Hadith #34

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English Translation

It was narrated from Buraidah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: 'I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ and heard him say: "Learn Surah al-Baqarah, for acquiring it is a blessing and abandoning it is a regret, and the sorcerers cannot bear it." Then after a while he said: "Learn Surah al-Baqarah and Surah Al 'Imran, for they are the two radiant ones that will shade their companion on the Day of Resurrection as if they were two clouds or two canopies or two flocks of birds in formation. And the Quran will meet its companion on the Day of Resurrection, when he rises from his grave, like a pale man saying: "Do you recognize me?" He will say: "I do not recognize you." He will say: "Do you recognize me?" He will say: "I do not recognize you." He will say..."'