556—Al-Hasan ibn Uthman informed us. He said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ziyad informed us. He said: Yahya ibn Ja‘far narrated to us. He said: Ishaq ibn Sulayman narrated to us. He said: Al-Jarrah ⦗374⦘ ibn al-Dahhak al-Kindi narrated to us, from Alqamah ibn Marthad, from Abu Abd al-Rahman, from Uthman ibn Affan, who said: The Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, said, “The best of you are those who learn the Quran and teach it.”

Abu Abd al-Rahman said: The superiority of the Quran over all other speech is like the superiority of the Lord over His creation, for it is from Him.