Arabic (Original)
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ السُّوسِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّاغَانِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ قَالَ اجْتَمَعْنَا فَتَذَاكَرْنَا فَقُلْنَا أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَيَسْأَلُهُ أِيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَفَرَّقْنَا وَهِبْنَا أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَمَعَنَا فَجَعَلَ يُومِئُ بَعْضُنَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ {سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ} إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ قَالَ يَحْيَى فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا يَحْيَى مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ وَقَرَأَهَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصَّغَانِيُّ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ لَمْ يَقْرَأْ عَلَيْنَا الصَّغَانِيُّ السُّورَةَ بِتَمَامِهَا وَقَرَأَ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا شَيْئًا وَقَرَأَ الْقَاضِي مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا شَيْئًا وَقَرَأَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ عَلَيْنَا السُّورَةَ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا وَقَرَأَهَا الشَّيْخُ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا
English Translation
Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz, Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Qadi, and Abu Abdullah Ishaq ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Susi informed us, from Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Saghani, from Mu'awiyah ibn Amr, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Awza'i, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Abdullah ibn Salam who said: We gathered and discussed, saying: Which of us will go to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and ask him which deeds are most beloved to Allah? Then we dispersed, too shy for any of us to go to him. So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) sent for us and gathered us, and some of us gestured to others. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) recited to us: "Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth glorifies Allah, and He is the Almighty, the All-Wise" until the end of the Surah. Yahya said: Abu Salamah recited it to us from beginning to end. Abu Salamah said: Abdullah ibn Salam recited it to us from beginning to end. Al-Awza'i said: Yahya recited it to us from beginning to end. Abu Ishaq said: Al-Awza'i recited it to us from beginning to end. Mu'awiyah said: Abu Ishaq recited it to us from beginning to end. Abu Bakr al-Saghani said: Mu'awiyah recited it to us from beginning to end. Abu al-Abbas said: Al-Saghani did not recite the entire Surah to us. Abu al-Abbas recited some from its beginning. The Qadi recited some from its beginning. Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz recited the entire Surah to us from beginning to end. And the Shaykh recited it from beginning to end.