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darimi:1336Abū Nuʿaym > al-Masʿūdī > al-Walīd b. Sarīʿ > ʿAmr b. Ḥurayth

[Machine] He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reciting in the Fajr prayer, "When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up" [At-Takwir 1]. When he reached the verse, "And by the night when it covers with darkness" [At-Takwir 17], I said to myself, "What is the night when it covers with darkness?"  

الدارمي:١٣٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ {إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ} [التكوير 1] فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ} [التكوير 17] جَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ فِي نَفْسِي مَا اللَّيْلُ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ؟