How Was The Quran Compiled? - Sayed Ali Al-Qazwini

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[0:14]once the head principal at the Alzar University considered to be for

[0:20]centuries the most prestigious center of Islamic learning all across the Islamic

[0:25]world.

[0:29]He had decided to make a visit to his neighboring country.

[0:34]He's from Egypt.

[0:36]To the neighboring country of Iran.

[0:38]He was open-minded.

[0:38]And he wanted to expand his network of relationships.

[0:42]He visits Iran and he wants to visit the mosque of Iran

[0:47]and he's amazed at the splendor, the design, you know, the beauty,

[0:56]the geometric patterns.

[0:56]He enters the mosque.

[0:57]He goes and he sits.

[1:01]He asks someone that volunteers at the mosque, "Do you have copies

[1:05]of the Quran here?" So he says, "Well, obviously you know this

[1:08]this is a mosque, a house of Allah.

[1:10]How can the house of Allah not have the book of Allah?"

[1:13]He says, "Do you mind bringing me a copy?" Says, "Of course."

[1:16]So he goes, he gets him a copy.

[1:21]He says, "I gave him the copy of the Holy Quran." So

[1:23]he's looking at the cover.

[1:27]He's looking at the backside.

[1:27]He opens it and he's not really reading, reciting Quran.

[1:30]He's just kind of like paging through it.

[1:32]He's looking at various pages.

[1:36]He's flipping through it.

[1:36]He gives me back this copy of the Quran.

[1:40]He says, "Is there another copy that you have?" He says, "Well,

[1:44]yes, you know, we have lots of copies." He says, "Do you

[1:49]mind bringing me another copy?" Says, "Sure." So, he says, "I went

[1:52]I got him another copy.

[1:52]I gave it to him.

[1:55]He opened it.

[1:56]He started leafing through it randomly, stopping at various pages and he's

[1:59]reading and he goes through the entire Quran just very briefly.

[2:03]He hands it back to me.

[2:06]He says, "Do you mind bringing me another copy?" He says, "This

[2:10]time I didn't say anything." I said, "Sure." So, I took this

[2:13]copy.

[2:13]I went I got him another copy of the Holy Quran.

[2:17]He says, "This time I brought it." So, clearly, he's not really

[2:21]interested in doing, you know, recitation of the Holy Quran.

[2:23]He's after something else.

[2:25]So he says again, he starts leafing through it.

[2:28]He says, "I was very curious.

[2:29]I want to see what's going on." So I very respectfully asked,

[2:34]you know, clearly, you know, it's not that you want to do

[2:36]talawa of the holy Quran right now.

[2:38]You're after something else.

[2:39]Do you mind asking?

[2:41]He says, "Yes, in fact, you know, I was meaning to ask,

[2:45]but I didn't know how to bring it up.

[2:47]I was told that you know the followers of the B the

[2:52]sh they have another copy of the holy Quran.

[2:54]So when I asked for that first copy I I looked at

[2:57]the cover looks like the covers we have you know back home

[3:01]whom I opened the first page it's how our copy of the

[3:03]holy Quran starts.

[3:05]I started going through the entire book it's the same copy that

[3:07]we have.

[3:08]So he said you know maybe this was a fluke.

[3:11]Maybe this was an import from Egypt from Saudi Arabia.

[3:12]So I said give me another copy.

[3:14]I saw it's the same.

[3:17]give me another copy.

[3:16]I saw it's the same.

[3:19]So we he was you know just a young volunteer.

[3:21]He said you know of course all adherence of allahel we have

[3:29]one book oneah one message from god why would we have various

[3:34]copies and additions it's just one book but there unfortunately has been

[3:40]some people who have slandered the faith of the b the school

[3:43]of thought of the so much such that this misconception has grown

[3:47]so wide even someone of this stature fell for And this misconception

[3:53]is that followers of the of and his holy and immaculate progeny

[3:58]we have a different Quran.

[4:00]We don't recite the same book as all other Muslims.

[4:04]And some even reference some hadith that we have regarding what is

[4:09]this book esoteric book.

[4:11]You know the book of Lady Fatma peace be upon her.

[4:13]Is this a different book?

[4:17]Do we not have the same Quran?

[4:17]So I'm sorry to spoil the show for everyone but basically we

[4:23]have the same Quran.

