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bayhaqi:4715Abū Muḥammad > Ibn al-Aʿrābī > al-Zaʿfarānī > Shabābah > Shuʿbah > Abū Jamrah

[Machine] I said to Ibn Abbas, "I am a swift reader and I may have read the Quran in one night or two." Ibn Abbas said, "I am more amazed by you reading one Surah than if you were to do what you do. If you are going to do it, then read it in a way that your ears can hear and your heart can understand."  

البيهقي:٤٧١٥وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ أنبأ ابْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ثنا شَبَابَةُ ثنا شُعْبَةُ ثنا أَبُو جَمْرَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ سَرِيعُ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَرُبَّمَا قَرَأْتُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ سُورَةً وَاحِدَةً أَعْجَبُ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ مِثْلَ الَّذِي تَفْعَلُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فَاعِلًا لَا بُدَّ فَاقْرَأْهُ قِرَاءَةً تُسْمِعُ أُذُنَيْكَ وَيَعِيهِ قَلْبُكَ  


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bayhaqi:4061Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > al-Zaʿfarānī > Shabābah > Shuʿbah

[Machine] Abu Hamza narrated, "I said to Ibn Abbas, 'I am a fast reader, and I may read the Quran in one or two nights.' Ibn Abbas replied, 'To read one complete Surah impresses me more than what you do. However, if you insist on doing it, then read it in a way that your ears can hear and your heart can comprehend.'"  

البيهقي:٤٠٦١وَأنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ثنا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ثنا شَبَابَةُ ثنا شُعْبَةُ

ثنا أَبُو حَمْزَةَ قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ سَرِيعُ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَرُبَّمَا قَرَأْتُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ سُورَةً وَاحِدَةً أَعْجَبُ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ مِثْلَ الَّذِي تَفْعَلُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فَاعِلًا لَا بُدَّ فَاقْرَأْهُ قِرَاءَةً تُسْمِعُ أُذُنَيْكَ وَيَعِيهِ قَلْبُكَ