Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَلِيٌّ أَقْضَانَا وَأُبَيٌّ أَقْرَؤُنَا وَإِنَّا لَنَدَعُ كَثِيرًا مِنْ لَحْنِ أُبَيٍّ وَأُبَيٌّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَا أَدَعُهُ لِشَيْءٍ وَاللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَقُولُ { مَا نَنْسَخْ مِنْ آيَةٍ أَوْ نُنْسِهَا نَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْهَا أَوْ مِثْلِهَا }.
English Translation
Waki' told us, Sufyan told us, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "'Ali is the most learned among us in judgment, and Ubayy is the best reciter among us, yet we leave much of what Ubayy recites due to variant readings, while Ubayy says: 'I heard it from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and I will not abandon it for anything,' while Allah, blessed and exalted is He, says: 'Whatever verse We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring forth better than it or similar to it.'"