Surah
Al Fatiha 1
A Man Came To The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam),
Embraced Islam Then Returned To His People. On His Way There Were A Group Of
Men Who Had With Them A Mad Man In Iron Manacles. The Group Said, That They
Heard That The Travelers Friend (I.E. Prophet Muhammad) Had Something Good With
Him And So He Exorcised The Mad Man With Surah Al Fatiha, And He Was Cured. As
Reward They Gave The Traveler 100 Sheep. He Then Returned To The Prophet And
Narrated The Story. The Prophet Asked If He Did Anything Other Than Recite
Al-Fatiha, He Said No. So The Prophet Said That While These People Make Their
Livelihoods Out Of False Incantations (I.E. Worshipping False Idols) The
Traveler Earned The 100 Sheep Through Something Lawful; So He Could Keep The
Sheep.
Abu Dawud 3398
Abu Sa’id Ar-Rafi’ Bin Al-Mu`Alla (Radiallahu Anhu)
Reported: The Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “Shall I
Teach You The Greatest Surah In The Qur’an Before You Leave The Mosque?” Then
He (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam), Took Me By The Hand, And When We Were About To
Step Out, I Reminded Him Of His Promise To Teach Me The Greatest Surah In The
Qur’an. He (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “It Is `Alhamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alamin
(I.E., Surat Al-Fatihah) Which Is As-Sab` Al-Mathani (I.E., The Seven
Oft-Repeated Ayat) And The Great Qur’an Which Is Given To Me.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Abu Hurairah (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That When Allah’s
Messenger (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Asked Ubayy Ibn Ka’ab (Radiallahu Anhu),
“Do You Want Me To Teach You A Surah The Like Of Which Has Not Been Revealed In
The Torah, The Injeel, The Zabur, Nor The Qur’an?”, And Also Asked What He
Recited In His Prayers. He Replied Umm-Ul Qur’an (Surah Fatihah) The Prophet
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Proclaimed, ‘By Him In Whose Dominion My Soul Is,
Nothing Like It Has Been Revealed In The Torah, The Gospel, The Psalms, Or The
Qur’an And It Is Seven Of The Oft-Repeated Verses In The Mighty Qur’an Which I
Have Been Given’
Tirmidhi
Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That
Allah’s Messenger (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said ‘Rejoice In The Two Lights
Brought To You Which Have Not Been Brought To Any Prophet Before You’:
Al-Fatihah And The Last Verses Of Surah Al-Baqarah (2: 2854), (Said An Angel To
The Prophet, Blessings And Peace Be On Him)
Muslim
Ambari In His ‘Kitabur-Rad’ Through His Own Chain Of
Narrators Has Mentioned From Mujahid Ibn Jabr (Rahmatullahi Alaih) That Iblees
The Accursed Of Allah Ta’ala Lamented On Four Occasions: First When He Was
Cursed; Secondly When He Was Cast Out Of Heaven To The Earth; Thirdly When
Muhammad (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Was Given The Prophethood; Fourthly When
Surah Fatihah Was Revealed And It Was Revealed In Madinah.
Once The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Was Traveling
When He Disembarked And Began Walking Alongside A Companion. He Asked Him,
‘Shouldn’t I Tell You The Best Part Of The Qur’an?’ Then He Recited ‘Alhamdu
Lilahi Rabil Alameen’ (Praise Be To Allah, Lord Of The Worlds).
Hakim 1/560 Dhahabi
Abu Saeed Al-Khudr’i Narrates That While On A Journey We
Halted At A Place. A Girl Came To Us And Said: “The Chief Of This Tribe Has
Been Stung By A Scorpion And Our Men Are Not Present, Is There Anybody Amongst
You Who Can Recite Something Upon Him To Treat Him?” Then, One Of Our Men Went
Along With Her Although We Did Not Think That He Knew Any Such Treatment.
However, Our Friend Went To The Chief And Recited Something Upon Him And The
Chief Was Cured. Thereupon, The Chief Gave Him Thirty Sheep And Gave Us All
Milk To Drink. When He Returned, We Asked Our Friend: “Did You Know Anything To
Recite Upon Him To Cure Him?” He Said: “No, I Only Recited Umm Al-Kitab (I.E.
Surah Al-Fatihah) Upon Him.” We Said That Do Not Do Anything Until We Reach
Madinah And Ask The Prophet Regarding This (Practice And Reward-Whether The
Sheep Were Lawful Or Not For Us). Upon Reaching Madinah, We Narrated This To
The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam), Whereupon He Remarked: “How Did He Come
To Know That Al-Fatihah Can Be Used As A Cure? (Rasulullah Said This In
Astonishment) Distribute Your Reward Amongst Yourselves And Allot A Share For
Me As Well.
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Ibn ‘Abbas Said, “While Jibril (Alayhis Salam) Was
Sitting With The Prophet, He Heard A Sound Above Him And Raised His Head. He
Said, ‘This Is A Door Of Heaven Which Has Been Opened Today And Which Has Never
Been Opened Before Today. An Angel Descended From It.’ He Said, ‘This Is An
Angel Who Has Descended To Earth Who Has Never Descended Before Today.’ He Gave
The Greeting And Said, ‘Give The Good News Of Two Lights Which You Have Been
Given And Which No Prophet Before You Was Given: The Fatiha Of The Book And The
End Of Surah Al-Baqarah (2) You Will Not Recite A Letter Of Them Without Being
Given It.’”
