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kimdyuma
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Who wrote the Koran- Did Mohamed dictate it to one of his wives( what i was always told) or was it compiled by many people ?
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hamba2han
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Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) himself supervised and authenticated the written texts of the Qur’an
Whenever the Prophet received a revelation, he would first memorize it himself and later declare the revelation and instruct his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). The Prophet would immediately ask the scribes to write down the revelation he had received, and he would reconfirm and recheck it himself. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was an Ummi who could not read and write. Therefore, after receiving each revelation, he would repeat it to his Companions. They would write down the revelation, and he would recheck by asking them to read what they had written. If there was any mistake, the Prophet would immediately point it out and have it corrected and rechecked. Similarly he would even recheck and authenticate the portions of the Qur’an memorized by the Companions. In this way, the complete Qur’an was written down under the personal supervision of the Prophet (pbuh).
Order and sequence of Qur’an divinely inspired
The complete Qur’an was revealed over a period of 22½ years portion by portion, as and when it was required. The Qur’an was not compiled by the Prophet in the chronological order of revelation. The order and sequence of the Qur’an too was Divinely inspired and was instructed to the Prophet by Allah (swt) through archangel Jibraeel. Whenever a revelation was conveyed to his companions, the Prophet would also mention in which surah (chapter) and after which ayat (verse) this new revelation should fit.
Every Ramadhaan, all the portions of the Qur’an that had been revealed, including the order of the verses, were revised and reconfirmed by the Prophet with archangel Jibraeel. During the last Ramadhaan, before the demise of the Prophet, the Qur’an was rechecked and reconfirmed twice.
It is therefore clearly evident that the Qur’an was compiled and authenticated by the Prophet himself during his lifetime, both in the written form as well as in the memory of several of his Companions.
Whenever the Prophet received a revelation, he would first memorize it himself and later declare the revelation and instruct his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). The Prophet would immediately ask the scribes to write down the revelation he had received, and he would reconfirm and recheck it himself. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was an Ummi who could not read and write. Therefore, after receiving each revelation, he would repeat it to his Companions. They would write down the revelation, and he would recheck by asking them to read what they had written. If there was any mistake, the Prophet would immediately point it out and have it corrected and rechecked. Similarly he would even recheck and authenticate the portions of the Qur’an memorized by the Companions. In this way, the complete Qur’an was written down under the personal supervision of the Prophet (pbuh).
Order and sequence of Qur’an divinely inspired
The complete Qur’an was revealed over a period of 22½ years portion by portion, as and when it was required. The Qur’an was not compiled by the Prophet in the chronological order of revelation. The order and sequence of the Qur’an too was Divinely inspired and was instructed to the Prophet by Allah (swt) through archangel Jibraeel. Whenever a revelation was conveyed to his companions, the Prophet would also mention in which surah (chapter) and after which ayat (verse) this new revelation should fit.
Every Ramadhaan, all the portions of the Qur’an that had been revealed, including the order of the verses, were revised and reconfirmed by the Prophet with archangel Jibraeel. During the last Ramadhaan, before the demise of the Prophet, the Qur’an was rechecked and reconfirmed twice.
It is therefore clearly evident that the Qur’an was compiled and authenticated by the Prophet himself during his lifetime, both in the written form as well as in the memory of several of his Companions.
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jakasaki
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According to Sunni Islam:
Abu Bakr was instrumental in preserving the Qur’an in written form.
It is said that after the hard-won victory over Musaylimah in the Battle of Yamama fought in 632, Umar (the later Caliph Umar), saw that many of the Muslims who had memorized the Qur’an had died in battle.
Fearing that the Qur’an may be lost or corrupted, Umar requested the Caliph Abu Bakr to authorize the compilation and preservation of the Book in written format.
After initial hesitation, Abu Bakr made a committee headed by Zayd ibn Thabit which included the memorizers of the Qur’an and Umar and to collect all verses of the Book.
After collecting all Qur’anic verses from texts in the possession of various sahaba, Zayd ibn Thabit and members of his committee verified the reading by comparing with those who had memorized the Qur’an.
After they were satisfied that they had not missed out any verse or made any mistakes in reading or writing it down, the text was written down as one single manuscript and presented in a book form to the Caliph Abu Bakr.
It is believed that this process happened within one year of the death of Muhammad when most of his sahaba (companions) were still alive.
Prior to his death, Abu Bakr gave this authorized copy of the Qur’an to Umar - his successor. It remained with him throughout his tenure as Caliph (10 years).