[4:23]You can go in any mosque in any Shia country city doesn't

[4:29]matter and you will find the same exact copy.

[4:35]In fact you will find on most Quran copies in Iraq for

[4:38]example it'll say imported from Saudi Arabia it's the same.

[4:42]It doesn't matter where it's published where it's produced.

[4:44]And all copies of the holy Quran say the mani copy you

[4:49]know referencing the third kiff of Islam.

[4:52]We all share the same book.

[4:57]One reason is Allah subhana ta he himself promised us in the

[5:03]holy Quran that he revealed the book of god and he himself

[5:05]will protect it.

[5:08]Allah subh says no error will fall within this holy Quran.

[5:19]Not even the slightest of change will be permissible.

[5:24]Allah himself promises that I myself will take care of the Quran.

[5:27]And by the way, there there have been multiple multiple in fact

[5:31]countless attempts throughout Islamic history by people with you know various intentions

[5:38]to try to either insert or change the holy Quran starting with

[5:43]the second kiff.

[5:42]You know there was a a verse that he tried to insert

[5:47]within the holy Quran that the old individuals the old man and

[5:49]the old lady who are adulteress you know the adulterer and the

[5:52]adulteress they need to be stoned.

[5:53]you know he had this uh thing where he just wanted to

[5:57]insert this verse within the holy Quran but obviously Muslims even though

[6:00]they respected him but they would not allow anyone to change the

[6:04]words of the holy Quran.

[6:06]So from that time many countless attempts on changing the holy Quran

[6:13]but that holy Quran has been preserved.

[6:14]Allah subhana wa ta'ala states within the holy Quran if all of

[6:23]mankind and womankind and all the jin they all conspire to produce

[6:27]something that is the Quran itself even remotely akin they will not

[6:34]be able to this is a challenge posed by the holy Quran

[6:39]14 centuries ago and it still stands to this day this is

[6:42]one of the miracles of Allah with all our human might with

[6:46]all the Shakespearees throughout history.

[6:47]Why have we not been able to produce one book or even

[6:53]one chapter remotely similar to the Holy Quran in its eloquence in

[6:57]just the way it captures the essence of your soul?

[7:01]This challenge stands to this day.

[7:10]If all people were to gather and conspire on this, they still

[7:14]would not be able to come up with something like the Quran.

[7:17]In another verse, Allah says, "If you have doubts that this book

[7:24]that Muhammad brought, is it really from allahel?

[7:28]Bring one chapter.

[7:29]Doesn't have to be a full book.

[7:32]One chapter.

[7:33]Some chapters are less than a page.

[7:35]Bring one chapter and you'll be able to disprove.

[7:37]It was that easy.

[7:40]all these kufur that harassed the prophet for 13 years and then

[7:42]10 years and they fought multiple battles against him.

[7:45]I this is what the Quran says.

[7:47]You don't have to do all that.

[7:48]Just bring one small chapter like it.

[7:52]And what was the reason that these pagans of Mecca, they were

[7:57]so adamant against they waged war against him.

[8:00]They tried assassinating him in the midst of the night while they

[8:03]were thinking he was in bed asleep.

[8:05]It's because they knew this was h they couldn't stop it.

[8:12]They knew that yes, maybe those people, those elites that had economic

[8:17]incentives to sustain the system of the polytheist, the lat theat theat,

[8:22]they would resist.

[8:25]But people that didn't, right?

[8:27]Just your average typical person, your average family, they would be swayed

[8:31]by the Holy Quran.

[8:31]They would listen maybe once, maybe twice, but eventually the words of

[8:35]the Holy Quran would influence their hearts.

[8:38]And so they would lose all this political and economic sway over

[8:44]Mecca.

[8:43]It was it was simply about personal benefit.

[8:46]So the Quran challenges them.

[8:48]You don't have to fight against you don't have to gather your

[8:52]arms.

[8:52]You don't have to slander him.

[8:53]They would go around mocking him, telling people he's majun, he's insane.

[8:57]You don't have to do all that.

[8:58]just bring one chapter and people themselves will see okay if brought

[9:03]down these chapters but someone else can do it then there's nothing

[9:06]special about it there's nothing special about this book and yet this

[9:14]challenge has withtood the test of time in another verse allahel states

[9:20]again you're accusing the prophet of lying you don't have to constantly

[9:25]go and harass him tell people beware of Muhammad you No, he's

[9:29]a sorcerer.

