Allaah The Almighty has prepared for it the favorable factors of its preservation unlike the other divinely revealed Books. Amongst such factors is what the rightly guided Caliph Abu Bakr, may Allaah be pleased with him, did concerning collecting the Quran in a single Mus-haf. This happened when many of the Companions who had memorized the Quran were killed in the Battle of Al-Yamaamah. Abu Bakr, may Allaah be pleased with him, was afraid that the Quran would be lost by the demise of its memorizers, as authentically proved in Saheeh Al-Bukhaari.

Then the rightly guided Caliph ‘Uthmaan ibn ‘Affaan, may Allaah be pleased with him, after obtaining the agreement of all the Companions of the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, compiled it in one unified version in which he combined the authentic recitations of the Quran. He then distributed it to the various regions so as to put an end to the emerging discrepancies, and burnt any copy other than that one.

Furthermore, one of the greatest factors that Allaah The Almighty made for the preservation of the Noble Quran is that Allaah The Almighty has made it easy to remember and be memorized so that all people; young, old, illiterate, literate, Arab, and non-Arab may learn it by heart. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {And We have certainly made the Quran easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?} [Quran 54: 32]

Moreover, there is an amazing story which acts as clear-cut evidence proving that Allaah The Almighty has protected and preserved the Quran from the distortions of the hands of humans: "Once a Jewish man entered upon Caliph Al-Ma’moon while he had people gathered in his court and he spoke with much eloquence. When the gathering disbanded, Al-Ma’moon called him and asked if he was Jewish. The man answered that he was. Al-Ma’moon invited him to Islam and encouraged him with gifts. The Jewish man said: It is my religion and the religion of my forefathers then he left. A year later, the same man came again and spoke about Islamic Fiqh with much eloquence. So Al-Ma’moon said: Are you that man who came to us last year? He answered in the affirmative. Al-Ma’moon said: What made you embrace Islam? He said: When I left you a year ago, I decided to examine those religions, and you know that I am clever in calligraphy. I started with the Tawraah (Torah). I wrote three copies of it. I introduced additions and deletions in it. Then I presented them to the synagogue and they were bought from me. Then I did the same with the Injeel (Gospel) and introduced three copies to the church and they were bought from me. Then I did the same with the Quran. I wrote three copies and introduced some additions and deletions to it and presented them to the booksellers. When they read them, they found additions and deletions in them. They immediately threw them away and did not buy them from me. Thus I became sure that the Quran is a preserved book. This was the reason I embraced Islam.

Consequently, the issue of the preservation of the Noble Quran is decisively settled in the minds of Muslims and taken for granted by every believer. Scholars stated that whoever claims that there is the least addition or deletion in the Noble Quran, would be denying what Allaah The Almighty Stated, and whoever does so would put himself beyond the pale of Islam.



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