[Machine] I said to Al-A'mash, "Upon whom did you recite 'And avoid the defilement'?" He replied, "I recited it upon Yahya ibn Wattab. And Yahya recited it upon Alqamah. And Alqamah recited it upon Abdullah. And Abdullah recited it upon the Messenger of Allah."
قُلْتُ لِلْأَعْمَشِ عَلَى مَنْ قَرَأْتَ {وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ} ؟ قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى يَحْيَى بْنِ وَثَّابٍ وَقَرَأَ يَحْيَى عَلَى عَلْقَمَةَ وَقَرَأَ عَلْقَمَةُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ وَقَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللهِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ
[Machine] "I was holding the hand of Al-A'mash and Yusuf As-Samti on the other side, so I asked him about the saying of Allah Almighty: 'And the blowers of falsehood [i.e., the angels]'" (Surah Al-Muddaththir, 74:25). He said, "Did you come to know about that?" Then he said, "I recited the Quran to Yahya ibn Waththab thirty times, and Yahya recited it to 'Alqamah, and 'Alqamah recited it to Abdullah. Abdullah recited it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , saying: 'And reject [all] the deniers' (with a kasrah on the ra')."
كُنْتُ آخِذًا بِيَدِ الْأَعْمَشِ وَيُوسُفُ السَّمْتِيُّ عَلَى الْجَانِبِ الْآخَرِ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَالرُّجْزَ} [المدثر 5] فَقَالَ أَخَذْتَ فِي ذَا ثُمَّ قَالَ قَرَأْتُ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى يَحْيَى بْنِ وَثَّابٍ ثَلَاثِينَ مَرَّةً وَقَرَأَ يَحْيَى عَلَى عَلْقَمَةَ وَقَرَأَ عَلْقَمَةُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ «وَقَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ (وَالرِّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ) بِكَسْرِ الرَّاءِ»