Spoken Words are Temporary, Written Text is Permanent

Spoken Words are Temporary, Written Text is Permanent

Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) used to get literate Muslims to write down the divinely inspired verses that came down in parts. Th ose who write the Qur’an are known as ‘scribes of divine inspiration’. Th eir duty was to write down each verse, and they wrote these without any error. Amongst these were Abu Bakr, Omar, Othman, Ali, and Zeyd bin Sabit. It is thanks to them that the Qur’an has been passed down to our day without losing its fi delity. Th e head of all Muslims aft er our Prophet (pbuh) was Abu Bakr. It was during his term that Omar proposed the Qur’an be put together in book form. Th e Qur’an was put together in the witness of those known as Hafyz (those who know the Qur’an off by heart). Th e fi rst book form of the Qur’an is known as ‘Mushaf ’. It stayed in the possession of Abu Bakr till he died. Th is particular Qur’an was inherited by Omar, then the wife of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh), Hafsa (daughter of Omar) and then Othman. Islamic boundaries greatly broadened during the reign of Othman. During that time alot of peole converted to Islam and in this way the population increased and the borders broadened even further. Th e increasing demand for copies of the Qur’an in those places was met by making copies using the original Qur’an. Th ese books were then sent to the 7 biggest cities in the country. Copies of the Qur’an that we have at home today have been taken from that original copy.