[9:31]No, just bring one chapter.

[9:32]And yet man and woman has been unable to produce such a

[9:36]thing.

[9:36]So number one, my dear brothers and sisters, the of all Muslims

[9:41]is that the holy Quran comes from Allahel and it has been

[9:51]unadulterated.

[9:48]The same exact Quran revealed upon peace be upon him is the

[9:56]same exact Quran we have today.

[9:57]We mentioned a few nights ago at the University of Birmingham in

[10:00]their museum section, they have a copy of the Holy Quran, it's

[10:04]not a full book, it's just a manuscript, maybe just a few

[10:07]pages, but it's been carbonated.

[10:08]And carbon dating usually is accurate to within maybe 50 years.

[10:15]And they've carbonated it to around 750 AD.

[10:16]And that's pretty much around the time of peace be upon.

[10:21]That's maybe just one or two decades within the range of after

[10:25]the departure of and that manuscript which is written in the kufik

[10:30]font those words on the page are the same exact words we

[10:36]have today there's just one slight difference and we'll get into this

[10:39]later that copy does not have dots and we'll get into later

[10:42]why that copy does not have the dots but other than the

[10:46]dots on the letters if you are familiar with Arabic the exact

[10:49]characters in that manuscript are in the same manuscripts we have today.

[10:57]What about Okay, so if we understand that the contents and the

[11:02]heart the soul of the holy Quran is the same.

[11:07]What about the sequence of the ayat?

[11:07]Is the sequence that we have the same way it was revealed

[11:12]upon?

[11:13]Was the first chapter revealed?

[11:15]Was the first verse after the alhamdulillah?

[11:18]How did this come to be?

[11:21]Who arranged this?

[11:22]We have a beautiful narration from Im peace be upon him in

[11:27]which he states.

[11:34]So would say that this is a new chapter.

[11:40]How would people know when would be revealed?

[11:43]So when bismillah would be revealed, everything after is part of the

[11:47]same chapter.

[11:50]everything that's revealed until another comes because we believe in the school

[11:56]of that is an actual verse.

[11:58]Yes, our current copies don't count it as a verse.

[12:03]You know, alhamdulillah is number one, but is part of the surah

[12:07]itself.

[12:09]So when comes then we know this is a new chapter.

[12:13]But would not always name the chapters during the time of revelation.

[12:18]This would happen later.

[12:21]So for example, what is the final verse that allahel decided to

[12:29]reveal upon humanity?

[12:30]The final verse is the verse after that gave that famous sermon

[12:39]according to some accounts four hours and he held the hands of

[12:41]Ali and he said, And then what was the final verse?

[12:48]Allah subhana t tells him that after you've done this now I've

[12:58]completed faith and Islam is now a full and complete faith.

[13:05]So we all know that this was the final verse to be

[13:10]revealed.

[13:11]But the last chapter to be revealed is actually in as a

[13:20]whole.

[13:21]The last chapter was and in particular this verse.

[13:30]So how do we reconcile?

[13:33]According to our hadith, sometimes one chapter would pause, another would begin.

[13:43]We wouldn't know this at the time if we were the Sahabah,

[13:47]the companions of Allah, but himself, he would pinpoint this.

[13:50]He would say that this chapter is now on pause.

[13:53]This is the start of a new chapter.

[13:55]So during the time of it wasn't that full chapters would be

[14:00]revealed all at once.

[14:00]You know Bakar with all its verses.

[14:02]It wasn't all revealed at once.

[14:04]All surah Bakar and then the next.

[14:07]No.

[14:06]Sometimes verses from various chapters would happen.

[14:10]But himself he would pinpoint this.

[14:15]He would say this chapter is on pause now.

[14:16]This is a different chapter.

[14:19]And sometimes himself would say this verse that is now revealed is

[14:23]not part of this chapter.

[14:23]The context of this chapter this is part of a different chapter.

[14:30]So the sequence of ayat.

[14:30]Yes.

[14:31]Sometimes himself you know for divine benefit and of course everything that

[14:36]says is from Allahel he would rearrange the order of verses.

[14:45]So yes there might be some slight difference in the order of

[14:49]verses but we know that the content there is a consensus amongst

[14:53]Muslims that the contents of the holy Quran have been preserved.

[14:57]Now regardless is this verse at this chapter?

