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What they said about Arabic Narrated with its chain

“To recite one verse with correct inflection is dearer to me than to recite so many verses without it.”

A Companion of the Prophet
A Companion not named in the report

The Arabic original

لَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ آيَةً بِإِعْرَابٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ كَذَا وَكَذَا آيَةً بِغَيْرِ إِعْرَاب

Source

Ibn Abi Shayba, al-Musannaf, ed. al-Shithri, 2015, no. 31909
The English translation is Voice of Arabic's, made from the original.

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