(5B) باب الْكَشْفِ عَنْ مَعَايِبِ، رُوَاةِ الْحَدِيثِ وَنَقَلَةِ الأَخْبَارِ وَقَوْلِ الأَئِمَّةِ فِي ذَلِكَ
Qutaybah bin Sa'īd narrated to us, Jarīr narrated to us, on authority of Mughīrah, on authority of Ibrāhīm [bin Yazīd an-Nakhā'ī], he said, Alqamah said:
'I memorized the Qur'ān in two years'. Al-Hārith said: 'The Qur'ān is easy; the revelation [i.e. the secret revelation to Alī in the belief of the Shī'ah] is more difficult '.
Reference: Sahih Muslim Introduction 46
In-book reference: Introduction, Narration 46