It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were gathered around the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) engaged in compiling the Noble Qur'an (arranging its scattered portions), when he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Glad tidings (Tuba) for al-Sham." It was said: O Messenger of Allah! Why is that? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the angels of the Most Merciful are spreading their wings over them (the people of al-Sham)." Jarir bin Hazim narrated it from Yahya bin Ayyub.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) compiling (arranging) the Noble Qur'an from pieces of leather, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Glad tidings (Tuba) for al-Sham." We said: Why is that? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Because the angels of the Most Merciful are spreading their wings over them (the people of al-Sham)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it. And in it there is a clear statement that the compilation of the Qur'an was not completed at one time; rather, part of it was compiled in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then it was compiled in the time of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), and the third compilation, which is the present arrangement of the surahs, took place during the caliphate of the Commander of the Believers, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them all).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I entered the mosque on Friday while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering the sermon, and I sat down near Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Surah Bara'ah (al-Tawbah), and I asked Ubayy: When was this surah revealed? He looked at me with displeasure and did not speak to me; (the narrator mentioned the whole hadith). Imam al-Hakim says: I found it like this in my book, and I searched for it at full length in the Musnad collections but could not find it, and this hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad).