Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf narrated to us; Isrāʾīl narrated to us, from Ziyād ibn ʿIlāqah, from Quṭbah ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him): the Prophet ﷺ once recited in the Fajr (dawn) prayer, “And lofty date-palms with clustered fruit arranged in layers” (Qaf 10), drawing out his voice as he did so.

Abu ʿAbdillāh commented, “As for the part that is recited, it is the very speech of Allah, who says, ‘There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing’ (al-Shūrā 42:11), and He also says, ‘This is Our Book, speaking against you in truth’ (al-Jāthiyah 45:29).”