Islam History: Where is The First Ever Quran?..?

Question

The first ever recorded, during when the Prophet Muhammad(pbuh) was alive..

Does it still exist?.. or no such thing?..

Thanks~~

Answer 1

uthman burnt copies of Glorious Quran,i wonder why there is no Glorious Quran written by Prophet Muhammed?when Prophet Himself wrote Glorious Quran,

[25:5] They also said, "Tales from the past that he wrote down; they were dictated to him day and night.

something very bad happend after the Death of Prophet.

there could be be a copy of Glorious Quran which Prophet Muhammed wrote himself.

Answer 2

the first Quraan that was compiled by abu baker RA ie, called Ruba' is in turky. i guess.

Answer 3

The QURAN is available every where u need to open ur eyes.

Answer 4

Yes it still exists. It is hand written by Mola Ali (as) and it is in the Jamia Al-Azhar Library Museum. There are about 15 Hand written Quran by Mola Ali (as) still in existance in different Museums of the world. A few hand written Quran by Caliph Uthman are also in few libraries.

Umer said that if a person does not believe in Ali (as) as Mola then he/she is not Momin- Read this

In Sawaiq al Muhriqa page 177, Imam of Ahl ul Sunnah Ibn Hajr al-Makki al-Haythami records this event that took place during Hadhrath Umar's khilafath:

"Once two land owners approached Umar with a dispute. Umar called 'Ali and asked that he resolve the matter. Imam 'Ali resolved the dispute, and one of the individuals said, 'This man ['Ali] is going to decide between us?' Upon hearing this Hadhrath Umar grabbed the individual by the collar and said 'Don't you know who this individual is? He is the Maula of me, you and all Momin's, and whoever does NOT take him to be his Maula is not a momin (believer)"

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Nisa-i, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Tirmidhi, Tibrani, Tabari, and Hakim have mentioned the following words also:

"Man kuntu mawlahu fa Aliyyun mawlahu

Allahumma wali man walahu wa adi man adahu "

Edit:

"a muslim"

AbuBaker and Umer  never wrote any Quran. They were not interested in Quran writing.

Answer 5

Well, the earliest manuscript is the one in Sana'a in Yemen. A guy called Gerard Putin was on the investigating team. (You'll find some sites saying that it shows the Qur'an is open to discrepencies, but that isn't the case. The guy, Gerard Putin said later on that the manuscript was found to have had some words wiped away and new Quranic words written on. You see, in those days, the writing material was expensive so people used to take off the earlier writing and put new writing on). This manuscript was written in the 7th century.

Answer 6

topkapi museum turkey. compiled by Uthman, a companion of God's Messenger (peace be upon him.)

Answer 7

the Qur'an was not in book form until after the Prophet, peace be upon him, died. It was written on sticks, leaves, and such until many decades later. I believe that a lot of the earliest copies of the Qur'an, in written form, are in Beit al-Qur'an in Bahrain. It's a museum that claims to have piece of the oldest known Qur'ans. (It has some without the "dots.") I remember there were some from the 700s, but they were fragile, torn pages, not the entire book. But, Qur'an is actually recitation, so in reality, the oldest Qur'an would have been in the hearts of the earliest Muslims.

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Adnan, why must they be "rendered as a liar"? Why does everyone have to immediately start hating? Why is there no compassion or understanding or forgiveness or tolerance among today's Muslims? Maybe these people are just ignorant about history of Qur'an. They may not be liars, they just need to be corrected.

Muhammad K, Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, could not read or write.

Answer 8

Yes the Qura'n is still preserved in a museum of Turkey!

Answer 9

1.   Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) himself supervised and authenticated the written texts of the  Qur’an

Whenever the Prophet received a revelation, he would first memorize it himself and later declare the revelation and instruct his Companions (R.A. – Radhi Allahu Taala Anhu) – May Allah be pleased with him who would also memorize it. The Prophet would immediately ask the scribes to write down the revelation he had received, and he would reconfirm and recheck it himself. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was an Ummi who could not read and write. Therefore, after receiving each revelation, he would repeat it to his Companions. They would write down the revelation, and he would recheck by asking them to read what they had written. If there was any mistake, the Prophet would immediately point it out and have it corrected and rechecked. Similarly he would even recheck and authenticate the portions of the Qur’an memorized by the Companions. In this way, the complete Qur’an was written down under the personal supervision of the prophet (pbuh).

