Who Compiled and Wrote the Quran? | History of the Quran | Explained

Who Compiled and Wrote the Quran? | History of the Quran | Explained

Who wrote the holy quran?

The Holy Quran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad over the course of several years with the first revelations beginning in the month of Ramadan in 610 ad during what is known as the night of destiny but how did the Quran reach us today in its final form in what order was the Quran revealed and who compiled it and why if you're enjoying this video be sure to subscribe to the Muslim vibe on YouTube and turn on that notification

 

Belt so you never miss a video the Prophet Muhammad is described in the Quran as oh me which some Muslims interpret as illiterate and others as one who was not formally taught literacy he received his first revelation while isolated in a cave in Mount Hira nearby Mecca the verses revealed to him were read in the name of your Lord who created man from a clinging substance read your Lord is most generous he who taught by the pen taught man that which

 

He knew not God states in surah that he communicates to human beings only through three methods number one through direct revelation meaning there's no intermediary at all the second method was from behind a veil so for example the voice would be heard from behind an object like when prophet musa had a voice from behind the burning bush and the third method is through indirect revelation so through an intermediary like an angel we believe that the

 

Majority of the quranic verses were revealed were brought down to the prophet by the angel Gabriel out of the small pool of people who could read and write at the time of the Prophet he appointed special scribes known as kitab away so they were basically scribes of the revelation and they would note down the verses as they were revealed so he would dictate it to them essentially and they would write it down and he told them exactly where the verse where the

 

Ayah who was supposed to be fixed in the chapter because the understanding was always there that this was going to be a book and it was being revealed as a book just like previous scriptures reciting verses from memory was common practice in the early days of Islam as they had strong memories and prided themselves on a very strong oral tradition the reason why the Quran was a linguistic miracle in the first place was because it catered to the

 

Fascination an almost obsession of the Arabs with the Arabic language so they had a very rich oral tradition of poetic tradition rose poetry and prose actually where they would you know memorize and recite very very long pieces of poetry so reciting from memory and memorizing was a very common practice in the early days of Islam the Prophet was so committed to encouraging writing that the number of literate Muslims gradually increased he did this through various

 

Means firstly he got prisoners of war to teach the Muslims how to read and write in exchange for their freedom secondly he called upon scribes for writing letters contracts war records and treaties in addition to revelation thirdly he encouraged reciting from written text in addition to memorization as a result there were many scattered extracts and complete copies of the Quran in individual's possession by the time of the prophets death and there is

 

Disagreement amongst Muslims as to who compiled it into one coherent whole text regarding the time of his death even Abbas States the Prophet recited the book before Gabriel every year in the month of Ramadan and in the month in which he died he recited it before him twice some believed that reciting the Quran twice refers to the Quranic revelation being compiled into a complete and final version and the process termed as Allah Radel Akira the

 

Final presentation according to a hadith in sahih bukhari abu bakr ordered the written pieces and parchments of the Quran to be collated into one book after over four hundred memorizes of the Quran were killed in two battles according to the hadith Abu Bakr said to Zaid amantha 'but you should search for the fragmentary scripts of the Quran and collect it they said so I started compiling the Quran by collecting it from the leafless

 

Thoughts of the date palm tree and from the pieces of leather and hides and from the stones and from the chests of men who had memorized the Quran the manuscripts of the Quran remained with Abu Bakr till Allah took him unto him then it remained with Amundson Allah took him unto Him and then with half salmon Tama despite the correlation there was no immediate rush by the Muslims to avail themselves of this codex as it is understood that copies of

 

The Quran were available amongst Muslims during the Caliphate of Othman 20 years after the death of Prophet Muhammad the Caliphate had grown considerably into Iraq Syria Egypt and Iran with a variety of languages and dialects being spoken across the region creating a perceived need for the clarification of the recitation of the Holy Quran according to sahih al-bukhari who they affirmed in yemen was concerned about how the people of Iraq and sham differed in their

History of the Quran

Recitation of the Quran was one therefore requested the manuscript of the Quran from hafsa so he could order it to be compiled into one unified codex he appointed a committee of four people they'd even favites abdullah IBN zubair side even al us and Abdul Rahman bin al-harith to transcribe a master copy of the Quran more people were recruited into the committee to make 12 in total with ube in charge when the book was compiled of

 

Man sent copies to Kufa bus ride damascus and kept one in medina according to the majority of historians and scholars this is the Quran that is with us today with the 114 surahs in the same order though it is debatable where the present order was directed by the Prophet before his passing or decided by his companions later Osman also sent an expert khari with every must-have so that he could serve as a teacher shear traditions differ slightly I had to

 

Learn Hawaii for example believe that the Quran was complete during the time of the Prophet he first cites the numerous uses of the word book in the Holy Quran which is not used for something retained in memory or scattered on parchments as well as the Prophet declaring that he is leaving the book behind after his death saying I leave amongst you two valuable things the Book of Allah and my progeny furthermore in an incident mention in

 

Sahih al-bukhari when the prophet Muhammad was on his deathbed and asked for a pen to write something that would prevent people from going astray or wherever else a table told a prophet that the book of god was enough for the Muslims this alludes to the fact that there was already a book present secondly the Quran states that the Prophet recites from a written text when it says a messenger from God reciting pure pages or on challenges the

 

Disbelievers to produce something like the Quran be it 10 surahs be one surah allude to the fact that they had access to the Quran and the Quran was in public hands because if it wasn't and the challenge you know who wouldn't hold water and it could only be serious if they had access to the Quran to be able to produce something like it hui concludes that rather than compiling the Quran with mine affected a consensus on one unified recitation there are many

 

Accounts in both she and Sonny had these books that I live a pilot possessed a personal transcript of the Quran in which she collated after the death of the Prophet and he'd made a commitment not to leave his house until he had completed this task within six months of the passing of the Prophet the sewers were arranged in order of Revelation accompanied by interpretation of the verses in the margins in any case in 25a h5 master copies were prepared under the

 

Guidance of a command and all the main existing fragmentary codices were burnt arrays or melted down what man was criticized by some for destroying the fragments but his actions were after prior consultation with senior pants I need a banana Thielen said about this by Allah Othman did not do anything in this matter of the must-haves except that it was with our unanimous approval was the discussion on the compilation of the holy Quran is certainly a

 

Fascinating one it is important to also deepen our own personal relationships with the holy book through recitation study and contemplation Allah says in surah al-baqarah this is the book about which there is no doubt a guidance for those conscious of Allah for more great content like this.