[Machine] I was among the delegation who came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to embrace Islam from Thaqeef, from the tribe of Bani Malik. He hosted us in a room, and he would visit us between his house and the mosque. When he finished praying the last night prayer, he would come to us and would not stop talking to us, complaining about Quraysh and the people of Makkah. Then he would say, "We were either humiliated or oppressed in Makkah, but when we migrated to Madinah, the disputes of war started to trouble us. He stayed away from us for a night, and did not come to us until it became too long after Isha prayer." We asked him, "Why do you stay away from us, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "A portion of the Qur'an came to me, and I wanted to stay until I finish it." In the morning, we asked the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "How do you memorize the Qur'an?" They replied, "We memorize it in sections of six verses, five verses, seven verses, nine verses, eleven verses, thirteen verses, and the detailed section from Surah Qaf until its end."  

كُنْتُ فِي الْوَفْدِ الَّذِينَ أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَسْلَمُوا مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ مِنْ بَنِي مَالِكٍ أَنْزَلَنَا فِي قُبَّةٍ لَهُ فَكَانَ يَخْتَلِفُ إِلَيْنَا بَيْنَ بُيُوتِهِ وَبَيْنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ انْصَرَفَ إِلَيْنَا فَلَا يَبْرَحُ يُحَدِّثُنَا وَيَشْتَكِي قُرَيْشًا وَيَشْتَكِي أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لَا سَوَاءَ كُنَّا بِمَكَّةَ مُسْتَذَلِّينَ أَوْ مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ 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 عَليَّ حِزْبٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ لَا أَخْرُجَ حَتَّى أَقْضِيَهُ فَسَأَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أَصْبَحْنَا؟ قَالَ قُلْنَا كَيْفَ تُحَزِّبُونَ الْقُرْآنَ؟ قَالُوا نُحَزِّبُهُ سِتَّ سُوَرٍ وَخَمْسَ سُوَرٍ وَسَبْعَ سُوَرٍ وَتِسْعَ سُوَرٍ وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سُورَةً وَثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ سُورَةً وَحِزْبُ الْمُفَصَّلِ مِنْ ق حَتَّى تَخْتِمَ