Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَبَاثُ بْنُ رَزِينٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ نَتَدَارَسُ الْقُرْآنَ قَالَ تَعَلَّمُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَاقْتَنُوهُ قَالَ قَبَاثٌ وَلَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا قَالَ وَتَغَنُّوا بِهِ فَإِنَّهُ أَشَدُّ تَفَلُّتًا مِنْ الْمَخَاضِ فِي عُقُلِهَا.
English Translation
Hashim ibn al-Qasim told us, Layth told us, Qabath ibn Razin told us, from Ali ibn Rabah, from Uqbah ibn Amir al-Juhani, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came out to us while we were studying the Qur'an together, and said: Learn the Qur'an and hold fast to it. Qabath said: And I do not know him except that he also said: and recite it melodiously, for it escapes more readily than pregnant she-camels escape from their hobbles.