[14:59]Was it later moved?

[15:03]The contents are all the same.

[15:05]Now the big question, this Quran that we see now, Quran linguistically

[15:10]means that which is read.

[15:11]Never wrote anything.

[15:13]Allah read the holy Quran.

[15:15]That's why it's called the Quran.

[15:16]That which is read.

[15:19]When was this Quran that is read written onto paper?

[15:24]I mean this is a very important question because we understand if

[15:29]we look at the old heavenly books much of the much of

[15:32]the perversion happened because it was an oral tradition and then much

[15:38]later were the holy books written and that's why there was much

[15:41]change it was susceptible to personal influences so when was the holy

[15:46]Quran written there are two opinions by our scholars the first says

[15:51]a full cop with two covers, you know, the front cover and

[15:56]a back cover of the holy Quran was actually available during the

[16:03]life of Allah.

[16:02]So before the departure of Allah, there was a copy of the

[16:08]Holy Quran and it was being referenced.

[16:12]Muslims could go in the mosque and look at this copy of

[16:14]the Holy Quran for those who were illiterate.

[16:16]Most were illiterate.

[16:16]So they would have to wait until someone who had memorized the

[16:19]Quran come and he would recite the Quran and they would listen.

[16:23]However, according to our scholars, this is the weaker opinion.

[16:29]Most don't accept this.

[16:30]They say no.

[16:31]Even at the time of the departure of Allah, he left this

[16:34]world.

[16:35]There was not a full book called the Quran that you could

[16:40]look at and say this is the Quran.

[16:42]The Quran existed in the hearts of people.

[16:44]So when did this book come?

[16:50]According to all sects of Islam, according to all narrations, Sunni and

[16:56]Shia, the first to compile and to write a full Quran was

[17:06]Aliham Muhammad.

[17:11]And this was upon the direct order of the im himself.

[17:18]In this hadith, he explains he says, Not a single verse was

[17:26]depended upon he would come to me and he would recite it

[17:31]to me.

[17:33]Now had many companions and many of them were literate.

[17:37]Imam Ali was not the only literate one and yet prophet came

[17:40]to and he would privately recite to him the verses of the

[17:46]holy Quran.

[17:49]He would recite and I would have a pen in my hand

[17:52]and I would write.

[17:54]This is during the time of he says I would write.

[17:59]This was a direct order of look at the relationship that Allah

[18:04]had with for ifasoolah was the only one God deemed worthy of

[18:10]being the recipient of such that he recites it upon people found

[18:16]none other than to be worthy of writing down the holy Quran.

[18:19]He would come he would recite it.

[18:21]Im Ali would write Not only would he recite the Quran, he

[18:30]would teach me the interpretation and the exogesis, the surface apparent meanings

[18:35]and the inner depth of the Quran.

[18:37]You know, according to our hadith, the Quran is like the waves

[18:43]of the ocean.

[18:42]Every day you can come, you'll see different waves.

[18:46]You'll see different meanings originating from the source of all that is

[18:50]good and all that is wise.

[18:50]The Quran has the the Quran has the B.

[18:54]That which is surface, that's what's apparent.

[18:56]And that which is deep and that which is eloquent.

[19:00]According to one narration attributed to Bakr peace be upon him.

[19:06]Yes, it surfaces eloquence unmatched eloquence throughout time and throughout history.

[19:11]But the depth of the Holy Quran is deep.

[19:14]It's deep.

[19:15]You can read the Holy Quran and do linguistically, historically, scientifically.

[19:21]You could do so much.

[19:24]You could spend years on one chapter and you won't finish.

[19:28]Says the ofman I can speak until everyone's ink runs dry.

[19:36]just the bat of so the prophet he taught and we wonder

[19:46]some people wonder you know is it really the case that after

[19:50]was qualified they would say he's young there were older people people

[19:57]more knowledgeable more experienced he taught him the and the of the

[20:04]verses of the holy Quran Those verses which were emitted and the

[20:12]verses which were placed, the verses that are clear and the verses

[20:15]that are vague prayed to Allah that would be granted the the

[20:26]comprehension of the holy Quran.

[20:28]Is there anyone more qualified after this is a dua of the

[20:35]prophet and we mentioned duas of prophets don't go unanswered.

[20:37]Maybe my dua might go but the dua of a prophet especially

[20:44]the greatest of all prophets will not go unanswered.

