Another Narration

An-Nasa'i recorded that `Uqbah bin `Amir said, "I was walking with the Messenger of Allah when he said,

« يَا عُقْبَةُ قُلْ »

(O `Uqbah! Say!) I replied, `What should I say', so he was silent and did not respond to me. Then he said,

« قُلْ »

(Say!) I replied, `What should I say, O Messenger of Allah' He said,

﴿ قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡفَلَقِ ﴾

(Say: "I seek refuge with the Lord of Al-Falaq.'') So, I recited it until I reached its end. Then he said,

« قُلْ »

(Say!) I replied, `What should I say O Messenger of Allah' He said,

﴿ قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ ﴾

(Say: "I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind.'') So, I recited it until I reached its end. Then the Messenger of Allah said,

« مَا سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِمِثْلِهَا، وَلَا اسْتَعَاذَ مُسْتَعِيذٌ بِمِثْلِهَا »

(No person beseeches with anything like these, and no person seeks refuge with anything like these.)''