Muslim
Abu Sulaiman Says That Once A Group Of Companions Were In
An Expedition (Ghazwa) When They Happened To Come Across An Epileptic Person,
Who Was Unconscious. One Of The Companions Recited Surah Al-Fatiha And Blew In
His Ear. The Epileptic Person Immediately Cured. When Sayyidana Muhammad
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Was Informed Of This, He Said: “It (Surah Al-Fatiha)
Is “The Mother Of The Qur’an” (Umm Al-Qur’an) And Is A Cure For Every Disease.”
[This Narration Has Been Recorded By Ath-Thua’lbi From
Abu Sulaiman, Who Narrated It From Muawiya Bin Saleh (Radhi Allah Anhu),
Tafseer Mazhari 1:31]
Sa’ib (Radhi Allah Anhu) Bin Yazeed Says That Rasulullah
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Recited Surah Al-Fatihah And Blew It On Me. To
Safeguard Me Against Calamities, Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Recited
This Surah And Put His Blessed Saliva In My Mouth.
Tabraani
Anas (Radhi Allah Anhu) Said: “When You Recite Surah
Al-Fatihah And Surah Al-Ikhlas Upon Lying On Your Bed, You Will Be Safeguarded
And Should Become Fearless Of Every Thing Except Death.”
[Narrated By Baraa’, Tafseer Mazhari 1:31]
The Prophet Said, ‘Whoever Mastered The First Seven
(Chapters Or Verses) From The Qur’an Is A Pontiff’.
Hakim 1/564 Dhahabi
The Prophet Said, ‘The Mother Of The Qur’an Are The Seven
Oft Repeated Verses’
Bukhari 4704
It Is Narrated From Jabir (Radhi Allah Anhu) That
Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said: “O Jabir, Shall I Inform You About
The Best Surah Revealed In The Qur’an?” Jabir Said: “O Messenger Of Allah,
Please Inform Me.” Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said: “It Is Fatiha
Tul Kitab.” Jabir Adds: “And I Think That Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam)
Said That Al-Fatiha Is A Cure For Every Diseases.” Jabir Is Also Reported To
Have Said: “Fatiha Tul Kitab Is A Medicine For Every Disease Except Death.”
The Prophet Said, ‘In The Fatiha Of The Qur’an, There Is
A Cure For All Maladies(Illnesses)’
Darimi 3236
Surah Al-Fatihah Is Equivalent To Two Thirds Of The
Qur’an
Al-Bayhaqi And Al-Haakim
Surah Al Baqarah 2
The Prophet Said, ‘The Qur’an And Those Who Committed
Themselves To It Will Be Presented On The Day Of Judgement, Preceded By Surah
Al-Baqarah And Surah Al Imran’.
Muslim 805
The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Learn How
To Recite Surah Al-Baqarah For There Is A Blessing In It, And There Is Sorrow
For Abandoning It, And It Is Unbearable For The Idle’ And That ‘Al Baqarah And
Al Imran Are Like Two Flowers Which Will Shade Their Learner On The Day Of
Judgement, As If There Were Two Large Clouds Or Two Flocks Of Birds’.
Ahmad 21872 & Buraida Al-Aslami Muslim 1/553
The Prophet Said, ‘Recite Surah Al Baqarah In Your
Dwellings And Do Not Keep Them As Tombs. He Also Said That Whoever Recited
Surah Al Baqarah At Night Would Be Crowned With A Crown Of Paradise.’
Baihaqi In Al-Shuaib
Abu Huraira Reported That The Messenger Of Allah
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “Do Not Turn Your Houses Into Graves. Shaitan
Is Barred From Any House In Which Surat Al-Baqarah (2) Is Recited Muslim
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The Prophet Was Asked, ‘Which Part Of The Qur’an Is The
Best?’. He Replied, ‘The Surah In Which The Cow Is Mentioned’. He Was Then
Asked ‘Which Part Of That Surah?’. He Replied, ‘The Verse Of The Throne And The
Last Pasrt Of Surah Al Baqarah Came Down From Under The Throne’
Darimi 3248
The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Al Baqarah
Is The Top (Or Pinnacle) Of The Qur’an. Eighty Angels Came Down With Each One
Of It’s Verses And Extracted The Verse Of The Throne From Under The Throne, And
It Was Joined To The Other Verses’
Ahmad 5/26
Abu Ummamah (Radiallahu Anhu) Narrated That The Messenger
Of Allah (Peace And Blessings Be Upon Him) Said, “Whoever Recites Ayat Al-Kursi
Immediately After Each Prescribed Prayer, There Will Be Nothing Standing
Between Him And His Entering Paradise Except Death.”
An-Nasa’i, Ibn Hibban, Darimi 3249/A
Imam Ahmad (Rahimullah) Said: It Was Narrated That Asma’
Bint Yazid Ibn As-Sakan (Radiallahu Anha) Said, I Heard The Messenger Of Allah
(Peace And Blessings Be Upon Him) Say About These Two Verses— “Allah! There Is
No God But He, The Ever-Living, The One Who Sustains And Protects All That
Exists…” [Al-Baraqah, 2: 255] And “Alif. Laam. Meem. Allah! None Has The Right
To Be Worshiped But He, The Ever-Living, The One Who Sustains And Protects All
That Exists” [’Al ‘Imran, 3: 1-2]— That They Contain The Greatest Name Of Allah.
