The Collection and Preservation of the Qur'an

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Author(s): Ayatullah Sayyid Abulqasim al-Khui

Publisher(s): Madrasa As Syed al Khui

Category: Hadith Sciences Qur’anic Sciences

Topic Tags: Tahrif Preservation Quran Miscellaneous information: nbsp;Two Important Chapters from

AL BAYAN FI TAFSIRIL QURAN

Translated from the Arabic by

(late) Mulla Asghar Ali M.M Jaffer

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The text gives evidence of how the Quran has remained pure since the time it was revealed and not undergone any tahrif (additions or omissions).

Foreword

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم

الحمد لله الذی انزل علی عبدة الکتاب ولم یجعل لة عوجا

وافضل صلوات الله واکمل تسلیماته علی رسوله الذی ارسلة بالهدی

وعلی آله المصطفین الاخیار الذین آمنوا به وعزروه ونصروه واتبعوا النور الذی معه

"In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah Who has sent to His servant The Book and has allowed no deviation therein. And the best of Allah's blessings and His most complete peace upon His Apostle whom he sent with His Guidance. And upon his chosen, virtuous progeny who believed in him, honoured him, helped him and followed the Light Which was sent down to him".

Amid all the diversity of thoughts, leanings and inter­pretations, Muslims are united by a single cohesive force, an eternal and abiding miracle of Muhammad (‘s); Holy Qur'an. A prince among the revealed Books, Qur'an has remained pristine and unsullied by the profane hands.

The external forces working restlessly to wreck the Mus­lim unity and consensus have now resorted to a new ploy. From among the Muslims themselves, they have succeeded to instigate sectarian differences based on Qur'an. We now see

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