[20:45]So he says he prayed that I understand the holy Quran and

[20:54]he prayed that I memorize it and therefore I did not forget

[20:58]one verse of the book of Allah.

[21:03]anything says that Allah taught me I wrote it down after the

[21:12]departure of many of the companions they were busy gathering allegiance towards

[21:19]the first caiff in order to recuse himself in order to offer

[21:25]an excuse why he stays at home and he doesn't go and

[21:28]give the give the allegiance they would come to him he'd say

[21:31]I'm busy writing down the Quran I have not finished finishing this

[21:36]copy of the Quran.

[21:36]So for days for weeks afterwards while people were busy assuring power

[21:44]spreading was sitting at home writing the holy Quran as per the

[21:49]instructions of you know it's ironic some people say that fan you

[21:56]know he was so blessed that Allah wished to be his status

[22:02]wished to have his rank when you find after the departure of

[22:04]Allah who was the only one that was busy washing the blessed

[22:09]the blessed body of Allah.

[22:10]Who was the one busy placing him in his keen?

[22:13]Who was the one busy burying him while all others you know

[22:16]they were busy with other stuff?

[22:19]Who was the one busy listening to the orders of writing down

[22:23]the Quran?

[22:24]Finally is done with this copy of the Quran.

[22:29]And this is not just a copy of the Quran.

[22:29]This is a copy that has the interpretation and the as instructed

[22:37]by Allah.

[22:36]If by Allah, my dear brothers, if we have this copy today,

[22:40]no Muslim would go astray because these are the direct words of

[22:43]Allah explaining every ayah and every verse.

[22:46]He comes to the mosque and the companions and the caiff are

[22:52]seated and he offers them this copy of the holy Quran.

[22:56]What happens?

[23:00]himself states, "Ever since the departure of I've been busy washing his

[23:10]body, preparing him for burial then upon his orders writing down the

[23:15]Holy Quran until I was able to compile the Holy Quran in

[23:22]this one book and I present it here in front of you.

[23:26]Any verse that Allahel descended upon it's mentioned in this book.

[23:39]He taught me the interpretation.

[23:45]So at that time there was no physical copy of the holy

[23:48]Quran.

[23:48]The imam says so take this book so that tomorrow you don't

[23:50]say we didn't know we lost a portion of the Quran.

[23:56]one of those people sitting in the mosque.

[23:59]He responded, "Oh, Ali, take back this book.

[24:09]We don't want it." As you can imagine, the calamity on the

[24:17]Muslim started from that day.

[24:21]You know as we say this was presented to them on a

[24:27]golden platter.

[24:26]The copy has written by the direct disciple of whom had blessed

[24:34]had prayed for to memorize and to perfect the holy Quran.

[24:38]We lost this copy.

[24:40]He goes back home and that book stayed with him.

[24:45]Afterwards during the of came to him he said oh okay okay

[24:55]we apologize during you know the first we rejected your Quran but

[24:58]now you're the kiff why don't you bring out the Quran the

[25:02]imam says no I brought out the holy Quran and it was

[25:06]refused and now if I bring it out and we'll discuss in

[25:11]a moment what happened in between the first and the of now

[25:14]there is another version of the holy Quran and I don't want

[25:18]people to say that there was a Quran and Ali when he

[25:20]became he brought his own Quran therefore this copy stayed with after

[25:27]the martyrdom of it transferred into the hands of Im Hass after

[25:32]his martyrdom into the hands of Im Hussein and now it's with

[25:36]im so what a great loss upon this um we could have

[25:41]had this you know on a golden platter there are over 100

[25:45]maybe if we count the you know not so well-known ones maybe

[25:49]over a thousand some multi volume some over 50 volumes doing but

[25:53]these are all people who came after right it's just using their

[25:57]knowledge using their you know discipline in whatever field that they had

[26:02]trying to understand and doing of the holy Quran this was a

[26:08]direct disciple of writing down the as instructed by the prophet what

[26:13]a great loss But does that mean then that this version of

[26:18]the holy Quran that we have is there something wrong with it?

[26:22]If it's not the copy that had then what is this?

[26:24]You know this holy Quran that we have here that we recite

[26:27]during the nights and days of sh Ramadan what is it then?

[26:29]Who who compiled this?

