Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > al-Firyābī > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Ḥassān > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Quran was revealed as a form of remembrance and was placed in the empyreal house in the lower heaven. Then Gabriel, ﷺ , descended to the Prophet Muhammad, may ﷺ , reciting it in a measured tone. Sufyan said, "There are five verses and the like."

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ حَسَّانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«فُصِلَ الْقُرْآنُ مِنَ الذِّكْرِ فَوُضِعَ فِي بَيْتِ الْعِزَّةِ فِي السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَجَعَلَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَنْزِلُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُرَتِّلُهُ تَرْتِيلًا» قَالَ سُفْيَانُ «خَمْسَ آيَاتٍ وَنَحْوهَا»