Volume 6, Book 60, Number 170:
Narrated Abu Said bin Al-Mu’alla:
While I was praying, Allah’s Apostle passed me and called me, but I did not go to him until I had
finished the prayer. Then I went to him, and he said, “What prevented you from coming to me?
Didn’t Allah say:– “O you who believe! Answer the call of Allah (by obeying Him) and His Apostle
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when He calls you?” He then said, “I will inform you of the greatest Sura in the Qur’an before I leave
(the mosque).” When Allah’s Apostle got ready to leave (the mosque), I reminded him. He said, “It is:
‘Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.’ (i.e. Surat-al-Fatiha) As-sab’a Al-Mathani (the seven re –
peatedly recited Verses).”

Volume 6, Book 60, Number 1:
Narrated Abu Said bin Al-Mu’alla:
While I was praying in the Mosque, Allah’s Apostle called me but I did not respond to him. Later I
said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I was praying.” He said, “Didn’t Allah say’–“Give your response to Allah (by
obeying Him) and to His Apostle when he calls you.” (8.24)
He then said to me, “I will teach you a Sura which is the greatest Sura in the Qur’an, before you
leave the Mosque.” Then he got hold of my hand, and when he intended to leave (the Mosque), I said
to him, “Didn’t you say to me, ‘I will teach you a Sura which is the greatest Sura in the Quran?’ He
said, “Al-Hamdu-Lillah Rabbi-l-Alamin (i.e. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds) which is Al-
Sab’a Al-Mathani (i.e. seven repeatedly recited Verses) and the Grand Qur’an which has been given
to me.”