“We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the delegation of Thaqif. The allies of Quraish stayed at the house of Mughirah bin Shu’bah, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ camped Bani Malik in a tent belonging to him. He used to come to us every night after the ‘Isha’ and speak to us standing on his two feet, until he started to shift his weight from one foot to the other. Most of what he told us was what he had suffered from his people, the Quraish. He said: ‘(The two sides) were not equal. We were weak and oppressed and humiliated, and when we went out to Al-Madinah, the outcome of the battles between us varied; sometimes we would defeat them and sometimes they would defeat us.’ One night he was later than he usually was, and I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, you have come to us late tonight.’ He said: ‘It occurred to me that I had not read my daily portion of Qur’an and I did not want to come out until I had completed it.’” Aws said: “I asked the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: ‘How did you used to divide up the Qur’an?’ They said: ‘A third, a fifth, a seventh, a ninth, an eleventh, a thirteenth, and Hizbul-Mufassal.’”  

قَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي وَفْدِ ثَقِيفٍ فَنَزَّلُوا الأَحْلاَفَ عَلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ وَأَنْزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَنِي مَالِكٍ فِي قُبَّةٍ لَهُ فَكَانَ يَأْتِينَا كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ فَيُحَدِّثُنَا قَائِمًا عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَاوِحَ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ وَأَكْثَرُ مَا يُحَدِّثُنَا مَا لَقِيَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَيَقُولُ وَلاَ سَوَاءَ كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مُسْتَذَلِّينَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ كَانَتْ سِجَالُ الْحَرْبِ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ نُدَالُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيُدَالُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ أَبْطَأَ عَنِ الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَأْتِينَا فِيهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَبْطَأْتَ عَلَيْنَا اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ طَرَأَ عَلَىَّ حِزْبِي مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ حَتَّى أُتِمَّهُ قَالَ أَوْسٌ فَسَأَلْتُ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ تُحَزِّبُونَ الْقُرْآنَ قَالُوا ثَلاَثٌ وَخَمْسٌ وَسَبْعٌ وَتِسْعٌ وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ وَثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ وَحِزْبُ الْمُفَصَّلِ  

[Machine] I was among the delegation who came to the Prophet ﷺ from Thaqeef, from the Bani Malik tribe. He took us to a dome and would come to us between his house and the mosque. After he performed the last night prayer, he would come to us and would not leave until he talked to us and complained about the Quraysh and the people of Makkah. Then he would say, "We were humiliated and oppressed in Makkah, but when we came to Madinah, the calls for war were upon us, and he stayed away from us for a night. He did not come to us until it became late after the evening prayer." We asked, "What kept you away from us, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "A verse from the Quran came to my mind, and I wanted to finish it before I left." We asked the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when we woke up in the morning, "How do you organize the Quran into Hizb?" They said, "We arrange it into three Hizb, five Hizb, seven Hizb, nine Hizb, eleven Hizb, thirteen Hizb, and the detailed Hizb from Qaf until the end."  

كُنْتُ فِي الْوَفْدِ الَّذِينَ أَتَوْاالنَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَسْلَمُوا مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ مِنْ بَنِي مَالِكٍ أَنْزَلَنَا فِي قُبَّةٍ لَهُ فَكَانَ يَخْتَلِفُ إِلَيْنَا بَيْنَ بُيُوتِهِ وَبَيْنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ انْصَرَفَ إِلَيْنَا وَلَا نَبْرَحُ حَتَّى يُحَدِّثَنَا وَيَشْتَكِي قُرَيْشًا وَيَشْتَكِي أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لَا سَوَاءَ كُنَّا بِمَكَّةَ مُسْتَذَلِّينَ ومُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ كَانَتْ سِجَالُ الْحَرْبِ عَلَيْنَا وَلَنَا فَمَكَثَ عَنَّا لَيْلَةً لَمْ يَأْتِنَا حَتَّى طَالَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ قَالَ قُلْنَا مَا أَمْكَثَكَ عَنَّا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ طَرَأَ عَلَيَّ حِزْبٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ لَا أَخْرُجَ حَتَّى أَقْضِيَهُ قَالَ فَسَأَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أَصْبَحْنَا قَالَ قُلْنَا كَيْفَ تُحَزِّبُونَ الْقُرْآنَ؟ قَالُوا نُحَزِّبُهُ ثَلَاثَ سُوَرٍ وَخَمْسَ سُوَرٍ وَسَبْعَ سُوَرٍ وَتِسْعَ سُوَرٍ وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سُورَةً وَثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ سُورَةً وَحِزْبَ الْمُفَصَّلِ مِنْ قَاف حَتَّى يُخْتَمَ  

