"I was walking with the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and he said: "O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He did not answer me, then h esaid: 'O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' But he did not answer me. I said: 'O Allah, make him answer me.' He said: 'O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak...' So I recited it until I came to the end. Then he said: 'Say,' and I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind...,' so I recited it until I came to the end. Then the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'No one who asks has ever asked by means of anything like them, and no one who seeks refuge has ever sought refuge with anything like them.'"  

كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا عُقْبَةُ قُلْ فَقُلْتُ مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا عُقْبَةُ قُلْ قُلْتُ مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ ارْدُدْهُ عَلَىَّ فَقَالَ يَا عُقْبَةُ قُلْ قُلْتُ مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ { قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ } فَقَرَأْتُهَا حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ عَلَى آخِرِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ قُلْ قُلْتُ مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ { قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ } فَقَرَأْتُهَا حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ عَلَى آخِرِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ مَا سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِمِثْلِهِمَا وَلاَ اسْتَعَاذَ مُسْتَعِيذٌ بِمِثْلِهِمَا  

[Machine] While I was walking with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said to me, "Say, 'O 'Uqbah.'" I said to him, "What should I say?" Then he remained silent to me. I said to myself, "If he repeats it to me, I will say as he said." So he said to me, "Say." Then he recited: "Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak," until he finished it. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No one has asked with this supplication before, nor has anyone sought refuge with it before."  

بَيْنَمَا أَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ قَالَ لِي «قُلْ يَا عُقْبَةُ» قُلْتُ لَهُ وَمَا أَقُولُ؟ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ عَنِّي قَالَ قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي لَئِنْ أَعَادَهَا عَلَيَّ لَأَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي «قُلْ» فَقَرَأَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ وَمَا اسْتَعَاذَ مُسْتَعِيذٌ بِمِثْلِهَا»