حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى ، عَنْ مَالِك ، عَنْ
عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي صَعْصَعَةَ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ
أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ : قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ يُرَدِّدُهَا ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ غَدَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ ، وَكَأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَتَقَالُّهَا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهَا
لَتَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ "
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: I heard a man reciting «﴿قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ﴾» repeatedly, so when morning came, I went to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and mentioned this matter to him. And Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id, may Allah be pleased with him, considered this surah to be of little significance in his own understanding. Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, this surah is equal to one third of the Qur'an."