Sunan Abi Dawud
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Chapter 8 · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witrحَدَّثَنَا 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 اللَّهُ 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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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم 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.