2.   Order and sequence of Qur’an divinely inspired

The complete Qur’an was revealed over a period of 22½ years portion by portion, as and when it was required. The Qur’an was not compiled by the Prophet in the chronological order of revelation. The order and sequence of the Qur’an too was Divinely inspired and was instructed to the Prophet by Allah (swt) through archangel Jibraeel. Whenever a revelation was conveyed to his companions, the Prophet would also mention in which surah (chapter) and after which ayat (verse) this new revelation should fit.

Every Ramadhaan all the portions of the Qur’an that had been revealed, including the order of the verses, were revised and reconfirmed by the Prophet with archangel Jibraeel. During the last Ramadhaan, before the demise of the Prophet, the Qur’an was rechecked and reconfirmed twice.

It is therefore clearly evident that the Qur’an was compiled and authenticated by the Prophet himself during his lifetime, both in the written form as well as in the memory of several of his Companions.

3.   Qur’an copied on one common material

The complete Qur’an, along with the correct sequence of the verses, was present during the time of the Prophet (pbuh). The verses however, were written on separate pieces, scrapes of leather, thin flat stones, leaflets, palm branches, shoulder blades, etc. After the demise of the prophet, Abu Bakr (r.a.), the first caliph of Islam ordered that the Qur’an be copied from the various different materials on to a common material and place, which was in the shape of sheets. These were tied with strings so that nothing of the compilation was lost.

4.   Usman (r.a.) made copies of the Qur’an from the original manuscript

Many Companions of the Prophet used to write down the revelation of the Qur’an on their own whenever they heard it from the lips of the Prophet. However what they wrote was not personally verified by the Prophet and thus could contain mistakes. All the verses revealed to the Prophet may not have been heard personally by all the Companions. There were high possibilities of different portions of the Qur’an being missed by different Companions. This gave rise to disputes among Muslims regarding the different contents of the Qur’an during the period of the third Caliph Usman (r.a.).

Usman (r.a.) borrowed the original manuscript of the Qur’an, which was authorized by the beloved Prophet (pbuh), from Hafsha (may Allah be pleased with her), the Prophet’s wife. Usman (r.a.) ordered four Companions who were among the scribes who wrote the Qur’an when the Prophet dictated it, led by Zaid bin Thabit (r.a.) to rewrite the script in several perfect copies. These were sent by Usman (r.a.) to the main centres of Muslims.

There were other personal collections of the portions of the Qur’an that people had with them. These might have been incomplete and with mistakes. Usman (r.a.) only appealed to the people to destroy all these copies which did not match the original manuscript of the Qur’an in order to preserve the original text of the Qur’an. Two such copies of the copied text of the original Qur’an authenticated by the Prophet are present to this day, one at the museum in Tashkent in erstwhile Soviet Union and the other at the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.

5.   Diacritical marks were added for non-Arabs

The original manuscript of the Qur’an does not have the signs indicating the vowels in Arabic script. These vowels are known as tashkil, zabar, zair, paish in Urdu and as fatah, damma and qasra in Arabic. The Arabs did not require the vowel signs and diacritical marks for correct pronunciation of the Qur’an since it was their mother tongue. For Muslims of non-Arab origin, however, it was difficult to recite the Qur’an correctly without the vowels. These marks were introduced into the Quranic script during the time of the fifth ‘Umayyad’ Caliph, Malik-ar-Marwan (66-86 Hijri/685-705 C.E.) and during the governorship of Al-Hajaj in Iraq.

Some people argue that the present copy of the Qur’an that we have along with the vowels and the diacritical marks is not the same original Qur’an that was present at the Prophet’s time. But they fail to realize that the word ‘Qur’an’ means a recitation. Therefore, the preservation of the recitation of the Qur’an is important, irrespective of whether the script is different or whether it contains vowels. If the pronunciation and the Arabic is the same, naturally, the meaning remains the same too.

6.    Allah Himself has promised to guard the Qur’an

Allah has promised in the Qur’an :

"We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly Guard it (from corruption)."

[Al-Qur’an 15:9]

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Answer 10

The Quran was not written as a book during Muhammad's time. The Quran was complied during the reign of the first Caliph Abu Bakr. Any that believes the Quran was complied as a book during Muhammad's time should be rendered as a liar.