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Does reading one hundred verses at night mean any one hundred verses, or do they have to be long or equivalent to Surat al-Baqarah, in order for one to be recorded as having prayed the entire night, as stated in the authentic Hadith?

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The was not narrated with the wording mentioned. The closest wording to it is: "Whoever recites a hundred verses in a night, for him will be written the devotion of a night." In another narration: "Whoever recites a hundred verses in a night will not be written among the negligent, or will be written among the devout." And another wording: "Whoever recites a hundred verses in a night will be written among the devout." And another wording: "Whoever recites ten verses in a night will not be written among the negligent, and whoever recites a hundred verses will be written among the devout." The apparent meaning of these hadiths is that reciting a hundred verses is general, from any part of the Qur'an.

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