Which was revealed in Makkah

How `Amr bin Al-`Ās was aware of the Qur'ān's Miracle due to this Sūrah

They have mentioned that `Amr bin Al-`Ās went to visit Musaylimah Al-Kadhdhāb after the Messenger of Allāh was commissioned (as a Prophet) and before `Amr had accepted Islām. Upon his arrival, Musaylimah said to him, ``What has been revealed to your friend (Muhammad ) during this time'' `Amr said, ``A short and concise Sūrah has been revealed to him.'' Musaylimah then said, ``What is it'' `Amr replied;

{وَالْعَصْرِ * إِنَّ الإِنسَـنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ * إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ وَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِالصَّبْرِ }

(By Al-`Asr. Verily, man is in loss. Except those who believe and do righteous deeds, and recommend one another to the truth, and recommend one another to patience.) So Musaylimah thought for a while. Then he said, ``Indeed something similar has also been revealed to me.'' `Amr asked him, ``What is it'' He replied, ``O Wabr (a small, furry mammal; hyrax), O Wabr! You are only two ears and a chest, and the rest of you is digging and burrowing.'' Then he said, ``What do you think, O `Amr'' So `Amr said to him, ``By Allāh! Verily, you know that I know you are lying.''

I saw that Abu Bakr Al-Kharā'iti mentioned a chain of narration for part of this story, or what was close to its meaning, in volume two of his famous book Masāwi' ul-Akhlāq. The Wabr is a small animal that resembles a cat,