حدثنا أبو الحسن محمد بن أحمد بن أسد الأسدي، قال: حدثنا عثمان بن عمر [ابن] أبي غيلان الثقفي، وعيسى بن سليمان بن عبد الملك القرشي، قالا: حدثنا أبو إبراهيم الترجماني [قال: حدثنا سعد بن سعيد الجرجاني] قال: حدثنا نهشل بن سعيد ، عن الضحاك، عن ابن عباس، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: أشراف أمتي حملة القرآن و أصحاب الليل.
1. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Asad al-Asadi, that he said: We were told by Uthman bin Umar ibn Abi Ghailan al-Thaqafi, and Isa bin Sulayman bin Abdil-Malik al-Qurashi, that they both said: We were told by Abu Ibrahim al-Turjumani, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Sa’eed al-Jarjani, that he said: We were told by Nahshal bin Sa’eed, from Dahhak, from Ibn Abbas, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The nobles of my nation are the carriers of the Qur’an and the people of the night.