“We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the delegation of Thaqif. The allies of Quraish stayed at the house of Mughirah bin Shu’bah, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ camped Bani Malik in a tent belonging to him. He used to come to us every night after the ‘Isha’ and speak to us standing on his two feet, until he started to shift his weight from one foot to the other. Most of what he told us was what he had suffered from his people, the Quraish. He said: ‘(The two sides) were not equal. We were weak and oppressed and humiliated, and when we went out to Al-Madinah, the outcome of the battles between us varied; sometimes we would defeat them and sometimes they would defeat us.’ One night he was later than he usually was, and I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, you have come to us late tonight.’ He said: ‘It occurred to me that I had not read my daily portion of Qur’an and I did not want to come out until I had completed it.’” Aws said: “I asked the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: ‘How did you used to divide up the Qur’an?’ They said: ‘A third, a fifth, a seventh, a ninth, an eleventh, a thirteenth, and Hizbul-Mufassal.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1345)   

قَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَفْدَ ثَقِيفٍ فَأُنْزِلْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي قُبَّةٍ لَهُ فَنَزَلَ إِخْوَانُنَا مِنَ الْأَحْلَافِ عَلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْتِينَا بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ فَيُحَدِّثُنَا وَكَانَ أَكْثَرُ حَدِيثِهِ تَشْكِيَةَ قُرَيْشٍ وَيَقُولُ «وَلَا سَوَاءٌ كُنَّا بِمَكَّةَ مُسْتَذَلَّينَ مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فَلَمَّا أَتَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَانَتِ الْحَرْبُ سِجَالًا عَلَيْنَا وَلَنَا» فَأَبْطَأَ عَلَيْنَا ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَأَطْوَلَ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَقَدْ أَبْطَأْتَ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ طَرَأَ عَلَيَّ حِزْبِي مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ حَتَّى أَقْضِيَهُ» فَسَأَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحَزِّبُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ فَقَالُوا كَانَ يُحَزِّبُهُ ثَلَاثًا وَخَمْسًا وَسَبْعًا وَتِسْعًا وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ وَثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ وَحِزْبَ الْمُفَصَّلِ  

"عَنْ أوْسِ بْنِ حُذَيْفَةَ الثَّقَفِىِّ قَالَ: قَدِمْنَا - وَفْدَ ثَقِيف - عَلَى رَسُولِ الله ﷺ فَنَزَلَ الأحْلاَفِيُّونَ عَلَى المُغَيرةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، وَأَنْزَلَ المَالِكِيِّينَ قُبَّتَهُ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ يَأتِينَا فَيُحَدَّثُنَا بَعْدَ عِشَاءِ الآخِرَةِ حَتَّى يُرَاوِحَ بَيْنَ قَدَمَيْهِ مِنْ طُولِ القِيَام، فَكَانَ أَكْثَرَ مَا يُحَدِّثُنَا اشْتِكَاءُ قُرَيْشٍ، يَقُولُ: كُنَّا بِمَكَّةَ مُسْتَذَلَينَ مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا المَدِينَةَ انْتَصَفْنَا مِن القَوْمٍ، فَكَانَتْ سِجَالُ الحَرْبِ عَلَيْنَا وَلَنَا، فَاحْتَبَس عَنَّا لَيْلة عَنِ الوَقْتِ الَّذِى كَانَ يَأتِينَا فيهِ، ثُمَّ أَتَانَا فَقُلنَا: يَارَسُولَ الله، احْتبَسْتَ عَنَّا الَّليْلَةَ عَنِ الوَقْتِ الَّذِى كنتَ تَأَتِينَا فِيه، فَقَالَ: إنَّهُ طَرَأ عَلَىَّ حِزْبِى مِنْ القُرآنِ، فَأَحبَبْتُ أنْ لاَ أَخْرُجَ حَتَّى أَقَرَأَهُ، أوْ قَالَ: حَتَّى أَقْضِيَهُ، فَلَمَّا أَصبْحْنَا سَأَلنَا أَصْحَابَ رَسُول الله ﷺ عَنْ أَحْزَاب القُرآن كَيْفَ يُحَزَبُونَهُ؟ فَقَالُوا: ثَلاَثٌ، وَخَمْسٌ، وَسَبعٌ، وَتِسعٌ، وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ، وَثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ وَحِزْبُ المُفَصّلِ (*) ".