ذِكْرُ مَا كَانَ يَأْمُرُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِكَتَبَةِ الْقُرْآنِ عِنْدَ نُزُولِ الْآيَةِ بَعْدَ الْآيَةِ
[Machine] 'You have combined between the chapters Al-Anfal and Bara'ah. Bara'ah consists of a hundred verses, while Al-Anfal has fewer verses. So, have you combined them?'
Uthman replied, "Whenever a verse was revealed from the Quran, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ would call someone to write it down and instruct them to place it in the Surah where it should be mentioned. Al-Anfal was revealed in Madinah, and Bara'ah was revealed towards the end of the Quran. However, the Prophet passed away without informing us where to place it. I found its content similar to the content of Surah Al-Anfal, so I combined them together. However, I didn't write the phrase 'Bismillah hir-Rahman ir-Rahim' between them, so I placed it in the seventh long Surah."
أَنْ قَرَنْتُمْ بَيْنَ الْأَنْفَالِ وَبَرَاءَةَ وَبَرَاءَةُ مِنَ الْمِئِينَ وَالْأَنْفَالُ مِنَ الْمَثَانِي فَقَرَنْتُمْ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ كَانَ إِذَا نَزَلَتْ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ الْآيَةُ دَعَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَعْضَ مَنْ يَكْتُبُ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ ضَعْهُ فِي السُّورَةِ الَّتِي يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا كَذَا وَأُنْزِلَتِ الْأَنْفَالُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَبَرَاءَةُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ آخِرِ الْقُرْآنِ فَتُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يُخْبِرْنَا أَيْنَ نَضَعُهَا فَوَجَدْتُ قِصَّتَهَا شَبِيهًا بِقِصَّةِ الْأَنْفَالِ فَقَرَنْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا وَلَمْ نَكْتُبْ بَيْنَهُمَا سَطْرَ «بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ» فَوَضَعْتُهَا فِي السَّبْعِ الطُّوَلِ