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Rh intercession for ten people of his household, for each of whom the fire was fitting."'—Aḥmad, At Tirmidhí, Ibn Májah.

It is related from Abú Hurairah that, 'The Apostle of God said to Ubai bin Kaʿb, "How dost thou recite in prayer?" Then he recited the "Mother of the Qurʾán " (viz. Súratuʾl-Fátiḥa). The Apostle of God said, "By Him in whose hands is my life, there has not been sent down in the Taurát, or the Gospel, or the Psalms, or in the Furqán the like of it. Verily it is the seven (verses) twice repeated, and the great Qurʾán which was given to me."'—At Tirmidhí.

It is related from Abú Hurairah that, 'The Apostle of God said, "Learn the Qurʾán and recite it, for verily the likeness of the Qurʾán for him who learns and recites it, and stands up for it, is like that of a leathern bag filled with musk which diffuses its scent in every place. And the likeness of him who learns it, and goes to sleep, although it is in his heart, is like that of a bag of musk with its mouth tied."'—At Tirmidhí, An Nasái.

It is related from An Nuʿmán bin Bashír that, 'The Apostle of God said, "Verily God wrote a book two thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth, and sent down two verses from it with which He ended Súratuʾl-Baqara. Satan approaches near to that house in which they are not recited for three nights."'—At Tirmidhí, Al Dárimi.

It is related from Anas that, 'The Apostle of God said, "Everything has a heart, and the heart of the Qurʾán is (the chapter entitled) Yá Sín . And he who recites the chapter Yá Sín, God will, for its recital, write down for him (the reward) for reading the whole Qurʾán ten times."'—At Tirmidhí, Al Dárimi.

It is related from Ibn ʿAbbás and Anas bin Málik that, 'The Apostle of God said, "(The chapter beginning), 'When the earth shall quake ', equals one half of the Qurʾán, and (the chapter beginning), 'Say, He is God alone ', equals one third of the Qurʾán, and (that beginning), 'Say, O unbelievers ', equals one fourth of the Qurʾán."'—At Tirmidhí.

It is related from Anas that, 'The Apostle of God said, "Whoever recites two hundred times every day (the chapter