Zaid b. Thabit asked me: Why do you recite short surahs in the sunset prayer? I saw the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) reciting two long surahs at the sunset prayers. I asked him: which are those two long surahs? He replied: Al-A’raf(surah vii) and al-an’am(surah vi). I ( the narrator Ibn Juraij) asked Ibn Mulaikah (about these surahs): He said on his own accord: Al-ma’idah (surah v.) and al-A’raf(furah vii.)  

لِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مَا لَكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِطُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا طُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ قَالَ الأَعْرَافُ وَالأُخْرَى الأَنْعَامُ قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُ أَنَا ابْنَ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ فَقَالَ لِي مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِهِ الْمَائِدَةُ وَالأَعْرَافُ  

[Machine] He informed me that Zaid bin Thabit said to me, "Why don't you recite in the Maghrib prayer the Surahs of shorter length? Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the Maghrib prayer the Surahs of lengthy length." I said to 'Urwa, "What are the Surahs of lengthy length?" He said, "It is Al-A'raf and those similar to it."  

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ قَالَ لِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مَا لَكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ؟ لَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ طُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعُرْوَةَ مَا طُولَى الطُّولَيَيْنِ؟ قَالَ الْأَعْرَافُ  

[Machine] For Zaid bin Thabit: What makes you read in prayer with a relatively short recitation? I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reciting with two long surahs. I asked, "What are these two long surahs?" He said, "Al-A'raf and Yunus."  

لِي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ؟ فَلَقَدْ «رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ بِالطَّوِيلتَيْنِ» قُلْتُ وَمَا الطَّوِيلتَيْنِ؟ قَالَ «الْأَعْرَافُ وَيُونُسُ»