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ahmad:21152ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Suqayr al-ʿAbdī > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad > Ubay b. Kaʿb

[Machine] I heard a man reciting, so I said, "Who taught you how to recite?" He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." So I said to him, "Go and bring me to him." I then went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I want to learn how to recite." He said, "Recite." So I recited, and he said, "Good job." I then said to him, "Didn't you teach me this and that?" He said, "Yes, but you have done well." I said, "By Allah, you have taught me twice." The Prophet ﷺ then struck my chest with his hand and said, "O Allah, remove doubt from the heart of Ubayy." I immediately started sweating and my chest became wide open. The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Ubayy, two angels came to me. One of them said, 'Teach him one letter,' and the other said, 'Increase it.' So I said, 'Increase me.' Then they said, 'Teach him two letters,' and the other said, 'Increase it.' So I said, 'Increase me.' They continued this way until they said, 'Teach him seven letters.' And indeed, the Quran was revealed with seven letters."  

أحمد:٢١١٥٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُقَيْرٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ انْطَلِقْ إِلَيْهِ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ اسْتَقْرِئْ هَذَا فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ فَقَرَأَ فَقَالَ أَحْسَنْتَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَوَلَمْ تُقْرِئْنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ بَلَى وَأَنْتَ قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ فَقُلْتُ بِيَدَيَّ قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ مَرَّتَيْنِ قَالَ فَضَرَبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ فِي صَدْرِي ثُمَّ قَالَ اللهُمَّ أَذْهِبْ عَنْ أُبَيٍّ الشَّكَّ فَفِضْتُ عَرَقًا وَامْتَلَأَ جَوْفِي فَرَقًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا أُبَيُّ إِنَّ مَلَكَيْنِ أَتَيَانِي فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا اقْرَأْ عَلَى حَرْفٍ فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ زِدْهُ فَقُلْتُ زِدْنِي قَالَ اقْرَأْ عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ زِدْهُ فَقُلْتُ زِدْنِي قَالَ اقْرَأْ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ زِدْهُ فَقُلْتُ زِدْنِي قَالَ اقْرَأْ عَلَى أَرْبَعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ قَالَ الْآخَرُ زِدْهُ قُلْتُ زِدْنِي قَالَ اقْرَأْ عَلَى خَمْسَةِ أَحْرُفٍ قَالَ الْآخَرُ زِدْهُ قُلْتُ زِدْنِي قَالَ اقْرَأْ عَلَى سِتَّةٍ قَالَ الْآخَرُ زِدْهُ قَالَ اقْرَأْ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ فَالْقُرْآنُ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