حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْعَطَّارِ ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ ، عَنْ مَعْدَانَ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :" أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ؟ قَالُوا : نَحْنُ أَعْجَزُ وَأَضْعَفُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَزَّأَ الْقُرْآنَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ، فَجَعَلَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ "

Muslim bin Ibrahim narrated to us, on the authority of Aban bin Yazid Al-Attar, Qatada narrated to us, on the authority of Salim bin Abi Al-Ja’d, on the authority of Ma’dan bin Abi Talha, on the authority of Abu Al-Darda’, said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Is any of you unable to recite a third of the Qur’an in one night?” They said: We are more incapable and weaker than that. He said: God divided the Qur’an into three parts, so He made Say: He is God, One, one-third of the Qur’an.