Bishr bin as-Sirri said: “Verily, each verse is like a date: the more you chew it, the more of its sweetness is released.” Abu Sulayman heard this and commented: “True. It is the case with one of you that if he begins one chapter of it, he wants to read it to the end.”
(‘al-Hadith fi ‘Ulum al-Qur’an’; p. 70)
Bishr bin as-Sirri said: “Verily, each verse is like a date: the more you chew it, the more of its sweetness is...