The story of one of writer of prophet sws who claims that upon him revelation is revealed

 the story of one of writer of prophet sws who claims that upon him revelation is revealed

You are asking about the story of one of the kuttāb al-waḥy (scribes of revelation) who later apostatized and claimed that revelation was coming to him instead of to the Prophet ﷺ.

Yes — there is a well-known historical report about this, transmitted with some variations in the early sources.

The Story

• During the Prophet ﷺ’s time in Madīnah, he had several scribes who would write down revelation. Among them was a man named ʿAbdullāh ibn Saʿd ibn Abī Sarḥ, from Quraysh.

• He would sometimes be present when the Prophet ﷺ dictated Qur’ān. In some narrations, when verses mentioning God’s attributes of Power and Knowledge were revealed, Ibn Abī Sarḥ would suggest alternative endings, such as:

  “All-Knowing, All-Wise” instead of “All-Mighty, All-Wise.”
  He noticed that the Prophet ﷺ sometimes approved a synonymous attribute in the revelation, and he began to doubt, thinking: “I can say something like this too.”

• Eventually he apostatized, left Madīnah, and returned to Quraysh in Makkah saying:

  “Muhammad used to dictate to me whatever he wished, and I would change it as I pleased, and he would say: ‘Yes, it is the same.’ So revelation is coming to me as it is to him!”

• Because of this, he was counted among those who falsely claimed revelation.

His Fate

• During the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet ﷺ announced a list of a few individuals whose execution was permitted even if they were found clinging to the Kaʿbah’s curtain, because of their grave betrayal or blasphemy. Ibn Abī Sarḥ was one of them.

• However, his foster brother, the Companion ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhu), later pleaded for his life. The Prophet ﷺ eventually accepted his intercession, granted him amnesty, and Ibn Abī Sarḥ re-entered Islam.

• Later he even became governor of Egypt under ʿUthmān.

Sources

• Ibn Saʿd, Ṭabaqāt

• Al-Ṭabarī, Tārīkh

• Ibn Kathīr, Tafsīr (commentary on Qur’ān 6:93 about false claimants of revelation)

• Ṣaḥīḥ reports about the Prophet’s order for execution at Fatḥ Makkah (see Sunan Abī Dāwūd, Musnad Aḥmad).

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👉 So, the story you’re referring to is about ʿAbdullāh ibn Saʿd ibn Abī Sarḥ, the scribe who at one time claimed revelation for himself, apostatized, but later returned to Islam.

Would you like me to also bring you the exact ḥadīth wording about him from Musnad Aḥmad and Sunan Abī Dāwūd, so you can see how it was transmitted