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- ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us—my father narrated to us—ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us—from Muʿāwiyah—from al-ʿAlāʾ ibn al-Ḥārith—from Zayd ibn Arṭāʾah—from Jubayr ibn Nufayr, who said:
The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: “You will never return to Allah with anything better than that which has come from Him,” meaning the Qur’an.
١٩٠ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «إِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ – Exalté soit-Il – بِشَيْءٍ أَفْضَلَ مِمَّا خَرَجَ مِنْهُ» يَعْنِي الْقُرْآنَ "