Musnad Ahmad 158

Translation

✧ I heard Hisham b. Hakim b. Hizam reciting Surat al-Furqan, and he recited in it some letters which the Prophet of Allah ﷺ had not taught me. He said: I wanted to seize him while I was in prayer, but when he finished, I said: Who taught you this recitation? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I said: You have lied, by Allah; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not teach you like this. So I took him by the hand and led him away to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I said: O Messenger of Allah, you taught me Surat al-Furqan, and I heard this one reciting in it some letters which you did not teach me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Recite, O Hisham. So he recited as he had recited, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Thus it was revealed. Then he said: Recite, O Umar. So I recited, and he said: Thus it was revealed. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The Quran was revealed in seven modes.

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