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2943. 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb narrated: "I passed by Hishām bin Ḥakīm bin Hizām while he was reciting Sūrat Al-Furqān during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. I listened to his recitation and noticed that he recited it in several different ways, which the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had not taught me. I was about to jump over him during his Salāt, but waited until he said the Salām. When he had said the Salām, I strangled him with his upper-garment and said: 'Who taught you this Sūrah which I heard you reciting?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ taught it to me.' I said to him: 'You lie! By Allāh! The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ taught me this Sūrah which you were reciting.' I dragged him to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! I heard this one reciting Sūrat Al-Furqān in a manner different from how you taught me, and you taught me Sūrat Al-Furqān.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Release him O 'Umar! Recite O Hishām.' So he recited it for him as I had heard him reciting. Then the Prophet ﷺ said to me: 'This is how it was revealed.' Then the Prophet ﷺ said to me, 'Recite O 'Umar.' So I recited the recitation which the Prophet ﷺ taught me. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'This is how it was revealed.' Then the Prophet ﷺ
said: 'Indeed this Qur'an was revealed in seven modes, so recite of it what is easier for you.'"
(Sahih)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is [Hasan] Ṣaḥīḥ.
Mālik bin Anas reported it similarly with this chain, from Az-Zuhri, except that he did not mention Al-Miswar bin Makhramah in it.
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What is the meaning that the Qur'an was revealed in seven Hurūf (dialects)? The best interpretation and explanation is that seven Hurūf are the seven different forms or types of pronunciations.
