Bu shuni ko'rsatadiki, har bir sura ichidagi oyatlarning tartibi vahiy orqali belgilangan. Payg'ambar ﷺ Baro'a surasi masalasini izohlamaganlari uchun, 'Usmon (roziyallohu anhu) uni o'z ijtihodi bilan al-Anfol surasiga qo'shgan. Al-Iqno' muallifi Ibn Mas'ud (roziyallohu anhu) mushafida Baro'a uchun Basmala (ya'ni "Bismillahir-Rohmanir-Rohiym" iborasining qisqartmasi) mavjud bo'lganini rivoyat qilgan. Sahobalar turli tartibdagi suralar joylashgan nusxalarni saqlab yurganliklari rivoyat qilinadi, garchi oyatlarning joylashuvida hech qanday farq bo'lmagan. Shunday qilib, Ibn Mas'ud (roziyallohu anhu) mushafi suralarning tartibi jihatidan 'Usmon (roziyallohu anhu) mushafidan farq qilib tuzilgan. U al-Fotiha bilan, so'ng al-Baqara, an-Nisa va Oli Imron bilan boshlangan, 'Usmon mushafining tartibi esa al-Fotiha, al-Baqara, Oli Imron, so'ng an-Nisa bo'lganidan farq qiladi. Ularning hech biri vahiy tartibi bo'yicha tuzilmagan. Aytilishicha, 'Ali (roziyallohu anhu) mushafi vahiy tartibi bo'yicha bo'lgan: u Iqro' bilan, so'ng al-Muddassir, Nun val-qalam, al-Muzzammil, Tabbat, at-Takvir, Sabbih bilan boshlangan va shu tarzda Makka suralari oxirigacha, so'ngra Madina suralariga o'tgan. Bularning barchasi shuni ko'rsatadiki, ba'zi suralarning tartibi sahobalarning ijtihodi bo'yicha belgilangan. Shu sababli, tilovatda, namozda, dars yoki ta'limda suralar tartibini saqlash majburiy emas — Qur'onni tilovat qilishda ham, namozda ham, dars yoki o'qitishda ham. Buning dalili shuki, Payg'ambar ﷺ tungi namozlarida Oli Imrondan oldin an-Nisa surasini o'qiganlar. Qur'onni teskari tartibda o'qish man qilinganligi haqidagi rivoyatga kelsak, nazarda tutilgan narsa bir suradagi oyatni teskari o'qish bo'lib, suralarni teskari tartibda o'qish emas.
This indicates that the order of the ayat in every Sura was determined by revelation. And since the Prophet did not elucidate the issue of Sura baraa'ah 'Uthman added it to al-Anfal according to his own Ijtihād (may Allah be pleased with him). The author of al-Iqna' reported that the Basmala (abbr. for bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim) for Baraa'ah is present in the mushaf of Ibn Mas'ud . It has been reported that the Sahabah used to keep copies whose arrangement of Sura’s was different though there were no differences in the verse arrangement. So the mushaf of Ibn Mas'ud was compiled in a manner different to the mushaf of 'Uthman in terms of the arrangement of the Sura’s. It began with al-fatiha, then al-baqarah, al-nisa and Aali 'Imran, contrary to the 'Uthmani mushaf whose arrangement is al-fatiha, al-baqarah, Aali 'Imran and then al-nisa. None of them were compiled according to the order of revelation. It is said that the mushaf of 'Ali (ra) was according to the order of revelation, it began with iqra', then al-muddaththir, nun wal qalam, al-muzzammil, tabbat, al-takweer, sabbih, it went on in this manner to the end of the Makkan suras and then to the Medinan Suras. All of this indicates that the Sura arrangement in relation to some Sura’s was arranged according to the Ijtihād of the Sahabah. That is why maintaining the arrangement of Sura’s in recitation in not obligatory whether in reciting the Qur’ān (tilaawah), in the salah, in a lesson or teaching. As evidenced by the fact that the Prophet read Sura al-Nisa before Aali 'Imran in his night prayer. As for what has been reported about the prohibition of reciting the Qur’ān in reverse order, what was intended was that an ayah in one Sura should not be read in reverse and not the recitation of Sura’s in reverse order.
Jibril har yili Payg'ambarga nozil bo'lgan barcha Qur'onni takrorlab o'qib berardi. Allohning Elchisi vafot etgan yilda esa Jibril Payg'ambarga Qur'onni ikki marta to'liq takrorlab o'qib berdi. Bu Oisha roziyallohu anhodan, u Fotimadan rivoyat qilgan holda naql qilingan:
Jibreel would recite all of what had been revealed to the Messenger from the Qur’ān once every year. And in the year in which the Messenger of Allah died Jibreel recited the whole of the Qur’ān twice to the Messenger . It has been narrated by 'Aisha on the authority of Fatimah that:
