Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ وَعَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ قَرَأْتُ الْمُفَصَّلَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ فَقَالَ بَلْ هَذَذْتَ كَهَذِّ الشِّعْرِ أَوْ كَنَثْرِ الدَّقَلِ لَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ كَمَا فَعَلْتَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ النُّظُرَ الرَّحْمَنَ وَالنَّجْمَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ قَالَ فَذَكَرَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَشْرَ رَكَعَاتٍ بِعِشْرِينَ سُورَةً عَلَى تَأْلِيفِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ آخِرُهُنَّ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ وَالدُّخَانُ.
English Translation
A man came to him and said: 'I recited the Mufassal in one rak'ah.' He said: 'Rather, you rushed through it like rushing through poetry, or like scattering dry dates. But the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) did not do as you did. He would recite the paired surahs: al-Rahman and al-Najm in one rak'ah.' Abu Ishaq mentioned ten rak'ahs with twenty surahs according to Abdullah's arrangement, the last of which were Idha ash-Shamsu Kuwwirat and al-Dukhan.