07-19-2007, 11:35 AM
Quote:"I heard Abu‑Ja'far (‘a) (i.e. Imam Mohammad Baqir (‘a), say that whoever claims to have collected the<b> total Qur’an</b> as it was revealed is indeed a liar. None has collected and preserved it in the way it was revealed by Allah except Ali b. Abi Talib (‘a) and the Imams (‘a) after him".[27]
Quote:The second tradition is referring to the arrangement and order of the Surahs of the Quran as it was revealed. It is well known the Quran we possess today is not in the order it was revealed.
The words total Qur'an gives me the impression that something is missing though. I mean, if the Qur'an was arranged in a different order, it could still be seen as a "total Qur'an."
I'm curious, did the Imams have the "Codex of Ali (raa)"? Does it still exist today? Can you prove that this hadeeth is talking about the arrangement of the Qur'an?