And among things revealed was an ayah of rajm.

And among things revealed was an ayah of rajm. So the Prophet (‘s) stoned and after him we stoned too ". Then Umar added: " We used to recite [^4] ولا ترغبوا عن آبائكم فانه كفربكم or ان كفرا بكم ان ترغبوا عن آبائكم Tradition n. 4 (d) Nafe' reports that Ibn Umar said: " One of you might claim that he has taken the complete Qur’an, but what does he know of the Complete Qur’an? Much from the Qur’an has disappeared, so he should say: I have taken what has been traced "[^5]. Tradition n.

5 (e) Urwah b. Zubair reports from Aisha: " The Surah of al‑Ahzab as read during the times of the Prophet (‘s) comprised of two hundred verses. When Uth­man prepared the codex, we did not get except what it has remained to be "[^6]. Tradition n.

6 (f) Hamidah binti Anas says: It was read before my father who was 80, from the codex of Aisha : ان لله وملئكته يصلون على النبي يا ايها الذين آمنوا صلو عليه وسلموا تسليما وعلى الذين يصلون الصفوف الاولى She says: ` This was before Uthman changed the texts '. Tradition n. 7 (g) Abu Harb b. Abil Aswad reports from his father: "A bu Musa Al‑Asha'ri sent for the Qura' (the reciters of Basrah), and three hundred men called upon him, who had all read the Qur’an.

Then he said : `You are the best of the people of Basrah, and their reciters. Read the Qur’an constantly, otherwise. before too long, your heart may harden the way the hearts of your predecessors had hardened.

We used to read a Surah which we compared, in length and severity, with the Surah of Bara’ah, but I have now forgotten it, except a verse which says : لو كان لابن آدم واديان من مال لا بتغى واديا ثالثا ولا يملأ جوف ابن آدم الا التراب And we used to read a Surah which we compared with one of the musabbihat (Surahs which begin with sabbaha or yusab­bihu) but I have forgotten it except a verse I remember [^7]: يا ايها الذين آمنوا لم تقولون ما لا تفعلون, فتكتب شهادة في اعناقكم فتسألون عنها يوم القيامة Tradition n.

8 (h) Zarr says: Ubayy b. Ka'b told me, O Zarr: "How much of Surah of al Ahzab do you read?" I said: "Seventy three verses". He said: "though it was equal to the Surah of al Baqarah, or it was longer than that" . [^8] Tradition n. 9 (i) Ibn Abi Dawud and Ibn Ambari report from Ibn Shihabi: " We have been informed that much more of the Qur’an had been revealed ‑ but those who knew it were killed at Yamamah. They had preserved it, and it was never known or written after them. .."[^9] Tradition n.