16:15

I wrote the original versions -- there were many versions which were collected by Uthman and perhaps other Caliphs and destroyed in favor of the one that became the current (basically only) surviving version.

The oldest extant are Qur'ans are in fact a sort of version since they are written without the more modern diacritic marks and vowel points.

There is only one version of the Qur'an today because the others were destroyed but even that exists in various character sets with and without the needed markings.

(There have also been fragments found, e.g., Yemeni Qur'ans, of other versions.)

Sorry, but the myth of a single version of the Qur'an is not really truth, either literally or in large measure historically.

The Saint wrote: I wrote the original versions -- there were many versions which were collected by Uthman and perhaps other Caliphs and destroyed in favor of the one that became the current (basically only) surviving version. The oldest extant are Qur'ans are in fact a sort of version since they are written without the more modern diacritic marks and vowel points. There is only one version of the Qur'an today because the others were destroyed but even that exists in various character sets with and without the needed markings. (There have also been fragments found, e.g., Yemeni Qur'ans, of other versions.) Sorry, but the myth of a single version of the Qur'an is not really truth, either literally or in large measure historically. The myth of versions of the Quran vis-a-vis, literally versions of the Bible is perpetrated falsely in Christendom. Because the Quran had always been one with or without diacritics. After Hazrat Usman RA, by common consensus, standardized the Quranic pronunciation, by eliminating variant pronunciations, there have never been any variants. The length and the contents have never changed. Content, has never, ever varied. But what to say of the Bible? Its content has been changed. Moreover, it has been edited hundreds of times and today there exists a bible in almost every sect of Christianity of which there are thousands.

It's in the Islamic sources which are considered "authentic" by Muslim scholars, Ishaq, Hisham, Tabari, and the Hadeeth Muslim etc.

The remaining unpointed Qur'an exist in museums so those clearly show versions.

I am not arguing that they are contradictory (though they seem to be in some cases) but they definitely exist which makes the myth of a single version false on its face.

We can go today and LOOK at versions that are different, and see them in images on the Internet.

You would have to deny reality to deny that this myth has been disposed.

The Saint wrote: It's in the Islamic sources which are considered "authentic" by Muslim scholars, Ishaq, Hisham, Tabari, and the Hadeeth Muslim etc. I disbelieve that absolutely. But the point is that today the Quran in America and in Saudi Arabia is the same. The remaining unpointed Qur'an exist in museums so those clearly show versions. I do not know what you mean by unpointed Quran? I am not arguing that they are contradictory (though they seem to be in some cases) but they definitely exist which makes the myth of a single version false on its face. Let me say that there is no Mushaf or copy among people in Sweden or Africa which are different from each other. The same is true for the whole world. We can go today and LOOK at versions that are different, and see them in images on the Internet. You would have to deny reality to deny that this myth has been disposed. Instead of a wild goose chase give me a link where I should find the alleged versions.

Do you read Arabic (at all)?   Some letters in Arabic require diacritical marks or points to denote the difference between various consonants.

These are very important since different consonants give various different meanings for each 'word'.

Early Qur'ans (and some of those still in existence) were written in characters sets that had not yet developed those marks to distinguish similar letters.

Also, even today, Arabic is not typically written with the short vowels (ah, i, u) written -- EXCEPT in children's books and the modern versions of the Qur'an.

The older Qur'ans lack those marks making the text even more ambiguous.

THere are other differences, as there are with the more recently discovered "Yemeni Qur'ans".

So there is is both scriptural evidence of many versions of the Qur'an and physical evidence still available of as least somewhat different versions.

They myth that there is exactly one version is simply false on its face.

TG12345 wrote: And what does the word "cast" mean here? Many thanks and God bless.

I compare it with other instances (same word) in different chapter it seem the correct word is "Throw".