Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 33807 — What Allah the Exalted gave Muhammad

Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have been given virtues that were not given to any prophet before me. We said: O Messenger of Allah, what are they? He said: I have been helped by awe; I have been given the keys of the earth; I have been named Ahmad; the soil has been made a means of purification for me; and my Ummah has been made the best of nations.