Abu Dawud-Tirmidhi
Ubayy Ibn Ka’b Reported That The Messenger Of Allah
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “O Abu’l-Mundhir! Do You Know Which Ayat In
The Book Of Allah Is Greatest You Have?’ I Said, ‘Allah. There Is No God But
Him, The Living, The Self-Sustaining.’ (W2:253; H2:256) He Struck Me On The
Chest And Said, ‘May Knowledge Delight You, Abu’l-Mundhir!’”
Muslim
Imam Ahmad Narrated: Muhammad Ibn Ja’far Told Us, Uthman
Ibn Itab Told Us, He Said: I Heard Abu As-Sulayl Saying, A Man From Among The
Companions Of The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Addressed The People Until
A Large Number Had Gathered Around Him, Then He Climbed Onto The Roof Of A
House And Addressed The People, Saying: “The Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu
Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Which Verse Of The Qur’an Is The Greatest?’ A Man Said,
‘Allah! There Is No God But He, The Ever-Living, The One Who Sustains And
Protects All That Exists…’ [Al-Baqarah, 2: 255].’ He Said: He Put His Hand
Between My Shoulders And I Felt Coolness In The Center Of My Chest, [Or He
Said] He Put His Hand On The Center Of My Chest And I Felt Coolness Between My
Shoulders, And He Said, ‘Congratulations On Your Knowledge, Abul-Mundhir.’”
Another Version Of The Same Hadith.
It Was Reported From The Messenger (Salallahu Alayhi
Wasalam) That “It Is The Greatest Verse In The Book Of Allah.” (Referring To
Ayat Al-Kursi). It Was Narrated From Ubayy Ibn Ka’b (Radiallahu Anhu) That The Prophet
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Asked Him Which Verse In The Book Of Allah Was The
Greatest. He Said, “Allah And His Messenger Know Best.” He Repeated It Several
Times, Then He Said, “Ayat Al-Kursi.” The Prophet (Peace And Blessings Be Upon
Him) Said, “Congratulations Upon Your Knowledge, Abul-Mundhir. By The One In
Whose Hand Is My Soul, It Has A Tongue And Two Lips, And It Glorifies The
Sovereign (I.E., Allah) At The Foot Of The Throne.”
Abu Umamah (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The Messenger
Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “The Greatest Name Of Allah, Which If
He Is Called By It, He Responds, Is In Three Surahs: Al-Baqarah, ‘Al ‘Imran And
Ta-Ha.” Hisham Ibn Ammar, The Khateeb Of Damascus, Said: “In Al-Baqarah, It Is
‘Allah! There Is No God But He, The Ever-Living, The One Who Sustains And
Protects All That Exist’ [Al-Baraqah, 2: 255]. In ‘Al ‘Imran It Is ‘Alif. Laam.
Meem. Allah! There Is No God But He, The Ever-Living, The One Who Sustains And
Protects All That Exists’ [’Al ‘Imran, 3: 1-2]. And In Ta-Ha It Is ‘And (All)
Faces Shall Be Humbled Before (Allah), The Ever- Living, The One Who Sustains
And Protects All That Exists’ [Ta-Ha, 20: 111].”
[Narrated In A Marfu’ Report (One That Is Traced All The
Way Back To The Prophet Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam
The Prophet Said, ‘Whoever Recites 4 Verses From The
First Part Of Surah Al Baqarah, The Verse Of The Throne, Two Verses After The
Verse Of The Throne And Three Verses From The Last Part Of Surah Al Baqarah,
Satan Would Never Come Near Him Or The Members Of His Family On That Day, And
Nothing He Despises Would Come Near Him Or The Members Of His Family, And Never
Are These Verses Recited Over A Madman Without Him Regaining His Consciousness’
[Darimi 3249/A In The Book Of Excellence Of The Quran;
An-Nasai In The Deeds During The Day And Night; Ibn Hibban & Tabrani
Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud (Radiallahu Anhu) Said, ‘Whoever
Recited Ten Verses From Al-Baqarah In The Night, Satan Shall Not Have Access To
That House, During The Night Till He Wakes In The Morning. These Are: Four From
The First Part Of The Surah, Followed By The Verse Of The Throne, Two Verses
After The Verse Of The Throne And Three From The Last Part Of The Surah’.
Darimi 3248
Abu Umamah (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The Prophet
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Recite Surah Al-Baqarah: For To Hold On To It
Is A Barakah (Blessing), To Leave It Is A Regret’
Muslim
Abu Hurairah (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The Prophet
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Everything Has A Hump, And The Hump Of The
Qur’an Is Al-Baqarah’
Tirmidhi
Abu Mas’ud Al-Badri (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The
Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “If Anyone Recites The Two Ayats At
The End Of Surat Al-Baqarah (2) At Night, They Will Be Enough For Him.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari 6:61 #530
It Was Narrated From Abdullah Ibn Ubayy Ibn Ka’b
(Radiallahu Anhu) That His Father Told Him That He Had A Vessel In Which He
Kept Dates. He Used To Check On It And Found That The Number Was Decreasing. So
He Kept Guard On It One Night And Saw A Beast That Looked Like An Adolescent
Boy. He Said: I Greeted Him With Salams And He Returned My Greeting, Then I
Asked Him, “What Are You, A Jinn Or A Human?” He Said, “A Jinn.” I Said To Him,
“Show Me Your Hand.” So He Showed Me His Hand, And It Looked Like A Dog’s Paw
With Dog’s Fur. I Said, “Do All The Jinn Look Like This?” He Said, “I Know No
One Among The Jinn Who Is Stronger Than I.” I Said, “What Made You Do What You
Did [I.E., Taking The Dates]?” He Said, “We Heard That You Are A Man Who Loves
Charity, And We Wanted To Have Some Of Your Food.” Ubayy Asked Him, “What Will
Protect Us From You?” He Said, “This Verse, Ayat Al-Kursi.” Then The Next Day
He [Ubayy] Went To The Prophet (Peace And Blessings Be Upon Him) And Told Him
(About What Had Happened) And He Said, “The Evil One Spoke The Truth.”
