I was praying when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by me and called me, but I did not come to him until I had finished my prayer. Then I came to him, and he said, "What kept you from coming to me?"I said, "I was praying."He said, "Did Allah not say, 'You who believe, respond to Allah and the Messenger when he calls you to what gives you life' [Anfal 8:24]?"Then he said, "Shall I teach you the greatest surah in the Quran before I leave the mosque?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then went to leave, so I reminded him, and he said, "It is Al-hamdu lillahi rabbi al-alamin. It is the seven oft-repeated verses and the Magnificent Quran which has been given to me."
حدثنا محمد بن جعفر حدثنا شعبة عن خبيب بن عبد الرحمن عن حفص بن عاصم
كنت أصلي فمر بي رسول الله ﷺ فدعاني فلم آته حتى صليت ثم أتيته فقال ما منعك أن تأتيني فقال إني كنت أصلي قال ألم يقل الله تبارك وتعالى {يا أيها الذين آمنوا استجيبوا لله وللرسول إذا دعاكم لما يحييكم} ثم قال ألا أعلمكم أعظم سورة في القرآن قبل أن أخرج من المسجد قال فذهب رسول الله ﷺ ليخرج فذكرته فقال الحمد لله رب العالمين هي السبع المثاني والقرآن العظيم الذي أوتيته
Its isnad is sahih. Its narrators are well known. Khubayb bin Abdul-Rahman Ansari, Abu Harith, of Madinah, is trustworthy according to everyone, and likewise Hafs bin Asim bin Umar bin Khattab, whom the leading scholars praised.The hadith was narrated by Bukhari, 8/307, no. 4647, Fath al-Bari, in the tafsir, Surah Anfal, and Abu Dawud, 2/71, no. 1458, in the book of Prayer, chapter on the Opening of the Book, and Nasai, 2/139, no. 913, in the chapter on the Opening, on the saying of Allah, "And We have certainly given you the seven often repeated" [Hijr 15:87], and Ibn Majah, in the book of Manners, chapter on the reward of the Quran, 2/1244, no. 3785.