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Narrated Ibn Abbas: I said to Uthman Bin Affan: What was your reasoning with AlAnfal - while it is from the Muthani Surah with less than one-hundred Ayat ; and Baraah while it is from the Miin Surah with about one-hundred Ayat ; then you put them together; without writing the line Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim between them; and you placed them with the seven long Surah - why did you do that? So Uthman said: A long time might pass upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ without anything being revealed to him; and then sometimes a Surah with numerous Ayat might be revealed. So when something was revealed; he would call for someone who could write; and say: Put these Ayat in the Surah which mentions this and that in it. When an Ayah was revealed; he would say: Put this Ayah in the Surah which mentions this and that in it. Now AlAnfal was among the first of those revealed in AlMadinah; and Baraah among the last of those revealed of the Quran; and its narrations those of Baraah resembled its narrations those of AlAnfal ; so we thought that it was part of it. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died; and it was not made clear to us whether it was part of it. So it is for this reason that we put them together without writing Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim between them; and we put that with the seven long Surahs.