I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one night and he started reciting al-Baqara. I thought that he would bow at the end of one hundred verses, but he proceeded on; I then thought that he would perhaps recite the whole (surah) in a rak'ah, but he proceeded and I thought he would perhaps bow on completing (this surah). He then started al-Nisa', and recited it; he then started Al-i-'Imran and recited leisurely. And when he recited the verses which referred to the Glory of Allah, he glorified (by saying Subhan Allah-Glory to my Lord the Great), and when he recited the verses which tell (how the Lord) is to be begged, he (the Holy Prophet) would then beg (from Him), and when he recited the verses dealing with protection from the Lord, he sought (His) protection and would then bow and say: Glory be to my Mighty Lord; his bowing lasted about the same length of time as his standing (and then on returning to the standing posture after ruku') he would say: Allah listened to him who praised Him, and he would then stand about the same length of time as he had spent in bowing. He would then prostrate himself and say: Glory be to my Lord most High, and his prostration lasted nearly the same length of time as his standing. In the hadith transmitted by Jarir the words are:" He (the Holy Prophet) would say:" Allah listened to him who praised Him, our Lord, to Thee i the praise."  

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَافْتَتَحَ الْبَقَرَةَ فَقُلْتُ يَرْكَعُ عِنْدَ الْمِائَةِ ثُمَّ مَضَى فَقُلْتُ يُصَلِّي بِهَا فِي رَكْعَةٍ فَمَضَى فَقُلْتُ يَرْكَعُ بِهَا ثُمَّ افْتَتَحَ النِّسَاءَ فَقَرَأَهَا ثُمَّ افْتَتَحَ آلَ عِمْرَانَ فَقَرَأَهَا يَقْرَأُ مُتَرَسِّلاً إِذَا مَرَّ بِآيَةٍ فِيهَا تَسْبِيحٌ سَبَّحَ وَإِذَا مَرَّ بِسُؤَالٍ سَأَلَ وَإِذَا مَرَّ بِتَعَوُّذٍ تَعَوَّذَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ فَكَانَ رُكُوعُهُ نَحْوًا مِنْ قِيَامِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ طَوِيلاً قَرِيبًا مِمَّا رَكَعَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الأَعْلَى فَكَانَ سُجُودُهُ قَرِيبًا مِنْ قِيَامِهِ قَالَ وَفِي حَدِيثِ جَرِيرٍ مِنَ الزِّيَادَةِ فَقَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ  

[Machine] I went to the Prophet ﷺ on a night of Ramadan, and he stood up to pray. When he said the takbir, he said, "Allah is the Greatest, the Possessor of the Dominion, the Might, the Magnificence." Then he recited Surah Al-Baqarah, then Surah An-Nisa, then Surah Al-Imran. He would stop at every verse of warning. Then he would perform a bow and say, "Glory be to my Lord, the Exalted, just as He deserves." Then he would raise his head and say, "Allah hears whoever praises Him. Our Lord, to You is all praise, just as He deserves." Then he would prostrate and say, "Glory be to my Lord, the Most High, just as He deserves." Then he would raise his head and say, "My Lord, forgive me, just as He deserves." Then he would prostrate and say, "Glory be to my Lord, the Most High, just as He deserves." Then he would raise his head and stand up. He only prayed two raka'ahs (units of prayer) until Bilal came and called the Adhan for prayer.  

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَقَامَ يُصَلِّي فَلَمَّا كَبَّرَ قَالَ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ ذُو الْمَلَكُوتِ وَالْجَبَرُوتِ وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ الْبَقَرَةَ ثُمَّ النِّسَاءَ ثُمَّ آلَ عِمْرَانَ لَا يَمُرُّ بِآيَةِ تَخْوِيفٍ إِلَّا وَقَفَ عِنْدَهَا ثُمَّ رَكَعَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ مِثْلَ مَا كَانَ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِثْلَ مَا كَانَ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى مِثْلَ مَا كَانَ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي مِثْلَ مَا كَانَ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى مِثْلَ مَا كَانَ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَامَفَمَا صَلَّى إِلَّا رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى جَاءَ بِلَالٌ فَآذَنَهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