Sayyiduna Abu Umamah Bahili (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Recite the Qur'an, for indeed it will come as an intercessor for its reciters on the Day of Resurrection. Recite the two beautiful surahs, Al-Baqarah and Aal Imran, for they will come on the Day of Resurrection as if they are two clouds, or two shades, or two flocks of birds with outstretched wings, pleading for those who recited them. Recite Surah Al-Baqarah, for taking it is a blessing and abandoning it is a cause of regret, and the people of falsehood cannot overcome it."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates both as a mawquf and marfu' hadith: "Everything has a hump, and the hump of the Qur'an is Surah al-Baqarah. And when Satan hears the recitation of Surah al-Baqarah, he leaves the house in which this Surah is being recited."