Yusuf bin Mahak reported,

I was with Ayesha, Umm Muiminin , when an Iraqi man came to her and asked, "Which kind of shroud is best?"She replied, "Woe to you, what does it matter to you?"He said, "Umm Muiminin, show me your copy of the Quran."She asked, "Why?"He said, "Perhaps I may arrange the Quran according to it, for it is being recited without proper arrangement."She said, "What does it matter to you which part you read first? What was revealed first was a surah from the Mufassal section mentioning Paradise and Hell. Then, when people had turned to Islam in numbers, the verses about what is lawful and unlawful came down. Had the first thing revealed been 'Do not drink wine,' they would have said, 'We will never give up wine.' Had it come down, 'Do not commit adultery,' they would have said, 'We will never give up adultery.' Indeed, there was revealed in Mecca to Muhammad ﷺ, while I was a young Jariya at play, 'Rather, the Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour will be more calamitous and bitter' [Qamar 54:46]. Surat al-Baqarah and Surat an-Nisa were revealed only when I was already with him."He said, So she brought out the Quran for him, and she dictated to him the verses of the surah.

عن يوسف بن ماهك قال

إني عند عائشة أم المؤمنين رضي الله عنها إذ جاءها عراقي، فقال: أي الكفن خير؟ قالت: ويحك، وما يضرك. قال: يا أم المؤمنين، أريني مصحفك. قالت: لم؟ قال: لعلي أؤلف القرآن عليه، فإنه يقرأ غير مؤلف، قالت: وما يضرك أيه قرأت قبل، إنما نزل، أول ما نزل منه سورة من المفصل فيها ذكر الجنة والنار، حتى إذا ثاب الناس إلى الإسلام، نزل الحلال والحرام، ولو نزل أول شيء، لا تشربوا الخمر، لقالوا: لا ندع الخمر أبدا، ولو نزل: لا تزنوا، لقالوا: لا ندع الزنا أبدا، لقد نزل بمكة على محمد ﷺ وإني لجارية ألعب: {بل الساعة موعدهم والساعة أدهى وأمر} [القمر: ٤٦] وما نزلت سورة البقرة والنساء إلا وأنا عنده قال: فأخرجت له المصحف، فأملت عليه آي السورة.