Transmission Of The Qur'anic Revelation

[umm Zachariah]

Bismillah,


Hi Ronniv,


<i>''I must admit that I find it difficult to grasp or believe the concept that Muhammad spoke the ENTIRE Quran, in bits and pieces''</i>


''And who believe in the Revelation sent to thee, and sent before thy time, and (in their hearts) have the assurance of the Hereafter. ''
The Qur'an 2:4






''And believe in what I reveal, confirming the revelation which is with you, and be not the first to reject Faith therein, nor sell My Signs for a small price; and fear Me, and Me alone.'' The Qur'an 2:41


''Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel-for he brings down the (revelation) to thy heart by Allah's will, a confirmation of what went before, and guidance and glad tidings for those who believe''
The Qur'an 2:97






''The people of the Book know this as they know their own sons; but some of them conceal the truth which they themselves know.'' The Qur'an 2:146


But also,


''And there are, certainly, among the People of the Book, those who believe in Allah, in the revelation to you, and in the revelation to them, bowing in humility to Allah: They will not sell the Signs of Allah for a miserable gain! For them is a reward with their Lord, and Allah is swift in account.''
The Qur'an 3:199


Only Allah, SWT knows which path all of us will take, included you Ronniv.


A) To my humble knowledge, it was due to that they start to differ among one another, that one recitation was superior to another. And since Islam is about equality, the idea of being superior, in what ever it may be, is to be avoided.


No what Uthman destroyed was the PRIVATE copies that different people had and had began to make NOTES in. Like you are reading a book and there may be some words that you don't fully understand, then you take your dictionary and make a note of the word and you write some other word to understand the first one better. And when doing like that in the Qur'an THAT is to change the Words of Allah, SWT. So that is what had happpend to the copies destroyed, and also some of them was incomplete.


C) I don't understand this question - what is 'waste of time'? The Qur'an is not focused on the Prophet Esa, as. Can you rephrase?


D) I believe the Qur'an was revealed in different readings, so that everyone would understand it easier. But it is not a full answer and has to be filled.


E) Have you read the threads we have been directing you to? It does seem you are caught up in the thinking you started with here.


If you ponder about what Allah, SWT is telling you, you will find that 'seven' is something that you will find 'as a theme' in Islam. So of course Allah, SWT revelations in seven different readings is significant. It may be that we do not understand His Greatness, and understand all His signs, but we are at least obligated to LOOK at them and ponder about them. He is talking to you too, but it is up to you if you like to listen, maybe you have by now stopped, and are beginning to opening up your senses? Just be humble Ronniv and LET Him guide you.


I read a beautiful saying a long time ago that I have had with me since then ''It is only the one that is afraid to widen their view that has to fear Islam''. It should mean that if you search Islam from your heart, then do not be afraid (neither surprised) when you find the truth out, that it is from Allah, SWT, and His last guidance to humankind.


Salam