English narration
Narrated by عبد الله بن عمر العدوي
Whenever Ibn `Umar recited the Qur'an, he would not speak to anyone till he had finished his recitation. Once I held the Qur'an and he recited Surat-al-Baqara from his memory and then stopped at a certain Verse and said, "Do you know in what connection this Verse was revealed? " I replied, "No." He said, "It was revealed in such-and-such connection." Ibn `Umar then resumed his recitation. Nafi` added regarding the Verse--"So go to your tilth when or how you will" Ibn `Umar said, "It means one should approach his wife in .."
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ , أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ , أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ , عَنْ نَافِعٍ , قَالَ : كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا إِذَا قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ مِنْهُ ، فَأَخَذْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمًا فَقَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى مَكَانٍ ، قَالَ : " تَدْرِي فِيمَ أُنْزِلَتْ ؟ " قُلْتُ : لَا ، قَالَ : " أُنْزِلَتْ فِي كَذَا وَكَذَا " ، ثُمَّ مَضَى .