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'Allāh Revealed The Qur'an According To Seven Ahraf[1]

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Darussalam · Volume 2

8. (The Book Of

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الحديث: 1477 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 76

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1477. It was reported from Sulaimān bin Ṣurad Al-Khuzā'i, from Ubayy bin Ka'b, that the Prophet ﷺ said: "O Ubayy! I was taught the recitation of the Qur'an, and it was said to me: 'In one Harf or two?' The angel that was with me said: 'Say: In two Harfs.' So I said: 'In two Harfs.' Then it was said to me: 'In two Harfs or three?' The angel that was with me said: 'Say: In three.' So I said, 'In three,' until we reached seven Ahruf. All of them are (a means of) healing, and complete. Whether you say: 'The One Who Hears, the One Who Knows, the One Full of Honor, the All-Wise,' (it is the same), as long as you do not finish a Verse of punishment with mercy, or a Verse of mercy with punishment." (Da'if)

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1477 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمَرَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " يَا أُبَيُّ، إِنِّي أُقْرِئْتُ الْقُرْآنَ فَقِيلَ لِي: عَلَى حَرْفٍ، أَوْ حَرْفَيْنِ؟ فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي مَعِي: قُلْ: عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ، قُلْتُ: عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ، فَقِيلَ لِي: عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ، أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٍ؟ فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي مَعِي: قُلْ: عَلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ، قُلْتُ: عَلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ، حَتَّى بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ "، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " لَيْسَ مِنْهَا إِلَّا شَافٍ كَافٍ، إِنْ قُلْتَ: سَمِيعًا عَلِيمًا عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا، مَا لَمْ تَخْتِمْ آيَةَ عَذَابٍ بِرَحْمَةٍ، أَوْ آيَةَ رَحْمَةٍ بِعَذَابٍ "

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