Saad Tasleem – Authenticity and Preservation of the Quran

			Surely you've heard of the Quran before, you may have come across that name in news or other media.
The Quran is the book of the Muslims their sacred text. But what exactly is this book and where did
it come from? Muslims believe that the Quran is the literal word of God revealed to Muhammad peace
be upon Him to guide people and bring them out of the darkness of devotion and worship of other than
God, to the light of Islam, the worship of God alone. Since its Revelation, the Quran has been
perfectly preserved now for over 1400 years, and it will remain preserved until the Day of Judgment.
I'm sure you're curious though, about how the Quran was preserved. The Quran was preserved in two
		

			main ways. The first is through memorization. Muslims began to memorize the Quran from the very
first moments of its revelation to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Since that time, Muslims
have continued to memorize the Quran. Some Muslims memorize the Quran in its entirety, and others
memorize different parts of it. The Quran was transmitted through this memorization throughout time
and across the world, with each person memorizing it verifying the Quran by checking it with each
other. In this way, not only are the words of the Quran preserved, but also the original sounds of
those words. Today there are millions of Muslims who have the Quran memorized in this way, all with
		

			the exact same words and the exact same sounds. The second way in which the Quran is preserved, is
through writing. The codification of the Quran began in the days of Muhammad peace be upon him by
specialized scribes. This continued during the era of the first Muslim Calif, Abu Bakar, after the
passing of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him in his time, the original texts were collected in
one book, and during the era of the Earth, none the third Kailis multiple copies of this original
book were sent to the major Islamic territories and all new copies were verified by those books. The
meticulous preservation of the Quran leaves no doubt in its authenticity. There is no doubt that the
		

			Quran that we hold in our hands today is the exact same Quran that was revealed to the Prophet
Muhammad over 1400 years ago, the same Quran which he recited to his companions. The Quran is the
only religious text in the world that has been preserved with this level of reliability. So that the
promise of God about the Quran can be fulfilled, which is, it is we meaning God who has revealed the
reminder the Quran and it is we who will preserve it