حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ أَخَذْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً وَلَا يُنَازِعُنِي فِيهَا أَحَدٌ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4330
It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ood said: I learned seventy soorahs from the lips of the if Messenger of Allah and no one else was with me when I learned them.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020