God, he is to bring it to us."They had written these [parts] on sheets, tablets, and palm branches. He would not accept anything from anyone until two witnesses testified [to its authenticity]. He was assassinated while still engaged in his collection. Then Uthman got up [for the sermon in the mosque] and said, "Whoever has any part of the Book of God is to bring it here to us." Uthma.n would not accept anything from anyone until two witnesses testified. Khuzayma b. Tha.bit came to them and said, "I see that you have left out two verses, having not written them." They asked what they were, and he said, "I received these direct from the Prophet: There has come to you a messenger, [one] of yourselves .. . [Q. ٩:١٢٨]" to the end of the sura. Uthma.n said, "And I bear witness that these verses come from God." He asked Khuzayma: "Where do you think we should place them?" He replied, "Put them at the end of the last revelation of the Quran." Thus, "Sarat al-Baraa" was closed with these.

٩. A tradition was reported by Ubayd b. Umayr:

Umar would not include a verse in the codex except if two men had testified [to its being part of the Quran]. A man from the Helpers (an ar)
verses: "There has come to you a messenger, [one] of yourselves ..." to the end of the sura. Umar forthwith said, "I shall not ask you for evidence at all, for the Prophet was indeed like that."

١٠. A tradition was related by Sulayman b. Arqam on the authority of al-l:lasan and
Ibn Sirin, and by Ibn Shibab al-Zuhri. They said:

When the death toll among the reciters rose in the battle of Yamama-four hundred of them fell on that day-Zayd b. Thabit met with Umar b. al-Khattab and said to him: "This Quran is what unites oui: religion; if the Quran goes, so does our religion. Hence, I have resolved to collect the Quran in a book." Umar said to him, "Wait until I ask Abu Bakr." Thus, they both went to see Abu Bakr and informed him about the situa‌ tion. He said, "Do not be in haste until I consult the Muslims." Then he delivered an oration to the Muslims, informing them about the grave situation [caused by theYamama slaughter]. They said, "You are right."So they collected the Quran. Abu Bakr ordered a crier to call out among the people and ask them to bring forward any part of the Quran that might have....

١١. Khuzayma b. Thabit related the following incident:

I brought the verse "There has come to you a messenger, [one] of yourselves ..." to
Umar b. al-Khatta.b and Zayd b. Tha.bit. Zayd asked, "Who will testify with you [to its authenticity]?" I said, "By God, I do not know." Thereupon, Umar said: "I bear wit‌ ness with him on [its being from the Quran]."

١٢. Aba lsl;laq related the following on the authority of some of his associates:

When Umar collected the text, he asked, "Who is the greatest master of Arabic among the people?" He was told that it was SaId b. al-A.
best scribe among the people?" He was told that it was Zayd b. Thabit. So he said, "Let SaId dictate and Zayd write it down." Thus, they made four copies of the text, and dispatched a copy each to Kufa. Basra, al-Sham (Syria), and Hijaz.

١٣. The following tradition was reported by AbdAllah b. Faqqala:

When Umar decided to collect the first complete version (al-imam) of the Quran, he appointed some of his associates to represent him, and said, "Whenever you disagree