Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ زِرٍّ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ كَأَيِّنْ تَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْأَحْزَابِ أَوْ كَأَيِّنْ تَعُدُّهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ ثَلَاثًا وَسَبْعِينَ آيَةً فَقَالَ قَطُّ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهَا وَإِنَّهَا لَتُعَادِلُ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَلَقَدْ قَرَأْنَا فِيهَا الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ نَكَالًا مِنْ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ.
English Translation
Abdullah narrated to us: Khalaf ibn Hisham narrated to us: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Asim ibn Bahdalah, from Zirr, who said: Ubayy ibn Ka'b said to me: "How much do you recite of Surat al-Ahzab, or how much do you count it?" He said: I said to him, "Seventy-three verses." He said: "Indeed! I have seen it, and it truly equals Surat al-Baqarah, and we indeed recited in it: 'The old man and the old woman, if they commit adultery, stone them both outright, as a punishment from Allah, and Allah is Knowing, Wise.'"