Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام لَقِيَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِنْدَ حِجَارَةِ الْمِرَاءِ فَقَالَ يَا جِبْرِيلُ إِنِّي أُرْسِلْتُ إِلَى أُمَّةٍ أُمِّيَّةٍ إِلَى الشَّيْخِ وَالْعَجُوزِ وَالْغُلَامِ وَالْجَارِيَةِ وَالشَّيْخِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَقْرَأْ كِتَابًا قَطُّ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ.
English Translation
Abd al-Samad narrated to us, Hammad narrated to us, from Asim, from Zirr, from Hudhayfah: that Gabriel, peace be upon him, met the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, at the Stones of al-Mira', and he said: O Gabriel, I have been sent to an unlettered nation, to the old man and the old woman, the boy and the girl, and the old man who has never read a book at all. So he said: Indeed the Qur'an was revealed in seven modes (ahruf).