English Translation

Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash told us, from Asim, from Zirr, who said: I said to Ubayy: "Abdullah says something regarding the two protective surahs." He said: "We asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about them, and he said: 'It was said to me,' so I said them. So I say as he said." Waki' told us, Sufyan told us, from Asim, from Zirr, who said: I asked Ubayy ibn Ka'b about the two protective surahs, and he said: "I asked the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, about them, and he said: 'It was said to me,' and I said, 'and to you,' so say them." Ubayy said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to us, so we say them. Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi told us, Sufyan told us, from Asim, from Zirr, who said: Ubayy ibn Ka'b told me, who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about the two protective surahs, and he said: "It was said to me," and I said them. Ubayy said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to us, so we say them. Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi told us, from Sufyan, from al-Zubayr ibn Adi, from Abu Razin, from Zirr ibn Hubaysh, from Ubayy ibn Ka'b, similarly. Muhammad ibn Ja'far told us, Shu'ba told us, from Asim ibn Bahdala, from Zirr, who said: I asked Ubayy about the two protective surahs, and he said: "I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about them," he said: "It was said to me," and I said them. So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded us, so we say them. Affan told us, Hammad ibn Salama told us, Asim ibn Bahdala informed us, from Zirr ibn Hubaysh, who said: I said to Ubayy ibn Ka'b: "Ibn Mas'ud does not write the two protective surahs in his mushaf." He said: "I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, informed me that Jibril, peace be upon him, said to him: 'Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak.' So I said it. Then he said: 'Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of Mankind.' So I said it. So we say what the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said." Affan told us, Abu Awana told us, from Asim, from Zirr, from Ubayy, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, similarly.