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The Qur'an was well documented and committed to memory during the time of revelation. When it was revealed prophet Muhammad (pbuh) memorized it and commanded the scribes of revelation to record it and they did. He also used to command his companions to commit it to memory. The Qur'an was, at intervals, revealed by Allah to prophet Muhammad (pbuh) through the angel Gabriel, who used to revise the Qur'an with prophet Muhammad once a year but the year the prophet died, the revision was only made twice. When any part of the Qur'an was revealed, the prophet would tell the scribes where to place it. In other words, it was also revealed to prophet Muhammad how to arrange the verses and how to arrange the Surahs (chapters), and then he conveyed this to the scribes.
and example of the above of course is the last verse revealed was to be placed in suret al-baqara..
that is actually another one of the miracles of the inimitable Quran, if the suras and verses were placed as they were revealed, the Quran would actually make no sense, given that some verses were revealed 22 yrs apart, and yet follow in rhythm, context, ryhme, meaning etc
the prophet neither had a computer, nor files to archive this.. in fact much of the Quran was written on the bones of animals (the scapula) for being large and able to hold alot of writing.
the entire of the Quran was written during the time of the prophet, evidenced by Zaid Ibn Thabit' statement:
'' the prophet was taken [from this life] whilst the Quran hadn't been gathered into a book''
note the useage of the word 'gathered' not 'written' exceprted from Ibn Hajar, Fatul Bari, ix 12, also see Bukhari hadith no. 4984
Abu Baker was the first Muslim Caliph. A Caliph was a Muslim ruler. After the demise of prophet Muhammad (pbuh) he was nominated to be the leader of Muslims. During his reign, Islam was targeted and many hufaz (people knowing the Qur’an by heart) were martyred. In Muslim history, it is narrated that over seventy hufaz were martyred in one event called the ‘Ahlulyamamah’.
Omar Ibn Al-Khattab went to the Muslim Caliph, Abu Bakr, and expressed his concerns about the preservation of the Qur’an to him. He suggested that the Qur’anic records would be collected in one place. So Abu Bakr commissioned a group of the prophet’s companions headed by Zaib Ibn Thabit, a companion of prophet Muhammad and one of the scribes of the Quran, to collect the Quranic records. These records were then kept with Abu Bakr and after his death Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, preserved them and they were kept afterwards with Hafsa, the prophet’s wife.
During the era of the second and third Muslim Caliphs, Islam had expanded and many people from different countries embraced Islam. Some of the new Muslims were non-Arabs and it was not easy for them to read the Qur’an because it was in Arabic. But the Qur’an is one of the main sources of Islam. There was no other alternative but to learn the Qur’an, so Muslim Caliphs sent the prophet’s companions to teach them the Qur’an. But this did not solve the problem. People read the Qur’an in various ways but the proper intonation is very important. When Othman, the third Muslim Caliph, heard about this, he called for a meeting. The companions of prophet Muhammad assembled and discussed the issue. They reached a consensus and agreed to make copies of the Qur’anic records collected by Zaid Ibn Thabit in the reign of the first Muslim Caliph, Abu Bakr and send them all over the Muslim countries.
How did Othman do this?
He nominated four of the prophet’s companions who were hufaz to do this job.
1 Zaid Ibn Thabit: He was from Medina and he was the one that Abu Bakr, the first Muslim caliph, nominated to collect the Qur'an. He is one of the scribes of the Qur'an. He died in 45 Hj.
2 Abdullah Ibn Al-Zubair died in 73 Hj.
3 Sa’id Ibn AL-Aas died in 58 Hj.
4 Abdulrahman Ibn Al-Harith died in 43 Hj.
In fulfilling this job they used a very accurate method based on the Qur’anic Records, collected during the era of the first Muslim Caliph, Abu Bakr as the main source.
This was done under the supervision of Othman Ibn Affan, the third Muslim Caliph and the most eminent figures of the companions of prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Many copies were made and sent to different Muslim places. Not only this, but with every copy one of the companions of the prophet was sent to teach people the correct recitation of the Glorious Qur’an.
pages 64 and 65 from a history of Quranic text goes into the educational acitivites of the hufath and who they are, so we can trace everything back to the time of the prophet himself.. let's of course compare that to the bible whose message and authorship remain unknown to modern day I call attention of course to early christianity to that of the Nicene counsel (the Lucian viz Arius and Athanasius views-- and of course the none- record of known scribes that one can scribe to Jesus having said!
that is in the most simplified fashion for those who prefer the reductionist approach!