Ibn ‘Abbas (Radiallahu Anhu) Said, “While Jibril
(Salayhis Salam) Was Sitting With The Prophet, He Heard A Sound Above Him And
Raised His Head. He Said, ‘This Is A Door Of Heaven Which Has Been Opened Today
And Which Has Never Been Opened Before Today. An Angel Descended From It.’ He
Said, ‘This Is An Angel Who Has Descended To Earth Who Has Never Descended
Before Today.’ He Gave The Greeting And Said, ‘Give The Good News Of Two Lights
Which You Have Been Given And Which No Prophet Before You Was Given: The Fatiha
Of The Book And The End Of Surah Al-Baqarah (2). You Will Not Recite A Letter
Of Them Without Being Given It.’”
Muslim
Abu Umamah (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The Messenger
Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said ‘Read The Two Radiant Ones Al-Baqarah
And Al ‘Imran For They Will Come On The Day Of Resurrection Like Two Clouds, Or
Two Shades, Or Two Flocks Of Birds, Pleading For Their Companions’
Muslim
Al-Nawwas Ibn Sam’an (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The
Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said ‘The Qur’an Will Be Brought
On The Day Of Resurrection, Along With Its Companions Who Used To Act By It, At
The Front Being Surah Al-Baqarah And Al ‘Imran Like Two Black Clouds Or
Canopies With Light, Or Two Flocks Of Birds Pleading For Their Companion’
Muslim
Abu Huraira (Radiallahu Anhu) Said, “The Messenger Of
Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Put Me In Charge Of Guarding The Zakat Of
Ramadan. Someone Came And Began To Take Handfuls Of Food. I Grabbed Him And
Said, ‘By Allah, I Will Take You To The Messenger Of Allah!’ He Said, ‘I Am
Needy And Have A Large Family And I Am In Dire Need.’ I Let Him Go And In The
Morning The Prophet Said, ‘Abu Huraira, What Did You Do With Your Prisoner
Yesterday?’ I Said, ‘Messenger Of Allah, He Complained Of Dire Need And A Large
Family, So I Showed Mercy To Him And Let Him Go On His Way.’ He Said, ‘He Lied
To You And He Will Come Back.’ So, From The Words Of The Messenger Of Allah, I
Knew That He Would Come Back. Therefore, I Lay In Wait For Him And He Came And
Once More Began To Take Handfuls Of Food. I Seized Him And Said, ‘I Will Take
You To The Messenger Of Allah!’ He Said, ‘Let Me Go. I Am In Need And Have A
Large Family. I Will Not Come Back Again.’ I Had Mercy On Him And Let Him Go
His Way. In The Morning The Messenger Of Allah, May Allah Bless Him And Grant
Him Peace, Said To Me, ‘Abu Huraira, What Did You Do With Your Prisoner
Yesterday?’ I Said, ‘Messenger Of Allah, He Complained Of Dire Need And A Large
Family, So I Showed Mercy To Him And Let Him Go On His Way.’ He Said, ‘He Lied
To You And He Will Come Back.’ So I Lay In Wait For Him A Third Time And He
Came And Began To Take Handfuls Of Food. I Grabbed Him And Said, ‘I Will Take
You To The Messenger Of Allah! This Is The Third Time. You Claimed You Would
Not Come Back And Then You Came Back.’ He Said, ‘Let Me Go. I Will Teach You
Some Words Which Will Help You With Allah.’ I Said, ‘What Are They?’ He Said,
‘When You Go To Bed, Recite The Throne Verse, “Allah, There Is No God But Him,
The Living, The Self-Sustaining…” To The End Of The Ayat. You Will Have Someone
Guarding Over You From Allah And Shaitan Will Not Come Near You Until Morning.’
So I Let Him Go His Way. In The Morning, The Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu
Alayhi Wasalam) Said To Me, ‘What Did You Do With Your Prisoner Yesterday?’ I
Said, ‘Messenger Of Allah, He Claimed That He Would Teach Me Some Words Which
Would Help Me With Allah, So I Let Him Go His Way.’ He Said, ‘What Are They?’ I
Said, ‘He Said To Me, “When You Go To Bed, Recite The Throne Verse To The End:
‘Allah, There Is No God But Him, The Living, The Self-Sustaining’.” He Said To
Me, “You Will Have Someone Guarding Over You From Allah And Shaitan Will Not
Come Near You Until Morning.”‘ The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “He
Told You The Truth Even Though He Is A Liar. Do You Know Whom You Were Speaking
With On These Three Days, Abu Huraira?’” He Said, “No.” The Prophet Said, “It
Was Shaitan.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Surah Al Imran 3
Abdullah Ibn Masud (Radiallahu Anhu) Said, ‘What An
Excellent Treasure Surah Al Imran Is To The Pauper When He Recites It In Prayer
During The Last Part Of The Night’
Darimi 3264
The Prophet Said, ‘Allah’s Most Magnificent Name, Which
When Used To Implore Him, He Responds, Is Found In Three Surahs. Al Baqara, Al’
Imran And Taha’
The Prophet Said To Muadh (Radiallahu Anhu), ‘Should I
Not Teach You A Supplication Which, When Used To Implore Allah, Allah Shall Pay
Your Debt, Even It Be As Huge As Mount Uhud? He Then Mentioned Them (I.E. Surah
Al Imran Verse 26 & 27)’
Tabarani
Makhul (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The Messenger Of
Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “If Anyone Recites Al ‘Imran On A
Friday, The Angels Will Invoke Blessings On Him Till Night Comes.”
