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‘I studied the Qur’ān for three years and the revelation for two years’; or he said: ‘…the revelation in three years and the Qur’ān in two years ’.  

مسلم:i٠٤٤وَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

أَنَّ الْحَارِثَ قَالَ تَعَلَّمْتُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي ثَلاَثِ سِنِينَ وَالْوَحْىَ فِي سَنَتَيْنِ أَوْ قَالَ الْوَحْىَ فِي ثَلاَثِ سِنِينَ وَالْقُرْآنَ فِي سَنَتَيْنِ