Prior to his death, Umar gave this Book to his daughter Hafsa bint Umar, who was one of the wives of Muhammad.
Umar did not nominate his successor on his deathbed, and thus preferred to leave this copy with Hafsa so as not to indicate his personal preference of who would be the next caliph.
Later on, it became the basis of Uthman Ibn Affan’s definitive text of the Qur’an which was published far and wide merely 18 years after the death of Muhammad.
Later historians give Uthman Ibn Affan the principal credit for re-verification and publishing the Qur’an. Shi’as reject the idea that Abu Bakr or Umar were instrumental in the collection or preservation of the Qur’an.
According to Shia Islam:
Ali ibn Abu Talib
According to Shia as well as some Sunni scholars Ali compiled a mushaf, a complete version of Qur’an, within six months after the death of Muhammad.
When the volume was completed it was brought to Medina, where it was shown.
The order of chapters of Ali’s volume were rejected by some.
Abu Bakr was instrumental in preserving the Qur’an in written form.
It is said that after the hard-won victory over Musaylimah in the Battle of Yamama fought in 632, Umar (the later Caliph Umar), saw that many of the Muslims who had memorized the Qur’an had died in battle.
Fearing that the Qur’an may be lost or corrupted, Umar requested the Caliph Abu Bakr to authorize the compilation and preservation of the Book in written format.
After initial hesitation, Abu Bakr made a committee headed by Zayd ibn Thabit which included the memorizers of the Qur’an and Umar and to collect all verses of the Book.
After collecting all Qur’anic verses from texts in the possession of various sahaba, Zayd ibn Thabit and members of his committee verified the reading by comparing with those who had memorized the Qur’an.
After they were satisfied that they had not missed out any verse or made any mistakes in reading or writing it down, the text was written down as one single manuscript and presented in a book form to the Caliph Abu Bakr.
It is believed that this process happened within one year of the death of Muhammad when most of his sahaba (companions) were still alive.
Prior to his death, Abu Bakr gave this authorized copy of the Qur’an to Umar - his successor. It remained with him throughout his tenure as Caliph (10 years).
Prior to his death, Umar gave this Book to his daughter Hafsa bint Umar, who was one of the wives of Muhammad.
Umar did not nominate his successor on his deathbed, and thus preferred to leave this copy with Hafsa so as not to indicate his personal preference of who would be the next caliph.
Later on, it became the basis of Uthman Ibn Affan’s definitive text of the Qur’an which was published far and wide merely 18 years after the death of Muhammad.
Later historians give Uthman Ibn Affan the principal credit for re-verification and publishing the Qur’an. Shi’as reject the idea that Abu Bakr or Umar were instrumental in the collection or preservation of the Qur’an.
According to Shia Islam:
Ali ibn Abu Talib
According to Shia as well as some Sunni scholars Ali compiled a mushaf, a complete version of Qur’an, within six months after the death of Muhammad.
When the volume was completed it was brought to Medina, where it was shown.
The order of chapters of Ali’s volume were rejected by some.
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Sam_777
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During the time of Muhammed, some of the Quran had been written by his disciples when Muhammed used to recite them, they were written using early Arabic ancient script (no pointing and no vowel marks) on papyrus, and leather fabric, however, some versus of Quran were not written at all but his disciples where memorizing them.
As jakasaki have showed in her post above, after Muhammed death Abu-Bakr ordered all versus of Quran to be written.
During Uthman time (after around 14 years of Muhammed death), Uthman burnt all versions of Quran and wrote his own version:
During the 5th Umayyad Caliph (after around 70 years of Muhammed death), pointing and vowel marks were added to the original text:
http://www.usna.edu/Users/humss/bwheeler/images/Quran/kufi2_2dAH.jpeg
Considering some ambiguous and contradicted versus in Quran, it’s unsafe to say that current Quran we have nowadays is not corrupted, corruption could have happened at any stage above.
As jakasaki have showed in her post above, after Muhammed death Abu-Bakr ordered all versus of Quran to be written.
During Uthman time (after around 14 years of Muhammed death), Uthman burnt all versions of Quran and wrote his own version:
During the 5th Umayyad Caliph (after around 70 years of Muhammed death), pointing and vowel marks were added to the original text:
http://www.usna.edu/Users/humss/bwheeler/images/Quran/kufi2_2dAH.jpeg
Considering some ambiguous and contradicted versus in Quran, it’s unsafe to say that current Quran we have nowadays is not corrupted, corruption could have happened at any stage above.
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