Usman Ibn Affan (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The
Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “If Anyone Recites The End
Of Surah ‘Al Imran At Night, The Reward For A Night Spent In Prayer Will Be
Recorded For Him.”
Abu Umamah (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The Messenger
Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said ‘Read The Two Radiant Ones Al-Baqarah
And Al ‘Imran For They Will Come On The Day Of Resurrection Like Two Clouds, Or
Two Shades, Or Two Flocks Of Birds, Pleading For Their Companions’
Muslim
Al-Nawwas Ibn Sam’an (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The
Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said ‘The Qur’an Will Be Brought
On The Day Of Resurrection, Along With Its Companions Who Used To Act By It, At
The Front Being Surah Al-Baqarah And Al ‘Imran Like Two Black Clouds Or
Canopies With Light, Or Two Flocks Of Birds Pleading For Their Companion’
Muslim
Surah Al Anam 6
Jabir (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The Prophet
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘So Many Angels Accompanied Its Revelation
That The Horizon Was Covered With Them’
The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘The Qur’an
Was Revealed In One Fifth Part, Whoever Memorised It In One Fifth Parts Would
Not Forget It. Except For Surah Al An’am, Which Was Revelaed In It’s Entirity,
Seen Off By Seventy Angels From Each Heaven Until They Delivered It To The
Prophet. Never Has It Been Recited Over A Sick Person, Without Allah Granting
Him A Cure’
Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The
Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “Surah An’aam Is From The Core Of The
Qur’an”
Surah Hud 11
Ka’ab (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The Prophet
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Recite Surah Hud On Fridays’
Surah Yusuf 12
The Prophet Said, ‘Teach Your Relatives The Recitation Of
Surah Yusuf, For, Any Muslim Who Recites It Or Teaches It To His Family And
Slaves, Allah Shall Ease For Him The Agony Of Death, And Give Him The Strength
That Will Prevent Him From Envying A Fellow Muslim’
Surah Al Kahf 18
The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Whoever
Recited Surah Al Kahf In The Same Manner In Which It Was Revealed, It Will
Serve For Him As A Light On The Day Of Judgement, From His Domicile To Makkah.
And Whoever Recited The Last Ten Verses, And It Happens That The Dajjal Should
Appear After That, Dajjal Will Not Be Empowered Over Him’.
Abu’d-Darda’ Reported That The Messenger Of Allah
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “Anyone Who Memorises Ten Ayats From The
Beginning Of Surat Al-Kahf (18) Will Be Protected From The Dajjal.
The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Whoever
Recited Surah Al Kahf On A Friday, Allah Will Kindle For Him Abundant Light To
Brightly Illuminate The Period Between The Two Fridays (The Friday On Which The
Recitation Was Made And The Next Friday)’
Narrated Al-Bara’bin Azib: A Man Was Reciting Surah
Al-Kahf And His Horse Was Tied With Two Ropes Beside Him. A Cloud Came Down And
Spread Over That Man, And It Kept On Coming Closer And Closer To Him Till His
Horse Started Jumping (As If Afraid Of Something). When It Was Morning, The Man
Came To The Prophet, And Told Him Of That Experience. The Prophet Said, “That
Was As-Sakina (Tranquility) Which Descended Because Of (The Recitation Of) The
Qur’an.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari 6:61 #531Tirmidhi 2810
Surah Ta Ha 20
Abu Hurairah (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That Allah’s
Messenger (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, A Thousand Years Before Creating The
Heavens And The Earth, Allah Recited Ta-Ha And Ya-Sin, And When The Angels
Heard The Recitation They Said, ‘Happy Are The People To Whom This Comes Down,
Happy Are The Minds Which Carry This, And Happy Are The Tongues Which Utter
This.
Tirmidhi
Abu Umamah (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The Messenger
Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “The Greatest Name Of Allah, Which If
He Is Called By It, He Responds, Is In Three Surahs: Al-Baqarah, ‘Al ‘Imran And
Ta-Ha.” Hisham Ibn Ammar, The Khateeb Of Damascus, Said: “In Al-Baqarah, It Is
‘Allah! There Is No God But He, The Ever-Living, The One Who Sustains And
Protects All That Exist’ [Al-Baraqah, 2: 255]. In ‘Al ‘Imran It Is ‘Alif. Laam.
Meem. Allah! There Is No God But He, The Ever-Living, The One Who Sustains And
Protects All That Exists’ [’Al ‘Imran, 3: 1-2]. And In Ta-Ha It Is ‘And (All)
Faces Shall Be Humbled Before (Allah), The Ever- Living, The One Who Sustains
And Protects All That Exists’ [Ta-Ha, 20: 111].” [Narrated In A Marfu’ Report
(One That Is Traced All The Way Back To The Prophet Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam
Surah Al Mu’minun 23
Ibn Masud (Radiallahu Anhu) Recited (Surah Al Mu’minun
From Verse 115 To 118) In The Ear Of An Afflicted Person And The Man Was Cured.
