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5 DIFFERENT CANONS OF THE QUR'AN - SERIOUSLY?
Muslims have always claimed that the 'Hafs' Qur'an Muslims use today was the same Qur'an revealed to Muhammad, and that it has never been tampered with by human hands, not one word, not one letter.
But we now know that simply is NOT true.
Dr Shady Nasser, probably the leading scholar on the Qira'at Readings of the Qur'an, has proved that there were 5 different times in the last 1400 years where different sets of Qur'ans were chosen by different men.
Starting with just 1 Quraishi Qur'an, chosen by Uthman in 652 AD, another 7 were added in 936 AD by Ibn Mujahid.
In 1194 AD Al Shatibi chose a further 14 'Riwayats'.
Then in 1429 Al-Jazari, the leading scholar on Qira'at historically, chose a further 3 Readers and 6 Riwayats, making a total of 30 different Qur'ans by the 15th century.
It wasn't until 1924 that scholars in Cairo, Egypt chose the 'Hafs' version amongst these 30 as the official canonical text which most Muslims use today.
Yet, the one which was chosen as the canonical text for the whole world in 1924 is not even from the same city, nor the same country as the very first one, the one which was officially created by Uthman in 652!
So, from 1 Qur'an, it went to 7, then to 21, then to 30, and then back to 1 Qur'an again, but one which was different from the first.
This suggests to me that the Qur'an we have today has gone through a great deal of changes, corruptions, and manipulations at the hands of men, proving that it really didn't come from God, nor from Muhammad, nor even from Uthman.
So, what do you think? Tell us in the comment section below...
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