers’ (Sūrat al-Kāfirūn), and in the third ‘Say: He is Allah, the One’ (Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ).