What is the authenticity of the hadiths narrated concerning the virtue of reciting Surat At-Tawbah, including: "Whoever recites Surat At-Tawbah, Allah accepts his repentance just as He accepted from Adam and Dawud, and He answers his supplication just as He answered Zakariyya, and for every verse he recites, he receives reward similar to Zakariyya's," and "Whoever recites Surat Al-Anfal and Bara'ah (At-Tawbah), they will testify for him on the Day of Resurrection that he is free from polytheism and hypocrisy, and he will be given dwellings in Paradise equal to the number of every hypocrite (male and female), and he will be credited with the like of the glorification of the Throne and its bearers until the Day of Resurrection," and "The Qur'an was not revealed to me except verse by verse and letter by letter, except for Surat Bara'ah and Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad, for they were revealed accompanied by seventy thousand rows of angels, each saying, 'Be mindful of Allah's lineage (relation) with good'"?
Firstly: The narration that the Qur’an was revealed verse by verse, except for Surahs Bara’ah and Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad, and that they were revealed accompanied by seventy thousand rows of angels, has a weak chain of narration due to the anonymity of several of its narrators, Al-Daraqutni's refutation of one of its narrators, and Ibn Hajar's statement: "Its chain of narration is flimsy."
Secondly: The "Whoever recites Al-Anfal and Bara’ah, they will testify for him on the Day of Resurrection to his innocence from polytheism and hypocrisy..." is part of the long Hadith of Ubayy ibn Ka'b regarding the virtues of the Surahs, and it is a fabricated Hadith with an unsound chain of narration.
Thirdly: The Hadith "Whoever recites Surah At-, Allah will accept his repentance as He accepted from Adam and Dawud, and He will answer his supplication as He answered Zakariyya, and for every verse he recites, he will have a reward like that of Zakariyya" has no known origin, was mentioned without a chain of narration, and was judged to be extremely weak.
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