Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ أُمُّ الْقُرْآنِ وَأُمُّ الْكِتَابِ وَالسَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي.
English Translation
Isma'il ibn Umar told us, he said: Ibn Abi Dhi'b told us, from al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Al-hamdu lillah [the opening praise of the Qur'an] is the Mother of the Qur'an, the Mother of the Book, and the Seven Oft-Repeated Verses."