The Prophet Said, ‘What Did You Reicte In His Ear?’. Ibn Masud Told Him, And
The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘By He In Whose Hand Lies My Soul,
Were A Believing Man To Recite It Over A Mountain, It Would Have Melted’
Surah As Sajdah 32
The Prophet Would Not Sleep Until He Recited Surah As
Sajdah.
Tirmidhi 5/165 Hakim 2/412
Khalid Ibn Ma’dan (Radiallahu Anhu) Said, “Recite The
Deliverer, Which Is Alif Laam Tanzeel, For I Have Heard That A Man Who Had
Committed Many Sins Used To Recite It And Nothing Else. It Spread Its Wing Over
Him And Said, ‘O’ My Lord, Forgive Him, For He Often Used To Recite Me.’ So The
Lord Most High Made It An Intercessor For Him And Said, ‘Record For Him A Good
Deed And Raise Him A Degree In Place Of Every Sin.”
Khalid (Radiallahu Anhu) Also Said, “It Will Dispute On
Behalf Of The One Who Recites It When He Is In His Grave Saying, ‘O’ Allah, If
I Am Part Of Thy Book, Make Me An Intercessor For Him. But If I Am Not A Part
Of Thy Book, Blot Me Out Of It.’ It Will Be Like A Bird Putting Its Wing On
Him, It Will Intercede For Him And Will Protect Him From The Punishment In The
Grave.” He Said The Same About Tabaarakalladhi (Surah Mulk).
Khalid (Radiallahu Anhu) Did Not Go To Sleep At Night
Till He Had Recited Them. Taus Said That They Were Given Sixty Virtues More
Than Any Other Surah In The Holy Qur’an.
Surah Yasin 36
Anas (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The Messenger Of
Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said ‘Everything Has A Heart And The Heart Of
The Qur’an Is Ya Sin. Anyone Who Reads It, God Will Write Down For Him Ten
Readings Of The Qur’an’
Tirmidhi
The Prophet Said, ‘Whoever Recited Surah Yasin In The
Night Seeking Allah’s Pleasure, Allah Would Forgive Him’
Abu Hurairah (Radiallahu Anhu) Narrated That The
Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Whoever Reads Surat Ya-Sin
In The Night, He Will Be Forgiven. And Whoever Reads Ha-Meem, The One In Which
Smoke Is Mentioned, He Will Be Forgiven.’
Ma’qil Ibn Yasar (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The
Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said ‘Whoever Reads Ya Sin,
Seeking Allah’s Pleasure, His Past Sins Will Be Forgiven, So Recite It Over The
Dying Among You’
Surah Al Fussilat 41
The Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said,
‘Everything Has Its Fruit And Benefits, And The Fruit Of The Qur’an Is Ha-Meem
(Another Name For Surah Al-Fussilat). Chapters Beginning With Ha-Meem Are
Beautiful, Fresh, Fragrant, Splendid Mesdows. Whosoever Desires To Walk Around
In The Mesdows Of Paradise Should Recite These Surahs’
Surah Ad Dukhan 44
Ibn Masud (Radiallahu Anhu) Said, ‘The ‘Ha-Meems’ Are The
Embelishments Of The Quran
The ‘Ha-Meems’ Refer To The Seven Surahs Which Have
Ha-Meem At The Start.
Abu Hurairah (Radiallahu Anhu) Narrated That The
Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Whosoever Recites Surah
Ad-Dhukhan Every Night, Seventy Thousand Angels Will Ask Forgiveness For Him’
At-Tirmidhi
Abu Hurairah (Radiallahu Anhu) Narrated That The
Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Whoever Reads Surat Ya-Sin
In The Night, He Will Be Forgiven. And Whoever Reads Ha-Meem, The One In Which
Smoke Is Mentioned, He Will Be Forgiven.’
The Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said,
Chapters Beginning With Ha-Meem Are Beautiful, Fresh, Fragrant, Splendid
Mesdows. Whosoever Desires To Walk Around In The Mesdows Of Paradise Should
Recite These Surahs’
[Al-Tadhkar Fi Afdal Al-Adhkar By Imam Al-Qurtubi]
Nb: The ‘Ha-Meems’ Refer To The Seven Surahs Which Have
Ha-Meem At The Start Are: Surahs Ghafir Or Al-Mu’min (40), Fussilat (Or
Ha-Meem) (41), Shura (42), Zukhruf (43), Dukhan (44), Jathiyah (45), Ahqaf (46)
Surah Al Fath 48
Umar (Radiallahu Anhu) Narrated That The Prophet
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘A Surah Of The Qur’an Was Revealed To Me
Tonight, Indeed It Is The Dearest Surah To My Heart, Than Anything Under The
Sun’. Then The Prophet Recited Surah Al Fath Verses 1-5.
