Does the hadith (that the Prophet ﷺ did not know the end of a surah until Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim was revealed to him) serve as evidence that the ordering of the surahs is from Allah?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Does what is reported in the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) Does this indicate that the ordering of the surahs is also from Allah, just as the ordering of the verses is?

Answer:
No, there is no evidence for this. The ordering here means knowing the end of a surah and the beginning of the surah that follows it; that is what ordering means. However, this indicates that Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim is not part of the surahs, but rather an independent verse to separate between the surahs. That is the point here. As for the ordering of the surahs, this is a matter of scholarly disagreement. Some say it is divinely prescribed, while the majority hold that it is not divinely prescribed, but rather the result of the Companions' independent legal reasoning. Therefore, the Companions' mushafs varied in their ordering. If this had been a divinely prescribed matter, the Companions' mushafs would not have differed in the ordering of the surahs. Yes. Prepared by the Project of the Senior Scholars of Kuwait, may Allah honor it with tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the Sunnah.