سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب فضائل القرآنFrom the Book of Virtues of the Qur'an
باب فَضْلِ أَوَّلِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَآيَةِ الْكُرْسِيِّ:Chapter on the virtue of the beginning of Al-Baqarah and Ayat Al-Kursi
Hadith 3412
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ، حَدَّثَنِي أَيْفَعُ بْنُ عَبْدٍ الْكَلَاعِيُّ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَيُّ سُورَةِ الْقُرْآنِ أَعْظَمُ ؟ قَالَ: "قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ"، قَالَ: فَأَيُّ آيَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ أَعْظَمُ ؟ قَالَ: "آيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ: اللَّهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ سورة البقرة آية 255، قَالَ: فَأَيُّ آيَةٍ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تُصِيبَكَ وَأُمَّتَكَ ؟ قَالَ: خَاتِمَةُ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ، فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ خَزَائِنِ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ، مِنْ تَحْتِ عَرْشِهِ، أَعْطَاهَا هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ، لَمْ تَتْرُكْ خَيْرًا مِنْ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ".
Ayyaf bin Abdullah al-Kala'i said: A companion asked: O Messenger of Allah! Which surah of the Holy Qur'an is the greatest? He said: “«﴿قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ﴾»”. He asked: And which verse is the greatest? He said: “Ayat al-Kursi:” «﴿اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ . . . . . .﴾» [البقره: 255/2]. Then he said: O Prophet of Allah! Which verse do you like and which is beneficial for you and your ummah? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “The last verses of Surah al-Baqarah, because they are from the treasures of Allah’s mercy under the Throne, which Allah has specially granted to this ummah, and they include all the goodness and virtue of this world and the Hereafter.”