Sahih Al-Bukhari 6:61 #532
Surah Ar Rahman 55
The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Went To The
Companions And Recited Surah Ar Rahman But They Were All Quiet. He Told Them
That He Went To The Jinn And Recited It To Them And They Were Responsive. And
When He Would Recite The Verses ‘And Which Of The Favours Of The Lord Will You
Deny’ The Jinn Would Respond ‘There Is Nothing Among Your Bounties That We Can
Deny, All Praise Belong To Allah’
Tirmidhi
Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The
Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Everything Has An Adornment, And The
Adornment Of The Qur’an Is Surah Ar Rahman’
Surah Al Waqiah 56
Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud Reported That The Prophet (Salallahu
Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Whoever Recites Surah Al Waqiah At Night Would Never
Encounter Poverty’
Ibn As-Sunni 620
The Prophet Said, ‘Surah Al Waqiah Is The Surah Of
Wealth, So Recite It And Teach It To Your Children’
[Ibn Asakir]
Surah Al Hadid 57
The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Used To Recite
Surahs Of Glorification Before Returing And He Said That There Is A Verse In
Them Which Is Better Than A Thousand Verses.
Tirmidhi 5/181
Surah Al Hashr 59
The Prophet Said, ‘Whoever When He Wakes In The Morning
Says ‘I Seek Refuge With Allah Against The Accursed Satan’ And Then Recited
Three Verses From The Last Part Of Surah Al Hashr, Will Be Assigned Seventy
Thousand Angels To Pray For Him Until The Evening, And Should He Die That Day,
He Would Have Died A Martyr’
Darimi Tirmidhi 5/182
Surah Al Mulk 67
The Prophet Said, ‘There Is A Surah In The Qur’an Which
Is Only Thirty Verses. It Defended Whoever Recited It Until It Puts Him Into
Paradise’ I.E. Surah Al Mulk
Fath Al Qadir 5/257 Sahihul Jamiea 1/680 Tabrani
Abu Huraira (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The Messenger
Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “The Qur’an Contains A Surah Of
Thirty Ayats Which Will Intercede For A Man Until He Is Forgiven. It Is:
‘Blessed Be He Who Has The Kingdom In His Hand!’ (67)”
Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi
The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Surah Al
Mulk Is The Protector From The Torment Of The Grave’
Sahihul Jamiea 1/680, Hakim 2/498
Jabir (Radiallahu Anhu) Said It Was The Custom Of The
Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Not To Go To Sleep Until He Had Read
Tabarakallahi Biyadihil Mulk And Alif Laam Meem Tanzeel.
[Ahmad, Tirmidhi And Darami]
Anas (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alaiyhi Wasalam) As Saying, “There Is A Surah Which Will Plead For Its Reciter
Till It Causes Him To Enter Paradise (Tabarakallahi Biyadihil Mulk).”
Tabrani
Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The
Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘It Is My Desire/Love That Surahtul
Mulk Should Be In The Heart Of Every Muslim’
Ibn Abbas (Radiallahu Anhu) Said That One Of The Prophet
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam)’S Companions Set Up His Tent Over A Grave Without
Realising That It Was A Grave And It Contained A Man Who Was Reciting The Surah
Tabarakallahi Biyadihil Mulk Up To The End. He Went And Told The Prophet
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Who Said, ‘It Is The Defender; It Is The Protector
Which Safeguards From Allah Ta’ala’s Punishment’
Tirmidhi
Khalid Bin Madam (Tabie) Said About Surat Al Mulk And ‘As
Sajda That These Two Surahs Will Fight For Their Reciter In The Grave And Will
Say, ‘O Allah! If We Belong To Your Book, Accept Our Intercession In His
Favour. In Case We Do Not, Get Us Obliterated. These Surahs Will Spread Their
Wings Like Birds And Will Save The Person From The Torment Of The Grave.’
Mishkat Al-Misbah
It Was Narrated That Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud Said: Whoever
Reads Tabarakallahi Biyadihil Mulk [I.E. Surah Al-Mulk] Every Night, Allah Will
Protect Him From The Torment Of The Grave. At The Time Of The Messenger Of
Allah (Sallallahu Alaiyhi Wasalam) We Used To Call It Al-Mani’ah (That Which
Protects). In The Book Of Allah It Is A Surah Which, Whoever Recites It Every
Night Has Done Very Well.
[An-Nasa’i]
Surah Al A’la 87
‘Ali (Radiallahu Anhu) Narrated ‘He Loved This Surah’
[Ahmad]
Surah Al Zilzilah 99
Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas And Anas Ibn Malik (Radiallahu Anhum)
Reported That The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Whoever Recited
Surah Zilzilah (99) Would Get The Reward Of Reciting Half The Qur’an. Whoever
Recited Surah Al Kafirun (109) Would Get A Reward As If Reading A Quarter Of
The Qur’an. Whoever Recited Surah Al Ikhlas (112) Would Get A Reward As If
Reading One Third Of The Qur’an’.
Tirmidhi
An Old Man, Saying That His Heart Had Difficulty In
Remembering, And Tongue His Sluggish Asked The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi
Wasalam); “Teach Me The Reading Of A Comprehensive Surah.”
So Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Taught Him To
Recite Idha Dul Dilatil Ardhu Dhildalaha Up To The End. The Man Said, “I Swear
By Him Who Has Sent You With The Truth That I Shall Never Recite More Than
That.”
