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THE RECORDING AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE QUR'AN 71

'Dthman states that whether the revelation consisted of lengthy,
successive verses, or a single verse in isolation, the Prophet would
summon one of his scribes and say, "Place this verse [or these verses] in
the sura where such-and-such is mentioned."? laid bin Thabit remarks,
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"We would compile the Qur'an in the presence of the Propbet."?? And
according to 'Uthman bin AbI al-'A~, the ArchangelJibrIl came to the
Prophet once expressly to instruct him about the placement of a certain
verse."
'Dthman bin AbI al-'~ reports that he was sitting with the Prophet
when the latter fixed his gaze at a defmite point, then said, "The
Archangel JibrIl has just come to me and expressly asked me to
place the verse:
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in a certain position within a particular sura."23
Al-Kalbi narrates from AbU ~alil:t on Ibn 'Abbas' authority regarding
the verse:
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He states, "This was the last verse revealed to the Prophet. The
ArchangelJibrIl descended on him and instructed him to place it
after verse two hundred and eighty in Sura al-Baqara."25
Ubayy bin Ka'b states, "Sometimes the beginning of a sura isrevealed
to the Prophet, so I write it down, then another revelation descends
upon him so he says, 'Ubayy! write this down in the sura where such-
and-such is mentioned.' At other times a revelation descends upon
him and I await his instructions, till he informs me of its rightful
place.?"
laid bin Thabit remarks, ''While we were with the Prophet compiling
the Qjir'an from parchments, he said, 'Blessed be the Sham.F' He
was asked, 'Why so, 0 Prophet of Allah?' He replied, 'Because the
angels of the Most Compassionate (.,r>)I) have spread their wings

19 See at-Tirmidhi, Sunan, no. 3086; also al-Baihaqi, ii:42; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad,
i:69; AbUDawud, Sunan, i:290; al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak, i:22I; Ibn Hajar, Fat~ul Barf,
ix:22; see also Abu 'Ubaid, Farjii'il, p. 280.
20 See at-Tirmidhi, Sunan, Manaqib:141, no. 3954; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, v:185; al-
Hakim, al-Mustadrak, ii:229.
21 As-Suynti, al-Itqdn, i:173.
22 Qur'an 16:90.
23 Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, iv:218, no. 17947; see also as-Suytitl, al-Itqdn, i:173.
24 Qur'an 2:281.
25 Al-Baqillani, al-Intisiir, p. 176.
26 ibid, p. 176.
27 Sham is the name given to present-day Syria,]ordan and Lebanon.