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The Prophet ﷺ called Ubbay ibn Ka'b while he was praying, but Ubbay did not answer him. The Prophet asked, "What prevented you from answering me, O Ubbay?" Ubbay replied, "I was praying." The Prophet reminded him, saying, "Did Allah, the Exalted, not say: 'Respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you'?" Ubbay then said, "I will not leave the mosque until you teach me a surah that Allah has revealed in the Torah, the Injeel, and the Zabur, like this one. Indeed, it is the Seven Oft-Repeated [Verses], which I have been given exclusively, and it is the Great Quran." This statement has been reported by Imam al-Bukhari in his Sahih, in the hadith narrated by Ibn Abi Dhi'b from Sa'id al-Maqburi from Abu Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ , who said, "The praise is due to Allah, the Mother of the Quran, the Seven Oft-Repeated [Verses], and the Great Quran."

أَخْبَرْنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُؤَمَّلِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عِيسَى ثنا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الشَّعْرَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَادَى أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ فَقَالَ «مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تُجِيبَنِي يَا أُبَيُّ» فَقَالَ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي فَقَالَ أَلَمْ يَقُلِ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ} [الأنفال 24] لَا تَخْرُجْ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى أُعَلِّمَكَ سُورَةً مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَالزَّبُورِ مِثْلَهَا وَإِنَّهَا السَّبْعُ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُ الطُّوَلَ وَإِنَّهَا الْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ «» قَدْ أَخْرَجَ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الْجَامِعِ الصَّحِيحِ حَدِيثَ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ أُمُّ الْقُرْآنِ وَالسَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ» هَذِهِ اللفظةُ فَقَطْ