‘Abdallāh b. Mas'ūd said,“Everything has a hump, and the hump of the Qur’ān is sūra al-Baqara. Everything has a kernel, and the kernel of the Qur’ān is al-Mufassal.* *A title given to the sūras from 49 to the end, but several other sūras are also mentioned:37, 45, 47, 48, 50, 61, 67, and 93. The name is most appropriately explained as meaning that this is the section of the Qur’ān which contains many shorter sūras. Dārimī transmitted it.

‘Alī told that he heard God’s messenger say,“Everything has an adornment, and the adornment of the Qur’ān is ar-Rahmān”(Qur’ān, 57) Transmitted by Baihaqī in Shu'ab al-īmān.

Ibn Mas’ūd reported God’s messenger as saying,“He who recites sūra al-Waqi'a (Qur’ān, 56) every night will never be afflicted by want.”Ibn Mas’ūd used to order his daughters to recite it every night. Transmitted by Baihaqī in Shu'ab al-īmān.

‘Alī said that God's messenger used to like this sūra,“Glorify the name of thy most high Lord.”(Qur’ān, 87) Ahmad transmitted it.

‘Abdallāh b. ‘Amr told of a man coming to the Prophet and asking him to teach him to recite. On being told to recite three of the sūras with A. L. R (Qur’ān, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15) he replied,“I am old, my heart has difficulty in remem­bering, and my tongue is sluggish.”When told that in that case he should recite three with Hā’ Mīm (Qur’ān, 40 to 46) he gave the same reply and then asked God’s messenger to teach him to recite a comprehensive sūra. He taught him to recite“When is shaken”(Qur’ān, 99) up to the end, and the man said,“I swear by Him who has sent you with the truth that I shall never recite more than that.”Then when the man turned away God's messenger said twice,“The little man has come into a state of felicity.”Ahmad and Abū Dāwūd transmitted it.

Ibn ‘Umar reported God’s messenger as saying,“Can one of you not recite a thousand verses daily?”Then when he was asked who could recite a thousand verses daily he replied,“Can one of you not recite ‘Rivalry has distracted you’?”(Qur’ān, 102) Baihaqi transmitted it in Shu'ab al-īmān.

Sa'īd b. al-Musayyib reported in mursal form that the Prophet said,“If anyone recites ten times ‘Say, He is God, One’, a palace will be built for him in paradise because of it; if anyone recites twenty times two palaces will be built for him in paradise because of it; and if anyone recites it thirty times three palaces will be built for him in paradise be­cause of it.”‘Umar b. al-Khattāb said,“I swear by God, messenger of God, that we shall then produce many palaces for ourselves;”to which he replied,“God's abundant grace is even more comprehensive than that.”Dārimī transmitted it.

Al-Hasan reported in mursal form that the Prophet said,“If anyone recites a hundred verses in a night the Qur’ān will not argue against him that night; if anyone recites two hundred verses in a night he will be recorded as having spent a night standing in prayer; and if anyone recites five hundred to a thousand verses in a night, in the morning he will have a reward equivalent to a qintār*. He was asked what a qintar was and replied that it was twelve thousand [dīnārs] . *This is the measure to which many different values have been ascribed. Dārimī transmitted it.

Abū Mūsā al-Ash’arī reported God’s messenger as saying,“Keep refreshing your knowledge of the Qur’ān, for I swear by Him in whose hand my soul is that it is more liable to escape than camels which are tethered.”(Bukhārī and Muslim.)

Ibn Mas’ūd reported God’s messenger as saying,“It is wrong for one to say that he has forgotten such and such a verse, for he has been made to forget. Study the Qur’ān, for it is more apt to escape from men’s minds than animals.”(Bukhārī and Muslim, Muslim adding "which are tethered”.)