I was wondering if anybody has some good links to articles about the compilation of the Qur'an and dealing with the burning of certain copies by Uthman. Basically somebody on another forum asked about this and I'm fealing really lazy so any help would be appreciated.
Here's what the person wanted to know.
I was googling for sources on "higher criticism," which is something most people on here are probably aware I enjoy. However, in this page I ran across a very interesting quote that brought this subject to light:
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Modern higher criticism is just beginning to be carried out on the Quran. This scholarship questions some traditional claims about its composition and content, contending that the Quran incorporates material from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, and that the text of the Quran has developed over time. For example, Islamic history records that Uthman collected all variants of the Quran and destroyed those that he did not approve of. Parts of certain Hadith collections refer to chapters (suras) that are no longer extant in the Quran.
Several times on this list I've read the claim that the Quran hasn't been changed. I read here citation of evidence for the opposite. So, I must ask, where are the text critics and other scholars of higher criticism in Islam? They would ferret this sort of thing out.
Are the oldest manuscripts and their contents available?
I find it rather incredulous that a book was copied by hand without variation creeping in. It's the nature of the beast. Remember, simply saying "it has no changes" no more makes your claim true than it does the KJV-Onlyist who insists the KJV represents the originals perfectly.
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