all the best
The Qur'an was well documented and committed to memory during the time of revelation. When it was revealed prophet Muhammad (pbuh) memorized it and commanded the scribes of revelation to record it and they did. He also used to command his companions to commit it to memory. The Qur'an was, at intervals, revealed by Allah to prophet Muhammad (pbuh) through the angel Gabriel, who used to revise the Qur'an with prophet Muhammad once a year but the year the prophet died, the revision was only made twice. When any part of the Qur'an was revealed, the prophet would tell the scribes where to place it. In other words, it was also revealed to prophet Muhammad how to arrange the verses and how to arrange the Surahs (chapters), and then he conveyed this to the scribes.
and example of the above of course is the last verse revealed was to be placed in suret al-baqara..
that is actually another one of the miracles of the inimitable Quran, if the suras and verses were placed as they were revealed, the Quran would actually make no sense, given that some verses were revealed 22 yrs apart, and yet follow in rhythm, context, ryhme, meaning etc
the prophet neither had a computer, nor files to archive this.. in fact much of the Quran was written on the bones of animals (the scapula) for being large and able to hold alot of writing.
the entire of the Quran was written during the time of the prophet, evidenced by Zaid Ibn Thabit' statement:
'' the prophet was taken [from this life] whilst the Quran hadn't been gathered into a book''
note the useage of the word 'gathered' not 'written' exceprted from Ibn Hajar, Fatul Bari, ix 12, also see Bukhari hadith no. 4984
Abu Baker was the first Muslim Caliph. A Caliph was a Muslim ruler. After the demise of prophet Muhammad (pbuh) he was nominated to be the leader of Muslims. During his reign, Islam was targeted and many hufaz (people knowing the Qur’an by heart) were martyred. In Muslim history, it is narrated that over seventy hufaz were martyred in one event called the ‘Ahlulyamamah’.
Omar Ibn Al-Khattab went to the Muslim Caliph, Abu Bakr, and expressed his concerns about the preservation of the Qur’an to him. He suggested that the Qur’anic records would be collected in one place. So Abu Bakr commissioned a group of the prophet’s companions headed by Zaib Ibn Thabit, a companion of prophet Muhammad and one of the scribes of the Quran, to collect the Quranic records. These records were then kept with Abu Bakr and after his death Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, preserved them and they were kept afterwards with Hafsa, the prophet’s wife.
During the era of the second and third Muslim Caliphs, Islam had expanded and many people from different countries embraced Islam. Some of the new Muslims were non-Arabs and it was not easy for them to read the Qur’an because it was in Arabic. But the Qur’an is one of the main sources of Islam. There was no other alternative but to learn the Qur’an, so Muslim Caliphs sent the prophet’s companions to teach them the Qur’an. But this did not solve the problem. People read the Qur’an in various ways but the proper intonation is very important. When Othman, the third Muslim Caliph, heard about this, he called for a meeting. The companions of prophet Muhammad assembled and discussed the issue. They reached a consensus and agreed to make copies of the Qur’anic records collected by Zaid Ibn Thabit in the reign of the first Muslim Caliph, Abu Bakr and send them all over the Muslim countries.
How did Othman do this?
He nominated four of the prophet’s companions who were hufaz to do this job.
1 Zaid Ibn Thabit: He was from Medina and he was the one that Abu Bakr, the first Muslim caliph, nominated to collect the Qur'an. He is one of the scribes of the Qur'an. He died in 45 Hj.
2 Abdullah Ibn Al-Zubair died in 73 Hj.
3 Sa’id Ibn AL-Aas died in 58 Hj.
4 Abdulrahman Ibn Al-Harith died in 43 Hj.
In fulfilling this job they used a very accurate method based on the Qur’anic Records, collected during the era of the first Muslim Caliph, Abu Bakr as the main source.
This was done under the supervision of Othman Ibn Affan, the third Muslim Caliph and the most eminent figures of the companions of prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Many copies were made and sent to different Muslim places. Not only this, but with every copy one of the companions of the prophet was sent to teach people the correct recitation of the Glorious Qur’an.
pages 64 and 65 from a history of Quranic text goes into the educational acitivites of the hufath and who they are, so we can trace everything back to the time of the prophet himself.. let's of course compare that to the bible whose message and authorship remain unknown to modern day I call attention of course to early christianity to that of the Nicene counsel (the Lucian viz Arius and Athanasius views-- and of course the none- record of known scribes that one can scribe to Jesus having said!
that is in the most simplified fashion for those who prefer the reductionist approach!
all the best
