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 harm does that do you?"He said, "Umm Muiminin, show me your copy of the Quran."She asked, "Why?"He said, "Perhaps I can arrange the Quran according to it, for it is being recited without proper arrangement."She said, "What harm does it do you which part you recite first? What was first revealed of it was a surah from the Mufassal section mentioning Paradise and the Fire. Then, when people had turned in numbers to Islam, the lawful and the unlawful were revealed. Had the first thing revealed been 'Do not drink wine,' they would have said, 'We will never give up wine.' Had it been revealed 'Do not commit fornication,' they would have said, 'We will never give up fornication.' 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 is more calamitous and more 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 copy of the Quran for me, and dictated to me the verses of the surahs."
إني عند عائشة أم المؤمنين، إذ جاءها، عراقي، فقال: أي الكفن خير؟ قالت: ويحك وما يضرك. قال: يا أم المؤمنين أريني مصحفك قالت: لم؟ قال: لعلي أولف 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: لاندع الزنا أبدا، لقد نزل بمكة على محمد ﷺ وإني لجارية ألعب {بل الساعة موعدهم والساعة أدهى وأمر}، وما نزلت سورة البقرة والنساء إلا وأناعنده. قال: فأخرجت له المصحف، فأملت عليه آي السور.