Surah Aadiyat 100
The Prophet Said, ‘Whoever Recietes Aadiyat His Reqard
Equals One Half Of The Qur’an’
Hakim 1/566 & Tirmidhi 2894
Surah At Takathur 102
The Prophet Said, ‘Whoever Recited One Thousand Verses In
One Night Would Meet Allah With A Smile On His Face’. Someone Said, ‘O Apostle,
Who Can Recite A Thousand Verses?’. The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Then
Recited Surah At Takathur And Then Said, ‘By He In Whose Hand My Soul Is, It Is
Equal To A Thousand Verses’
Surah Al Kafirun 109
The Prophet Said, ‘Recite Surah Al Kafirun And Then Go To
Sleep After Coming To Its End, For It Is A Clearance From Shirk’
Abu Dawud
Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas And Anas Ibn Malik (Radiallahu Anhum)
Reported That The Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said ‘It Is
Equivalent To A Quarter Of The Qur’an’
Tirmidhi
Abdullah Ibn Umar Al-Khattab (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported
That Allah’s Messenger (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “Qul Huw Allahu Ahad”
Is Equal To A Third Of The Qur’an And “Qul Ya Ayyuhal Kafirun” Is Equal To A
Fourth Of The Qur’an.”
Tabarani
Surah Al-Nasr 110
Anas (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The Prophet
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘It Is Equivalent To A Fourth Of The Qur’an’
Tirmidhi
Surah Al Ikhlas 112
Anas Mentioned That A Man Said To The Prophet (Salallahu
Alayhi Wasalam) , ‘I Really Love This Surah’. The Prophet Replied, ‘And Your
Love For It Will Enable You To Enter Paradise’
Tirmidhi
Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The
Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said About The Surah, “Say: He Is
Allah, Absolute Oneness” (112), ‘By Him In Whose Hand My Soul Is, It Is Equal
To One Third Of The Qur’an!’
Sahih Al-Bukhari 6:61 #533
“Qul Hu Allahu Ahad” Is Equal To A Third Of The Qur’an
And “Qul Ya Ayyuhal Kafirun” Is Equal To A Fourth Of The Qur’an.”
[At-Tabarani, Classed As Sahih]
Mu’adh Bin Anas (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The
Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “Whoever Recites (Qul Hu
Allahu Ahad) Ten Times, Allah Will Build For Him A House In Paradise.”
Abu Huraira (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The Messenger
Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said That “Say: He Is Allah, Absolute
Oneness” Is Equal To A Third Of The Qur’an.
Muslim
Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas And Anas Ibn Malik (Radiallahu Anhum)
Reported That The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, ‘Whoever Recited
Surah Zilzilah (99) Would Get The Reward Of Reciting Half The Qur’an. Whoever
Recited Surah Al Kafirun (109) Would Get A Reward As If Reading A Quarter Of
The Qur’an. Whoever Recited Surah Al Ikhlas (112) Would Get A Reward As If
Reading One Third Of The Qur’an’.
Tirmidhi
Anas (Radhi Allah Anhu) Said: “When You Recite Surah Al-Fatihah
And Surah Al-Ikhlas Upon Lying On Your Bed, You Will Be Safeguarded And Should
Become Fearless Of Every Thing Except Death.”
Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The
Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said To His Companions, “Are Any
Of You Unable To Recite A Third Of The Qur’an In A Night?” That Was Difficult
For Them And They Said, “Which Of Us Is Able To Do That, Messenger Of Allah?”
He Said, “[The Surah] ‘Say: He Is Allah, Absolute Oneness, Allah, The
Everlasting Sustainer Of All’ (112) Constitutes A Third Of The Qur’an.’”
Sahih Al-Bukhari 6:61 #534
Anas (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported The Prophet (Salallahu
Alayhi Wasalam) As Saying, “If Anyone Recites Two Hundred Times Daily, Qul
Huwallahu Ahad The Sins Of Fifty Years Will Be Wiped Out, Unless He Is In
Debt.”
Tirmidhi
The Latter Version Has ‘Fifty Times’ And He Did Not
Mention ‘Unless He Is In Debt’
A’isha (Radiallahu Anha) Reported That Whenever The
Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Went To Bed Every Night, He Used To Cup His
Hands Together And Blow Over It After Reciting Surat Al-Ikhlas, Surat Al-Falaq
And Surat An-Nas, And Then Rub His Hands Over Whatever Parts Of His Body He Was
Able To Rub, Starting With His Head, Face And Front Of His Body. He Used To Do
That Three Times.
Sahih Al-Bukhari 6:61 #536
Surah Al Falaq 113
The Prophet Said, ‘O Uqba, Learn To Recite Surah Al
Falaq, For You Would Never Recite A Surah More Cherished By Allah And More
Profound In His Sight That This Surah’
The Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Used To Seek
Refuge From The Jinn As Well As From The Evil Eye Until Surah Al Falaq And An
Naas Were Revealed. When They Were Sent Down, He Utilised Them And Left Other
Things.
Tirmidhi
‘Uqba Ibn ‘Amir Reported That The Messenger Of Allah
(Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said, “Have You Not Seen The Ayats Sent Down This
Night The Like Of Which Have Never Been Seen Before? ‘Say: I Seek Refuge With
The Lord Of Daybreak,’ And ‘Say: I Seek Refuge With The Lord Of Mankind.’” (113
& 114)
Muslim
Surah An Nas 114
A’isha (Radiallahu Anha) Reported That Whenever The
Prophet (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Became Sick, He Would Recite Mu’awwidhat
(Surat Al-Falaq And Surat An-Nas) And Then Blow His Breath Over His Body. When
He Became Seriously Ill, I Used To Recite (These Two Surahs) And Rub His Hands
Over His Body Hoping For Its Blessings.
Sahih Al-Bukhari 6:61 #535
‘Uqbah Ibn ‘Amir (Radiallahu Anhu) Reported That The
Messenger Of Allah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam) Said ‘No Seeker Of Refuge Can
Seek Refuge With Anything Like These Two’
Abu Dawud
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