Al-Tabarī narrated from Amr ibn Abī Salama, who said: “I asked al-Awzāʿī, ‘Which do you prefer: reciting the Quran or engaging in remembrance?’ He replied, ‘Ask Abū Muhammad’—meaning Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib. So I asked him, and he replied, ‘Rather, the Quran.’ Al-Awzāʿī then said, ‘Nothing equals the Quran. However, the practice of the early generations was to remember Allah Most High before sunrise and before sunset.’1

He—may Allah have mercy on him—thus indicated that the Quran is the best form of remembrance and that nothing equals it. Nevertheless, the prescribed remembrances for morning and evening, after the prayers, and on other occasions are better at their appointed times. Allah knows best. May Allah bestow His peace and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.