Ubay b. Kaʿb told me while he was reciting Sūrat al-Aḥzāb and said, "I said ˹it was˺ seventy three Āyāt ˹long˺." He said, "Exactly." I said, "Exactly." He said, "I saw it and it was definitely ˹similar in size˺ to al-Baqarah, and we use to recite in it what we recited in it. It had 'The ˹married˺ man and the, if they commit adultery, then absolutely stone them as a deterrent from Allah; for Allah is Mighty and Wise'.  

لِي أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْأَحْزَابِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ ثَلَاثًا وَسَبْعِينَ آيَةً قَالَ «قَطُّ» قُلْتُ قَطُّ۔ قَالَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهَا وَإِنَّهَا لَتَعْدِلُ الْبَقَرَةَ، وَلَقَدْ قَرَأْنَا فِيمَا قَرَأْنَا فِيهَا {الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ نَكَالًا مِنَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ}  

[Machine] Ubayy said, "She used to recite Surah Al-Baqarah and it was the longest. And indeed, it contained the verse of stoning." The sheikh and the sheikha stoned them both as a punishment from Allah. And Allah is powerful and wise.  

أُبَيٌّ «كَانَتْ لَتَعْدِلُ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَأَطْوَلَ وَلَقَدْ كَانَ فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ» الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ فَارْجُمُوهُمَا أَلْبَتَّةَ نَكَالًا مِنَ اللهِ وَاللهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ  

[Machine] Indeed, I have seen her and she is as beautiful as Surah Al-Baqarah. And surely, in her is the sheikh and the sheikha, if they commit adultery, then stone them immediately, as a punishment from Allah. And Allah is Mighty and Wise.  

أَقَطُّ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهَا وَإِنَّهَا لَتَعْدِلُ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَإِنَّ فِيهَا الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ نَكَالًا مِنَ اللهِ وَاللهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