g0dLAKE wrote:The original Copy of the Quran does exist. The Quran was written at the time of mohammed, was collected at the time of Abu Baker and was gathered into a book in Uthman's time. Out of faith they also verified with people who memorized it.
Sorry but the Original Copy of the Quran does not exist because there never was one. The Quran was not written down at the time of Muhammad. It was bits and pieces or verbal only. The entire thing was not thrown together into 1 OFFICIAL book until 651ad, 19 years after Muhammad died.
How can
"a large part of the Qur'an may be lost" by just men dieing on the battlefield if it was written down? Simply because it wasn't written down!
Bukhari: vol. 6, hadith 509, p. 477; book 61
Narrated Zaid-bin-Thabit:
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq sent for me
when the people of Yama-ma had been killed
(i.e. a number of the prophets companions who fought against Musailama).
(I went to him) and found Umar bin Al-Khattab sitting with him.
Abu Bakr then said to me,
"Umar has come to me and said:
`Casualties were heavy among the Qurra of the Qur'an
(ie those who knew the Qur'an by heart)
on the day of the battle of Yama-ma,
and I am afraid that more heavy casualties
may take place among the Qurra
on other battle fields,
whereby a large part of the Qur'an may be lost.
Therefore I suggest that you (Abu Bakr)
order that the Qur'an be collected'.
I said to Umar,
`How can you do something Allah's Apostle did not do?'
Umar said,
`By Allah, that is a good project'.
Umar kept on urging me to accept his proposal till Allah opened my chest (persuaded me) for it and I began to realise the good idea which Umar had realised.
Therefore I suggest that you (Abu Bakr) order that the
Qur'an be collected'.
It was collected from men on the battlefield? How was it collected? If men die on the battlefield then you are not going to lose the Quran. Unless it was not written down! What was collected was the verbal quran which was then written down!
To avoid the danger of losing the knowledge of the Quran, a suggestion was made by Umar Bin-Khattab R.A which was accepted. A renowned scribe of the Prophet by the name of Zaid Bin-Tabit R.A was selected to compile the collection of the Quran from all the companions who had remembered the whole of it and from all that was written down piecemeal.
The first person to collect the entire Quran was Caliph Abu-Bakr Siddiq R.A and the first person to put it in writing was Zaid Bin-Tabit R.A. The collection of text thus prepared by Abu-Bakr R.A was known as Al-Umm, meaning the Mother. This complete copy of the Quran remained with Abu-Bakr Siddiq R.A until he died, then with Umar Bin-Khattab R.A until his death. Then Hafsa R.A, the daughter of Umar R.A and a wife of the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W.
The variation in dialects in recitation of the Quran became more problematic for large numbers of non-Arabs who entered the fold of Islam after the conquest of the Roman and Persian Empires. To avoid such a problem, the third Caliph Sayyedin Uthman R.A decided to instigate another collection of the Quran to be written in perfect Quraishi dialect.
Uthman R.A requested the first copy of the Quran Al-Umm from Hafsa to be rewritten by three well known Quraishi companions in whose dialects and tongue the Quran was originally revealed. The first collection was then given back to Hafsa.
The second collection thus prepared was known as Al-Imam. Six to eight copies were prepared and sent to Islamic provinces of the time. One copy was kept by Uthman R.A for his personal use. The original copy was kept in Medina. Two of these copies can still be found in the libraries of Istanbul and Tashkand.
AND EVERYTHING ELSE WAS BURNED!