Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ثَنَا حَيْوَةُ وَابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ قَالَا سَمِعْنَا يَزِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عِمْرَانَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يَقُولُ تَعَلَّقْتُ بِقَدَمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَقْرِئْنِي سُورَةَ هُودٍ وَسُورَةَ يُوسُفَ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا عُقْبَةُ بْنَ عَامِرٍ إِنَّكَ لَمْ تَقْرَأْ سُورَةً أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلَا أَبْلَغَ عِنْدَهُ مِنْ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ قَالَ يَزِيدُ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَبُو عِمْرَانَ يَدَعُهَا وَكَانَ لَا يَزَالُ يَقْرَؤُهَا فِي صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ.
English Translation
Abu Abd al-Rahman told us, Haywah and Ibn Lahi'ah told us, they said: We heard Yazid ibn Abi Habib say: Abu Imran told me that he heard Uqbah ibn Amir say: I clung to the foot of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: O Messenger of Allah, teach me Surah Hud and Surah Yusuf. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to me: O Uqbah ibn Amir, you have not recited any surah more beloved to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, nor more far-reaching with Him, than 'Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak.' Yazid said: Abu Imran never left it, and he continued to recite it in the Maghrib prayer.