[26:32]So first and foremost to be clear that is also Quran.

[26:37]At its heart there is really no difference.

[26:39]Yes, this lacks the and the as recited upon byoolah.

[26:44]It's just the Quran without the ex Jesus and their interpretation.

[26:47]But this is still the Quran and it is a valid Quran.

[26:51]According to one hadith by peace be upon him.

[26:55]He says recite the same way people recite.

[26:58]Someone had come up to him.

[27:01]He said you know we've heard of this of Ali this book

[27:04]of Ali.

[27:05]Is this different than what we recite?

[27:06]When we do our prayers, we have to recite Quran and our

[27:10]prayers are not valid without Quran.

[27:11]So does that mean if we don't have access to this book

[27:13]that our prayers are invalid?

[27:17]Imm says no.

[27:16]Recite the same way everyone else recites meaning all Muslims and your

[27:21]prayer will be valid.

[27:23]This goes to show that the Quran that we have is a

[27:28]100% valid Quran.

[27:26]Yes, it lacks the it lacks the according to some narrations the

[27:31]book of was ordered differently.

[27:36]It's the same words but the order was different.

[27:37]It was based upon the date of revelation.

[27:39]So it was in order of revelation.

[27:42]Our Quran is by chapters but that was every verse that was

[27:49]revealed.

[27:48]It comes in chronological order basically.

[27:51]So we don't have access to that but the Quran that we

[27:54]do have access to is still considered Quran.

[27:56]At its essence it's the same thing.

[27:58]So what happened?

[28:01]Why do we have this Quran?

[28:02]The second caiff people came up to him and they said you

[28:07]know we need a physical copy of the holy Quran.

[28:10]We refuse.

[28:10]Therefore we have to come up with an alternative.

[28:13]There was a companion by the name of he came from and

[28:21]he noticed that people in different areas they were speaking the Quran

[28:27]in different dialects.

[28:26]By the time of the kaiffs after Muslims were not all Arab.

[28:30]They came from many different areas and some don't have that you

[28:36]know original Arabic tongue.

[28:36]Therefore slight mistakes were spreading throughout the Muslim world.

[28:41]So the second caiff he organized the council and he appointed Zinabit

[28:49]one of the young companions to head this council.

[28:51]What was the job of this council?

[28:53]They would gather all the manuscripts.

[28:55]people at the time, you know, pen and paper was not easy

[29:01]at the time.

[29:00]To have a pen, you'd have to get some materials, you know,

[29:05]uh, chalk it up, blend it with some water, you'd have to

[29:08]use, you know, those, uh, old style pens.

[29:11]Paper wasn't just simple paper that we have now.

[29:13]There you can have a million pages.

[29:15]You'd have to have deer skin or some other, you know, not

[29:19]so cheap material.

[29:19]So people would have maybe one page, two pages, three pages of

[29:22]the Holy Quran written down in their homes and they would reference

[29:26]it.

[29:27]So they would go and collect any person in Medina in Mecca

[29:29]that has some pages.

[29:30]Even if it's half a page of the Holy Quran, they would

[29:34]collect it.

[29:36]Collect it.

[29:34]They would match it, cross analyze who was in this council over

[29:40]25 people.

[29:41]And it was supervised by he personally would supervise.

[29:48]They would meet daily in the mosque.

[29:51]He comes and he suggests to man why don't we standardize the

[29:57]Quran at the time how would the system of Quran work from

[30:00]Medina or Mecca they would send someone to the various cities that

[30:05]had large populations of Muslims one person would go in the mosque

[30:07]and just recite the Quran and people would come and listen that's

[30:09]how they would learn the Quran you know most people were not

[30:12]literate they couldn't even read so that was the best way to

[30:16]transmit the Quran so he says there are slight differenc es in

[30:18]Egypt people are pronouncing it this way in people are pronouncing it

[30:24]this way.

[30:23]So what should we do?

[30:27]So has the idea that we unify and standardized the Quran so

[30:30]that even slight mistakes in pronunciation would not happen.

[30:36]He consulted the Sahabah including peace be upon him and they all

[30:42]approved.

[30:42]They said yes this is a good plan so that people don't

[30:44]have slight discrepancies in pronunciation.

[30:48]So what do they do this time?

[30:51]Again the second caiff he appoints four people to oversee this mission.

