Quran questions

Caliph Uthmann collected all the variant copies of the Quran, saved some and burned others.

 

Thanks believer, for bringing up this sentence

 

This is the most common statement which is spread amongst non-muslims, trying to bring in doubts of its authenticity. Generally people, with wrong intentions, and having ill-feelings towards Islam, try to spread so. Anyways, here's again an oppurtunity to clear this misconception.

 

During the reign of the third Caliph `Uthman ibn `Affan, the Islamic commonwealth expanded further: into Persia, India, Russia, China, Turkey, and across North Africa. This rapid expansion of Islam and its teachings resulted in many problems and disputes, involving the correct reading and pronunciation of the Suhuf, emanating from certain regions and from new converts of the growing Islamic empire. Similar concerns were also raised by `Uthman�s military field commanders over variant readings of the Suhuf. For these reasons, the third Caliph (with the consensus of the learned) sought to standardize the Suhuf and ordered the preparation of several copies to be transcribed from the Suhuf in the custody of Hafsa.

 

After the `Uthmani Mushaf was collected, verified and distributed, the Caliph `Uthman ordered all other existing copies of the Qur�an, held by many, to be destroyed on the grounds that they were incomplete and included personal written notes in the manuscripts that could cause confusion. Now, say me, was this wrong to destroy those copies, that would lead to wrong understanding and change of meaning ?

 

 

Original copies of the Quran from Uthman's time survive to this day. Most in various museums around the world, some orginal maunscripts of Islam are aslo found in renowned Islamic Universities' libraries, such as Al-Azhar and this really old one in Morrocco.

 

Turkey's musuem also has original quran copies. Usman's Quran is also in some musueom, i forget which.

 

Religion Islam  teaches us that get those knowledge which is beneficial for you.The objects are not that important for us rather the words of God which are full of wisdom.

 

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