It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I was sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Learn Surah al-Baqarah and Surah Al Imran, for they are the two radiant ones; on the Day of Resurrection they will shade the one who recites them as though they were two clouds, or two canopies, or two flocks of birds with outspread wings." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, everything has a peak, and the peak of the Qur'an is Surah al-Baqarah." Sufyan bin Uyaynah narrated this from Hakim bin Jubayr with some addition.