Current sequence of Suras in the Quran

[Haitham Hamdan]

There is no disagreement that the sequence of verses in the Holy Quran was based on revelation from Allah SWT.

There is also no disagreement that the current sequence should not be changed.

Who determined the current sequence of Suras?

A) Some say that it was revelation from Allah.

They say that Jibril AS went over the entire Quran in its current sequence with the Prophet ASWS during the last Ramadan which the Prophet ASWS witnessed.

B) Others say that the Sahabah were the ones who arranged the Suras in the current sequence. Their proofs:

Narrated Bukhari: Yusuf bin Makak said: While I was with Aisha, the mother of the Believers, a person from Iraq came and asked: "O mother of the Believers! Show me (the copy of) your Qur'an," She said: "Why?" He said: "In order to compile and arrange the Qur'an according to it, for people recite it with its Suras not in proper order." 'Aisha said: "What does it matter which part of it you read first? ...

Bukhari & Muslim narrated: Abdullah said: "I learnt An-Naza'ir which the Prophet used to recite in pairs in each Rak'a." Then Abdullah got up and Alqama accompanied him to his house, and when Alqama came out, we asked him (about those Suras). He said: "They are twenty Suras that start from the beginning of Al-Mufassal, according to the arrangement done by Ibn Mas'ud, and end with the Suras starting with Ha Mim, e.g. Ha Mim (the Smoke). and "About what they question one another?