It has also been narrated from him: “Nothing by which the servants draw near to Allah is dearer to Him than that which came forth from Him”—meaning the Quran. This is reliably transmitted from Khabbāb ibn al-Aratt, one of the earliest and foremost Emigrants, who said: “O you there, draw near to Allah by whatever means you can, for nothing by which one draws near to Him is dearer to Him than His speech.”

Thus, if someone places on a par with this that which Allah has disavowed for Himself and His Messenger, in His words, Most High: “We have not taught him poetry, nor is it fitting