It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him), he asked: How many verses do you count in Surah Al-Ahzab? I (Zirr bin Hubaysh) said: About seventy-six or seventy-seven verses. He said: I recited this Surah to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it was as long as Surah Al-Baqarah or even longer, and it also contained the verse of stoning.

. (Second chain) Zar says: Sayyiduna Ubayy ibn Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) asked me: How many verses of Surah Al-Ahzab do you recite? I said: Seventy-three verses. He said: That's all? I had seen this Surah when it was equal to Surah Al-Baqarah. We also used to recite this verse in it: "Al-shaykhu wa al-shaykhatu idha zanaya farjumuhuma al-battata nakalan min Allah, wallahu 'azizun hakim." ... When an old man and an old woman (that is, a married man and woman) commit adultery, then stone them both to death; this is a definite command and a punishment from Allah, and Allah is All-Knowing, Wise.