Narrated Shaqiq bin Salama: Once `Abdullah bin Mas`ud delivered a sermon before us and said, By Allah, I learnt over seventy Suras direct from Allah's Apostle . By Allah, the companions of the Prophet came to know that I am one of those who know Allah's Book best of all of them, yet I am not the best of them. Shaqiq added: I sat in his religious gathering and I did not hear anybody opposing him (in his speech).