Abu Bakr As-Siddiq sent for me when the people of Yamama had been killed (i.e., a number of theProphet's Companions who fought against Musailima). (I went to him) and found `Umar bin Al-Khattab sitting with him. Abu Bakr then said (to me), "`Umar has come to me and said: "Casualtieswere heavy among the Qurra' of the Qur'an (i.e. those who knew the Qur'an by heart) on the day ofthe Battle of Yamama, and I am afraid that more heavy casualties may take place among the Qurra'on other battlefields, whereby a large part of the Qur'an may be lost. Therefore I suggest, you (AbuBakr) order that the Qur'an be collected." I said to `Umar, "How can you do something which Allah'sApostle did not do?" `Umar said, "By Allah, that is a good project." `Umar kept on urging me toaccept his proposal till Allah opened my chest for it and I began to realize the good in the idea which`Umar had realized." Then Abu Bakr said (to me). 'You are a wise young man and we do not have anysuspicion about you, and you used to write the Divine Inspiration for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). So you shouldsearch for (the fragmentary scripts of) the Qur'an and collect it in one book." By Allah If they hadordered me to shift one of the mountains, it would not have been heavier for me than this ordering meto collect the Qur'an. Then I said to Abu Bakr, "How will you do something which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) didnot do?" Abu Bakr replied, "By Allah, it is a good project." Abu Bakr kept on urging me to accept hisidea until Allah opened my chest for what He had opened the chests of Abu Bakr and `Umar. So Istarted looking for the Qur'an and collecting it from (what was written on) palme stalks, thin whitestones and also from the men who knew it by heart, till I found the last Verse of Surat at-Tauba(Repentance) with Abi Khuzaima Al-Ansari, and I did not find it with anybody other than him. TheVerse is:'Verily there has come unto you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst yourselves. It grieves himthat you should receive any injury or difficulty..(till the end of Surat-Baraa' (at-Tauba) (9.128-129).Then the complete manuscripts (copy) of the Qur'an remained with Abu Bakr till he died, then with`Umar till the end of his life, and then with Hafsa, the daughter of `Umar.