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Sam, why do you go to yemeni parchments? The Quran was properly dictated, committed to writing, memorised and recited from the very beginning. It was written on wood and bones and leather but looked after. Every Muslim was reciting it loud and clear.
At the last gathering of Hajj at Makkah (year 631 A.D.) there were 124,000 followers of Muhammad praying in the leadership (Imamat) of the prophet. He addressed them and gave them the last sermon that all men are equal… That sermon is available even now…
Of course during the time of 23 years revelation of the Quran, it was a long time, people had accepted Islam. Some of them may have committed the Quran to writing and taken it away (parchments) to as far away places as Yemen. No harm. That must have been some part (parchments) of the Quran only, not the whole Quran.
When the prophet died, Hazrat Abu Bakr undertook the task to collect the Quran and called upon those who had memorised it. There were many who had memorised the Quran by heart. They worked together for long time. Then 2nd Caliph Umar did that job. When he passed away, the third Caliph Uthman completed the compilation of the Quran. That was within 20 years time. That was the standard Quran.
At that time if there were any other copies of Quran (And there were some), they were told to be destroyed. (Similar thing was done to bible at the christian council of Nicene in year 325 A.D. about the unwanted models of the gospels).
Then few copies were made of the standard authentic Quran and sent to the nearby state headquarters. Then more copies were made. We have copies of that Quran with us in the world today. It is available all over the world.
Whereas the christians do not have any standard copy of the bibleNT any where in the world, they have translations only, we Muslims have the standard Quran as well as the translations in different languages of the world. Quran is now available translated in about 65 languages of the world.
I hope this info is useful for all.
