Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Qur’an has been revealed according to seven modes of recitation.

Sayyidah Umm Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: The Noble Qur’an has been revealed in seven modes of recitation; whichever of them you recite will suffice for you.

Sayyiduna Ubayy ibn Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Noble Qur'an was revealed upon seven modes of recitation.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jibreel (peace be upon him) taught me one recitation, I requested him to increase the recitations and he kept increasing them, until the matter reached seven recitations. Imam Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) says: This difference in recitations is in reality about one and the same matter, it does not make any difference in what is lawful and unlawful.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Qur’an was revealed upon seven modes of recitation, such as reciting GHAFURAN RAHIMAN instead of ALIMAN HAKIMAN.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The complete surah which was revealed last to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is Surah Bara’ah, and the last verse to be revealed is the last verse of Surah An-Nisa’{یَسْتَفْتُونَکَ … }.

Sayyiduna Jubair bin Nufair says: I went to Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she said to me: Do you recite Surah Al-Ma'idah? I said: Yes. She said: This is the last Surah to be revealed, therefore whatever you find lawful in it, consider it lawful, and whatever you find unlawful in it, consider it unlawful. Then I asked her about the character of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), she said: His character was the Qur'an.

It is narrated from Saeed bin Musayyib, he says: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The last verse of the Noble Qur'an to be revealed is the one concerning usury, but it happened that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away and he had not yet explained its interpretation, so leave usury as well as anything in which there is doubt of usury.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that in every month of Ramadan, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would present the Noble Qur’an to Jibreel (peace be upon him). Then, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would enter the morning after that night, he would be more generous than even the swift wind. Whatever was asked from him, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would grant it. When that month of Ramadan came in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, in that month the Qur’an was presented twice.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), he says: I asked: Out of the two recitations, which was the last recitation, that of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) or that of Sayyiduna Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him)? Mujahid says: We said: The last one is that of Sayyiduna Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: No, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to present the Qur’an to Jibreel (peace be upon him) every year, but in the year in which he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, he presented the Qur’an to him twice, and the last recitation was that of Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him).