Volume 6, Book 61, Number 511:
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit:
Abu Bakr sent for me and said, “You used to write the Divine Revelations for Allah’s Apostle : So
you should search for (the Qur’an and collect) it.” I started searching for the Qur’an till I found the
last two Verses of Surat At-Tauba with Abi Khuzaima Al-Ansari and I could not find these Verses
with anybody other than him. (They were):
‘Verily there has come unto you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst yourselves. It grieves him
that you should receive any injury or difficulty …’ (9.128-129)
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 512:
Narrated Al-Bara:
There was revealed: ‘Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and those who strive and fight
in the Cause of Allah.’ (4.95)
The Prophet said, “Call Zaid for me and let him bring the board, the inkpot and the scapula bone
(or the scapula bone and the ink pot).”‘ Then he said, “Write: ‘Not equal are those Believers who sit..”,
and at that time ‘Amr bin Um Maktum, the blind man was sitting behind the Prophet . He said, “O Al –
lah’s Apostle! What is your order For me (as regards the above Verse) as I am a blind man?” So, in –
stead of the above Verse, the following Verse was revealed:
‘Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) except those who are disabled (by injury or are
blind or lame etc.) and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah.’ (4.95)
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 513:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Gabriel recited the Qur’an to me in one way. Then I requested him (to read it
in another way), and continued asking him to recite it in other ways, and he recited it in several
ways till he ultimately recited it in seven different ways.”
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 514:
Narrated ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab:
I heard Hisham bin Hakim reciting Surat Al-Furqan during the lifetime of Allah’s Apostle and I
listened to his recitation and noticed that he recited in several different ways which Allah’s Apostle
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had not taught me. I was about to jump over him during his prayer, but I controlled my temper, and
when he had completed his prayer, I put his upper garment around his neck and seized him by it
and said, “Who taught you this Sura which I heard you reciting?” He replied, “Allah’s Apostle taught
it to me.” I said, “You have told a lie, for Allah’s Apostle has taught it to me in a different way from
yours.” So I dragged him to Allah’s Apostle and said (to Allah’s Apostle),
“I heard this person reciting Surat Al-Furqan in a way which you haven’t taught me!” On that Al –
lah’s Apostle said, “Release him, (O ‘Umar!) Recite, O Hisham!” Then he recited in the same way as I
heard him reciting. Then Allah’s Apostle said, “It was revealed in this way,” and added, “Recite, O
‘Umar!” I recited it as he had taught me. Allah’s Apostle then said, “It was revealed in this way. This
Qur’an has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite of it whichever (way) is easi –
er for you (or read as much of it as may be easy for you).”
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 515:
Narrated Yusuf bin Mahk:
While I was with Aisha, the mother of the Believers, a person from Iraq came and asked, “What
type of shroud is the best?” ‘Aisha said, “May Allah be merciful to you! What does it matter?” He said,
“O mother of the Believers! Show me (the copy of) your Qur’an,” She said, “Why?” He said, “In order
to compile and arrange the Qur’an according to it, for people recite it with its Suras not in proper
order.” ‘Aisha said, “What does it matter which part of it you read first? (Be informed) that the first
thing that was revealed thereof was a Sura from Al-Mufassal, and in it was mentioned Paradise and
the Fire. When the people embraced Islam, the Verses regarding legal and illegal things were re –
vealed. If the first thing to be revealed was: ‘Do not drink alcoholic drinks.’ people would have said,
‘We will never leave alcoholic drinks,’ and if there had been revealed, ‘Do not commit illegal sexual
intercourse, ‘they would have said, ‘We will never give up illegal sexual intercourse.’ While I was a
young girl of playing age, the following Verse was revealed in Mecca to Muhammad: ‘Nay! But the
Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and
more bitter.’ (54.46) Sura Al-Baqara (The Cow) and Surat An-Nisa (The Women) were revealed
while I was with him.” Then ‘Aisha took out the copy of the Qur’an for the man and dictated to him
the Verses of the Suras (in their proper order) .
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 516:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud:
Surat Bani-lsrael, Al-Kahf (The Cave), Maryam, Taha, Al-Anbiya’ (The prophets) are amongst my
first earnings and my old property, and (in fact) they are my old property.
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Volume 6, Book 61, Number 517:
Narrated Al-Bara’:
I learnt, ‘Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High’ (Surat al-A’la) No 87, before the Prophet
came (to Medina) .
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 502:
Narrated ‘Aisha and Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet remained in Mecca for ten years, during which the Qur’an used to be revealed to
him; and he stayed in Medina for ten years.