Quran

Some notes on the Quran for discussions.

Corruption

From this post. and this one

Abu Ubaid, Kitab Fadail-al-Quran(book), p. 9

When Ibn Umar—son of the second Muslim caliph—heard people declaring that they knew the entire Koran, he said to them: “Let none of you say,
‘I have learned the whole of the Koran,’ for how does he know what the whole of it is, when much of it has disappeared?
Let him rather say, ‘I have learned what is extant thereof’”

Ibn Abi Dawud, Kitab al-Masahif, p. 23

Many (of the passages) of the Qur’an that were sent down were known by those who died on the day of Yamama... but they were not known (by those who) survived them, nor were they written down, nor had Abu Bakr, Umar or Uthman (by that time) collected the Qur’an, nor were they found with even one (person) after them.

Sahih Muslim 2286

Abu Musa al-Ashari sent for the reciters of Basra.
They came to him and they were three hundred in number.
They recited the Qur’an and he said:
    You are the best among the inhabitants of Basra, for you are the reciters among them.
    So continue to recite it.
    (But bear in mind) that your reciting for a long time may not harden your hearts as were hardened the hearts of those before you.
    We used to recite a Surah which resembled in length and severity to (Surah) Baraat.
     I have, however, forgotten it with the exception of this which I remember out of it:
        “If there were two valleys full of riches, for the son of Adam,
        he would long for a third valley, and nothing would fill the
        stomach of the son of Adam but dust.”
    And we used to recite a Surah which resembled one of the Surahs of Musabbihat, and I have forgotten it...

Abu Ubaid, Kitab Fada’il-al-Quran—Aisha, p. 30

said, “Surat al-Ahzab used to be recited in the time of the Prophet with two hundred verses,
but when Uthman wrote out the codices he was unable to procure more of it than there is in it today [i.e. 73 verses].”

Sunan Ibn Majah 1944:

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “The Verse of stoning and of breastfeeding an adult ten times was revealed, and the paper was with me under my pillow.
When the Messenger of Allah died, we were preoccupied with his death, and a tame sheep came in and ate it.”

Ubai bin Kab is listed above alongside Masud as one of the great reciters of the Quran commended by Muhammad himself. Sahih Al-Bukhari Volume 6, Book 61, Number 527 records about Ubai bin Kab:

Umar said Ubai was the best of us in the recitation (of the Koran) yet we leave some of what he recites.

s Mohamed himself admits to forgetting the Koran and so do his companions.

  • Sahih Bukhari: Book 66, Hadith 62

  • Sahih Bukhari Book 66, Hadith 63

  • Sahih Muslim:- Book 6, Hadith 271

  • Sahih Bukhari Book 66 Hadith 63

  • Sahih Muslim Book 6, Hadith 271

Narrated Umar al Khattab

Let no one of you say that he has acquired the entire Koran, for how does he know that it is all?
Much of the Koran has been lost, thus let him say, ‘I have acquired of it what is available’".

Al Suyuti also tells this story about Ubay ibn Ka’b, one of the great companions of Mohamed:

"How many verses in the chapter of the Parties?" He said, "Seventy-three verses."
He (Ubay) told him, "It used to be almost equal to the chapter of the Cow (about 286 verses) and included the verse of the stoning".
The man asked, "What is the verse of the stoning?" He (Ubay) said, "If an old man or woman committed adultery, stone them to death."

Al-Suyuti, one of the most famous and revered of the commentators of the Koran.

Slave owner

Sunan An-Nasa’i 3411

It was narrated from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah had a female slave with whom he had intercourse,
but Aisha and Hafsa would not leave him alone until he said that she was forbidden for him.
Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: Q 66:1 "O Prophet!
Why do you forbid (for yourself) that which Allah has allowed to you?"

Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5133 Narrated Aisha:

That the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death).

Contradictions:

  • Koran 53:49: Sirius is actually a twin star

  • Koran 18:86: The sun sets in a muddy spring

  • Koran 18:90: The sun rises on a people with no protection from it

  • Koran 2:29: Earth was created first

    • Koran 79:27-30: Heaven was created first

Israel

Palestine is not mentioned in the Quran(it is in the bilbe as Filistea), Israel is mentioned 47 times.

Sura 5:20-21

Gospel and Torah

Sura 5:68 clearly mentions the Torah and the Gospel as the word of God.

How could it then be corrupted, the Quran says that the word of God cannot be changed in Sura 6:115.

Sura 6:115

The Word of your Lord has been perfected in truth and justice. None can change His Words. And He is the All-Hearing, All- Knowing.