[30:55]Number one the person who was tasked with compiling the holy Quran

[30:59]in the first place and then according to our hadith this group

[31:05]grew more people joined and then was the manager.

[31:11]What's their job?

[31:13]They have to unify all the texts from the holy Quran.

[31:16]They would send messengers to various cities and collect any manuscript anyone

[31:21]had in Kufa, in Egypt, in Azarbaijan, wherever Muslims had, they confiscated

[31:27]every single copy lest that someone maybe made a mistake.

[31:32]They brought it back to Medina.

[31:37]So, so far, excellent project even approved.

[31:38]But the mistake that they made is that they, you know, did

[31:43]not do justice to the Quran.

[31:44]When they gathered all these various copies, they put it on one

[31:49]side and then they had their own standardized version on the right,

[31:53]they burned all these copies.

[31:54]So even if you know the project at its essence was good,

[31:58]you're not supposed to burn copies of the Holy Quran.

[32:01]There are other ways that you can, you know, get rid of

[32:03]it without desecrating the words of Allah.

[32:05]So they burned all these other copies.

[32:07]All that remained was the one standardized copy.

[32:11]And that's why you can open any book, open any Quran here

[32:15]in Canada, in South America, in Greenland, in Africa, it doesn't matter.

[32:20]It will say this is a mani copy because this effort was

[32:27]concluded during the time of the third Khalifa of compiling, confiscating and

[32:31]then standardizing the holy Quran.

[32:34]Now there is a standard copy.

[32:38]They would get scribes to come and write down copy.

[32:39]They didn't have publishing houses.

[32:44]So it was a painstaking task of by hand making copies.

[32:46]They would send these copies to various cities.

[32:50]People can come and look and read at these copies of the

[32:53]holy Quran in various cities.

[32:55]So this copy this Quran that we have today is the product

[33:01]of those councils during the times of the second and the third

[33:05]caiffs.

[33:07]However, the only difference the only additions made later on is that

[33:13]those copies during the times of the second and third kaleiffs they

[33:16]didn't have dots because the Arabic language in general did not have

[33:20]dots.

[33:20]Now you can imagine Arabic is already a tough language.

[33:22]Arabic and its, you know, sister languages.

[33:25]Now, imagine having to read Arabic with no dots.

[33:30]But if you're experienced and you have, you know, that natural rhythm

[33:34]when it comes to reading and writing, you'll be able to understand.

[33:37]But Islam was growing.

[33:41]Not everyone was Arab, right?

[33:42]And everyone needs to be able to read properly.

[33:44]Therefore, peace be upon him instructed one of his disciples.

[33:50]He taught him how to place dots within the holy book.

[33:56]After the dots were placed, you could say pretty much the Quran

[34:01]that we have today was in its complete form.

[34:04]So that's the only difference.

[34:05]Abu D came and he added dots to the Arabic language and

[34:08]that reflected within the holy Quran and that's how we have the

[34:12]same copy.

[34:12]But other than that, my dear brothers and sisters, the same Quran

[34:17]that you have on your shelf is the same Quran people had

[34:20]in 19th century Russia, which is the same Quran that people had

[34:25]in 12th century Egypt, which is the same Quran that people had

[34:29]after.

[34:30]It's the same exact copy.

[34:31]And this is a promise by Allahel.

[34:33]That's Allah says, I brought down I have revealed this Quran and

[34:39]I will protect it.

[34:38]Yes, our a hadith do mention that book of peace be upon

[34:45]him that has the and the interpretation as given by the prophet.

[34:50]This will be shown to people after the reappearance of Imi.

[34:57]May we all live to be amongst the sincere supporters of Imi.

[35:01]May we all be amongst his most ardent supporters.

[35:06]May we see the H and may we accept the H.

[35:09]We ask Allah subhana wa ta'ala to fill this earth with justice

[35:12]after it's been filled with injustice.

[35:14]We ask Allah subhana ta to send his peace and his blessings

[35:16]upon Muslims all across the globe.

[35:18]We ask Allah subhana wa ta'ala to send his ease upon all

[35:23]Muslims who are undergoing difficulties at this time.

[35:27]We ask Allahh to bless us to bless our communities to bless

[35:30]this community those who have instituted and who help support this community.

[35:34]We ask Allahh to send his upon our our departed ones.

[35:39]And for their sake and for our sakes, let us all recite

[35:42]before.

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