07-13-2006, 01:58 AM
Quote:Bismillah:
Please note that Muhammad pbuh was not able even to write his own name, it is a historical fact that Muhammad pbuh was <b>illiterate</b>, but the Qur’an was authenticated and written under his personal supervision. For example:
Whenever the Prophet received a revelation, he would first memorize it himself and later declare the revelation and instruct his Companions who would also memorize it. The Prophet would immediately ask the scribes to write down the revelation he had received, and he would reconfirm and recheck it himself. Prophet Muhammad pbuh could not read and write. Therefore, after receiving each revelation, he would repeat it to his Companions. They would write down the revelation, and he would recheck by asking them to read what they had written. If there was any mistake, the Prophet would immediately point it out and have it corrected and rechecked. Similarly he would even recheck and authenticate the portions of the Qur’an memorized by the Companions. In this way, the complete Qur’an was written down under the personal supervision of the prophet (pbuh).
Salam
Wael.
So the versions in existence today are those original manuscrips which were written under Mohammed's direct supervison?
Quote:Bismillah:
<b>"We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly Guard it (from corruption).</b> (Quran, 15:9)"
Yes CC, the entire original Quran do exist today. In fact there are several copies of the Uthmani original text to be found in <b>Topkapi Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.</b> , in <b>al-Hussein mosque in Cairo</b>. And another copy to be found in in <b>Tashkent, Uzbekistan</b>.
Salam
Wael
I googled that version to read more about it and found several discusions about it.
Doubters said the following:
<b>This document is written in Kufic (also known as al-Khatt al-Kufi) script. Coins in the British Museum show that the first coins using the Kufic script date from the mid to end of the 8th century (750-800 A.D.). The only script used during and after Muhammad's days was the Jazm script.</b>
Any validity to that statement?