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Narrated Alqama:I went to Sham with a group of the companions of `Abdullah (bin Mas`ud). Abu Ad-Darda' heard of our arrival so he came to us and said, "Is there anybody among you who can recite (Qur'an)" We replied in the affirmative. Then he asked, "Who is the best reciter?" They pointed at me. Then he told me to recite, so I recited the verse:-- 'By the night as it envelops 'By the day as it appears in brightness; By (Him Who created) male and the female.' (92.1-3) Abu Ad-Darda' then said to me, "Did you hear it (like this) from the mouth of your friend (`Abdullah bin Mas`ud)?" I said, "Yes." He said, "I too, heard it (like this) from the mouth of the Prophet, but these people do not consider this recitation as the correct one

حدثنا قبيصة بن عقبة، حدثنا سفيان، عن الاعمش، عن ابراهيم، عن علقمة، قال دخلت في نفر من اصحاب عبد الله الشام فسمع بنا ابو الدرداء فاتانا فقال افيكم من يقرا فقلنا نعم. قال فايكم اقرا فاشاروا الى فقال اقرا. فقرات {والليل اذا يغشى * والنهار اذا تجلى * والذكر والانثى}. قال انت سمعتها من في صاحبك قلت نعم. قال وانا سمعتها من في النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وهولاء يابون علينا