07-11-2004, 12:54 PM
<b>Suhra</b> don't worry god will show you the way.. allah loves us more than a mother does to her children.... just keep your faith in him i assure you you'll not regret it.
as for your concerns if i may answer 1 or 2 of them:-
1-I want to know why the Qur'an is untouched and perfect, and uncorrupted?
- Quran is Allah's words it was revealed to prophet mohammed through Gabriel -The great angel- .
Since the Noble Qur'aan was not revealed all at once, on the contrary, different verses of it were being revealed as and when appropriate, therefore, it was not possible from the very beginning to write and preserve it in a book form. So, during the initial stage of Islaam, major emphasis was laid on memory as a means of preserving the Noble Qur'aan.
When wahee (revelation) used to come in the very beginning, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) would tend to repeat its words instantly so that they would be memorized well enough. Thereupon, Allah Almighty directed him through the verses of Soorah Qiyaamah that he need not repeat words in a hurry immediately as revelation came. Allah Almighty would himself endow him with a memory that he will be unable to forget the words of the wahee once its descent has been completed. So it was that the moment the Qur'aanic verses would come to him, they would be committed to his memory the next moment. Thus, the blessed chest of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), was the most protected vault of the Noble Qur'aan, in which there was no chance of even some common mistake, editing or alteration.
Again, as it was, he would not restrict his teachings of the Sahaabah (Companions) to just the meaning of the Noble Qur'aan, but had them memorize its words as well. Then, the revered Companions were themselves so enamored with a desire to learn and remember the Noble Qur'aan that everyone of them was anxious to get ahead of the other. There were women who claimed no mahr (dowry) from their husbands except that they would teach the Qur'aan.
Hundreds of Companions, freeing themselves from all other concerns, had devoted their whole lives for this purpose. Not only did they memorize the Qur'aan but also went on repeating it within the nightly prayers. 'When someone migrated from Makkah Mukarramah and came to Madeenah Munawwarah’, 'the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) would entrust him to one of Ansaar so that he could teach Qur'aan to the new comer.' The mosque of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) was so filled with voices generated by learners and teachers of the Qur'aan that the noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) had to ask them to lower their voices so that mistakes are not made.
So, within a fairly short time, there was on hand a large group of the noble Companions who had the Glorious Qur'aan all committed flawlessly to their memory.
In short, memorization of the Qur'aan was given more emphasis in early Islaam as this was the only protected and trustworthy method given the conditions of that time. The reason is that the number of people who could read or write was very limited in those days. The means of publishing books, such as printing press, etc., were not there. Therefore, in that situation, if writing was taken to be sufficient, it would have neither been possible to spread the Qur'aan on an extensive scale nor to protect it reliably. In its place,
Even until today, millions of muslim world wide have completely memorized the Qur'an. These people are known as Hafizun, which means that they are the protectors of the Qur'an. The real protector is Allah, the Lord of all Being