سورة العلق

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): The first thing that was revealed to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) was: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِیمِ* اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّکَ [In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Read in the name of your Lord], and the last of them was [the Surah] إِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ [When the help of Allah comes].

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): The 'aza'im (obligatory prostration surahs) are four: Surah اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّکَ الَّذِی خَلَقَ [Read in the name of your Lord who created], al-Najm, Tanzil al-Sajdah, and Ha Mim al-Sajdah.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever recites this surah, Allah writes for him a reward like the reward of one who has recited the juz' al-mufassal, and like the reward of one who has drawn his sword in the way of Allah the Exalted. And whoever recites it while travelling by sea, Allah the Exalted keeps him safe from drowning.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Whoever recites Surah اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّکَ [Read in the name of your Lord] during his day or his night and then dies during that day or that night, dies a martyr, and Allah raises him as a martyr and brings him to life as a martyr, and he is like one who struck with his sword in the way of Allah alongside the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family).

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever recites this surah at the door of a storehouse, Allah the Exalted keeps that storehouse safe from every calamity and thief until its owner takes out what is in it.