Talim-ul-Quran — Page 254
RECITATION. OF THE HOLY QUR'ÂN عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ لِي رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ أَعْظَمَ سُوْرَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ؟ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَلَمَّا اَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَخْرُجَ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُوْلَ اللهِ! إِنَّكَ قُلْتَ لَا عَلِمَنَّكَ أَعْظَمَ سُوْرَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ هِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيْمُ الَّذِي أُوْتِيْتُه _ra sa sa. Hadrat Rafi' bin Mu'llä relates: The Holy Prophet said to me: "Shall I tell you before you go out of the mosque which is the greatest chapter of the Qur'ān? Then he took hold of my hand. When we were about to issue from the mosque I said to him: 'Messenger of Allah, you had said that you would tell me which is the greatest Chapter of the Qur'ān. ' He answered: 'Alhamdu lilſahi rabbil ‘alamin' (All praise belongs to Allāh,. Lord of all the worlds), the opening chapter which contains the seven oft-repeated verses and the Great Qur'an which has been bestowed upon me. ' ' " (Bukhara kitab fada 'ilul Qur'an bab fadl fatihatul kitab) 254