Arabic (Original)
قَالَ عَبْد اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ سُورَةً مَا أُنْزِلَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلَا فِي الزَّبُورِ وَلَا فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ وَلَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِثْلُهَا قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَرْجُو أَنْ لَا أَخْرُجَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْبَابِ حَتَّى تَعْلَمَهَا ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُمْتُ مَعَهُ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَجَعَلَ يُحَدِّثُنِي حَتَّى بَلَغَ قُرْبَ الْبَابِ قَالَ فَذَكَّرْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي قُلْتَ لِي قَالَ فَكَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ إِذَا قُمْتَ تُصَلِّي فَقَرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ هِيَ هِيَ وَهِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُ بَعْدُ قَالَ عَبْد اللَّهِ سَأَلْتُ أَبِي قَالَ عَنْ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَسُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ فَقَدَّمَ الْعَلَاءَ عَلَى سُهَيْلٍ وَقَالَ لَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا ذَكَرَ الْعَلَاءَ بِسُوءٍ و قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ وَأَبُو صَالِحٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ الْعَلَاءِ.
English Translation
'Abdullah said: Abu Ma'mar told me, Abu Usamah told us, from 'Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja'far, from al-'Ala' ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, from Ubayy ibn Ka'b, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Shall I not teach you a chapter the like of which has not been revealed in the Torah, nor the Psalms, nor the Gospel, nor the Qur'an?" I said: "Yes indeed." He said: "I hope I will not leave through that door until you have learned it." Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, got up, and I got up with him, and he took my hand and began speaking to me until we neared the door. I recalled and said: "O Messenger of Allah, the chapter you mentioned to me..." He said: "How do you recite when you stand to pray?" So I recited the Opening of the Book. He said: "It is that; it is the seven oft-repeated verses, and the magnificent Qur'an which I was given afterward." 'Abdullah said: I asked my father about al-'Ala' ibn 'Abd al-Rahman and Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, and he preferred al-'Ala' over Suhayl, and said: "I have not heard anyone speak ill of al-'Ala'." Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: "And Abu Salih is more beloved to me than al-'Ala'."