حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَی عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَی بْنِ يَعْمَرَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ کَعْبٍ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا أُبَيُّ إِنِّي أُقْرِئْتُ الْقُرْآنَ فَقِيلَ لِي عَلَی حَرْفٍ أَوْ حَرْفَيْنِ فَقَالَ الْمَلَکُ الَّذِي مَعِي قُلْ عَلَی حَرْفَيْنِ قُلْتُ عَلَی حَرْفَيْنِ فَقِيلَ لِي عَلَی حَرْفَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٍ فَقَالَ الْمَلَکُ الَّذِي مَعِي قُلْ عَلَی ثَلَاثَةٍ قُلْتُ عَلَی ثَلَاثَةٍ حَتَّی بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَيْسَ مِنْهَا إِلَّا شَافٍ کَافٍ إِنْ قُلْتَ سَمِيعًا عَلِيمًا عَزِيزًا حَکِيمًا مَا لَمْ تَخْتِمْ آيَةَ عَذَابٍ بِرَحْمَةٍ أَوْ آيَةَ رَحْمَةٍ بِعَذَابٍ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1477
Ubayy bin Kab reported: The Prophet ﷺ said: "Ubayy, I was asked to recite the Quran and I was asked: 'In one mode or two modes?' The angel that accompanied me said: 'Say, in two modes', I said: 'In two modes', I was asked again: 'In two or three modes'. The matter reached up to seven modes. He then said: 'Each mode is sufficiently health-giving, whether you utter 'all-hearing and all-knowing' or instead 'all-powerful and all-wise'. This is valid until you finish the verse indicating punishment on mercy and finish the verse indicating mercy on punishment. "
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020