A man who repeats a verse during prayer

Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept repeating this verse until morning came: "If You punish them, they are Your servants; and if You forgive them, then You are the Almighty, the All-Wise." [Al-Ma'idah: 118]

Sa'id bin Ubayd al-Ta'i said: Once, in the month of Ramadan, Sa'id bin Jubayr was repeating this verse while praying: "They will soon come to know, when the iron collars are around their necks and the chains; they will be dragged into boiling water, then they will be thrown into the Fire." [Ghafir: 71-72]

Masruq said: Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) repeated this verse again and again: "Or do those who commit evil deeds think that We will make them like those who believed and did righteous deeds, equal in their life and their death?" [Al-Jathiyah: 21]

Nusayr Abu Tu'mah said: When al-Rabi' bin Khuthaym, while praying, reached this verse: "Or do those who commit evil deeds think that We will make them like those who believed and did righteous deeds, equal in their life and their death?" he kept repeating it until morning.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: In the year of the Conquest of Makkah, during one of his journeys, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Surah al-Fath on his mount, modulating and repeating his voice (tarji') in his recitation. Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah said: If I did not fear that people would gather around me, I would show you the manner of his recitation.

Al-Aswad said: The predecessors liked to recite a single verse again and again in the last part of the night.

Ibrahim said: There is no harm in a man stopping at a verse and repeating it again and again.