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ahmad:4252Abū Kāmil > Zuhayr > Abū Hammām > ʿUthmān b. Ḥassān

[Machine] "I sought refuge with Abdullah upon learning about the copies of the Qur'an. We entered upon him, and a man from the people said, 'We did not come to you as visitors, but rather we came to you upon hearing this news.' Abdullah then said, 'Verily, the Qur'an was revealed to your Prophet Muhammad ﷺ through seven avenues, upon seven letters or he said upon seven alphabets. And indeed, the previous scriptures used to be revealed from one gate, upon one letter.'"  

أحمد:٤٢٥٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هَمَّامٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ فُلْفُلَةَ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ

فَزِعْتُ فِيمَنْ فَزِعَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِنَّا لَمْ نَأْتِكَ زَائِرِينَ وَلَكِنْ جِئْنَاكَ حِينَ رَاعَنَا هَذَا الْخَبَرُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ نَزَلَ عَلَى نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ مِنْ سَبْعَةِ أَبْوَابٍ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ أَوْ قَالَ حُرُوفٍ وَإِنَّ الْكِتَابَ قَبْلَهُ كَانَ يَنْزِلُ مِنْ بَابٍ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى حَرْفٍ وَاحِدٍ