The document discusses how the Quran came to be compiled into the book form that exists today. It describes how verses were initially written down during the time of Prophet Muhammad and then collected and compiled into a single volume during the caliphate of Abu Bakr. Zayd bin Thabit played a key role in collecting and authenticating verses. Later, during the caliphate of Uthman, copies were made and standardized to the Quraishi dialect to avoid variations in recitation.
The document discusses how the Quran came to be compiled into the book form that exists today. It describes how verses were initially written down during the time of Prophet Muhammad and then collected and compiled into a single volume during the caliphate of Abu Bakr. Zayd bin Thabit played a key role in collecting and authenticating verses. Later, during the caliphate of Uthman, copies were made and standardized to the Quraishi dialect to avoid variations in recitation.
The document discusses how the Quran came to be compiled into the book form that exists today. It describes how verses were initially written down during the time of Prophet Muhammad and then collected and compiled into a single volume during the caliphate of Abu Bakr. Zayd bin Thabit played a key role in collecting and authenticating verses. Later, during the caliphate of Uthman, copies were made and standardized to the Quraishi dialect to avoid variations in recitation.
The document discusses how the Quran came to be compiled into the book form that exists today. It describes how verses were initially written down during the time of Prophet Muhammad and then collected and compiled into a single volume during the caliphate of Abu Bakr. Zayd bin Thabit played a key role in collecting and authenticating verses. Later, during the caliphate of Uthman, copies were made and standardized to the Quraishi dialect to avoid variations in recitation.
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History and importance of Quran
1 a: Write an account of how Quran came into a book form that we
have today. [10] Allah has not only created us, but He continues and will continue to sustain and guide us. He has provided us with many blessings, and among His blessings is the sending of guideline for mankind. The guidance came through all the Prophets until the last Messenger, who received Allah’s last and final revelation, the Quran. When revelations came to him by Hazrat Jibrail, the scribes were said to write them down on bones of animals, barks of trees, pieces of pottery or any other things they could find. The Quran was completely written and arranged in sequence by the Holy Prophet’s (saw) , but it was scattered in different pieces. During the caliphate of Abu Bakr, at least seventy of the memorizers of the Qur’an lost their lives in the Battle of Yamama. After that incident, Hazrat Umar suggested to Hazrat Abu Bakr to make a written collection of the Quran in order to preserve it. Hazrat Abu Bakr did not want to do this, because the Prophet had not taken any step of compiling the Quran in a book form. But Hazrat Umar persuaded him and ultimately, he asked Zayd bin Thabit to do the work. He called Zaid bin Thabit and said’ ’You are a wise young man and we do not suspect you of telling lies or forgetfulness, and you used to write the Divine Inspiration for Allah’s Apostle SAWW. Therefore look for the verses of Quran and collect it in one manuscript’’.(Sahih Bukhari) . Zaid Bin Sabit is reported to have said: “had I been asked to carry a mountain on my head, it would have been a much easy task than to shoulder this responsibility. A commission was appointed, headed by Zaid Bin Sabit. It traced out and collected the chapters of Quran from every person who had it in their possession. Zaid Bin Sabit even collected verses of the Quran written on stones, bones and palm leaves. Zayd worked very hard between 11 and 14 AH. Although he himself was a hafiz of the Quran, he always tried to find a written verse before adding it to his manuscript in order to check and ensure authenticity of the verse. Finally, a collection of the Holy Quran was made into a single volume. It remained under the first caliph, then transferred to the second caliph, Hazrat Umar, and after his death, Hazrat Hafsa took it under her custody. The copy of Quran under Hazrat Hafsa came to be known as Mashaf al-Hafsa. During the Khilafat of Hazrat Umar, the Muslim Empire was extended a lot. New converts to Islam in countries like Syria and Iraq recited the Quran in different ways. This disturbed Hazrat Anas (RA) who went to Hazrat Uthman and requested him to take immediate action against this otherwise it might create a rift in the Muslims. Hazrat Uthman nominated Zayd bin Thabit along with three other companions to make copies of the Quran in Quraishi dialect from the original text, because the Quran was revealed in that dialect. After preparing copies of the Quran, they were read loudly in the Prophet’s mosque so that no confusion may arise in the minds regarding alteration. The copies were finally sent to different parts of the empire with the instructions that future copies would be made from the official text only. All remaining variations were destroyed through fire so that no misunderstanding may arise in the future. As a result, only one authentic text has remained in use to this day.