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The FIRST 2 QUR'ANS are probably the most damaging!

We now come to some of the more damaging material concerning the Historical Problems with the Qur'an, and this has to do with the very first 2 Qur'ans ever written, the first by Zaid ibn Thabit, under the authority of the caliph Abu Bakr, in 632 AD, and the second, again by Zaid ibn Thabit, but this time under the authority of the caliph Uthman, 20 years later, in 652 AD. So, let's look at the problems which exist with these first two Qur'ans. Qur'an #1 (Zaid ibn Thabit's Qur'an, written in 632 AD authorized by Abu Bakr) To know anything about this first recension we have to go to al Bukhari 6:509, written in 850-870 AD, a good 240 years after the fact. We have nothing earlier. Here, then are the questions we need to ask about Abu Bakr’s 1st compilation of the Qur’an 1) Why didn’t God choose a language which could accommodate the Qur’an? •       (i.e. no diacritical marks, nor vowellization until the 8th – 9th centuries) •       Hebrew & Greek already existed, and were previously used…why not use either of them? 2) Why didn’t God choose a man who could ‘read and write’? •       Writing down the Qur’an and preserving it was his primary remit •       So, why didn’t he do either before he died? 3) Why didn’t Muhammad learn to read and write (Arabic only has 28 letters)? •       He had 22 years to do so (Note: I learned to read Arabic in 2 weeks!) 4) What about Zaid ibn Thabit? He was Muhammad’s secretary! Isn’t that his job? 5) Why didn’t Abu Bakr make copies and disperse them to the 9 provinces in 634 AD, as Uthman did later on? •       These included: Basra, Baghdad, Damascus, Jerusalem, Cairo, Alexandria, Aden, Herat, and Nishapur 6) Muslims say 1,000s died at Yamama, though the traditions tell us only 70 Hafiz (those who memorized the Qur’an) died •       Doesn’t this prove that there were very few who actually knew the Qur’an? •       Doesn’t this also prove that there was a real crisis with the Qur’an? •       Doesn’t this moreover prove that memorization wasn’t good enough to preserve the Qur’an? Qur'an #1 (Zaid ibn Thabit's Qur'an, written in 652 AD authorized by Uthman) To know anything about this second recension we have to go to al Bukhari 6:510, written in 850-870 AD, a good 240 years after the fact. We have nothing earlier. Here, then are the questions we need to ask about Uthman's 2nd compilation of the Qur’an  7) How could there be dialectical differences in the mid 7th c.? •       Dialects require diacritical marks, and vowellization •       These were not introduced until the 8th century •       And they were not finalized until possibly another century later 8) Why did Uthman burn all of the other copies? •       Doesn’t that suggest that they didn’t agree? •       Wouldn’t it be great to have them to compare with? •       Note: These were manuscripts he burned, not recitation, because you can't burn recitations, unless you can burn someone's mouth, or tongue. 9) The fact that Zaid ibn Thabit came upon Surah 33:23 with one man (Khuzaima bin Thabit al-Ansari), proves the Qur’an wasn’t even complete in 632 AD. 10) Could there have been many others Surahs he missed? 11) What about the material which was lost with those killed at the battle of Yamama? 12) If there was a 2nd Qur’an in 652 AD, why, now are there many different Arabic Qur’ans? 13) What about the earliest extant manuscripts which do exist? Should we not take a look at them to find out just how similar they are to our present Hafs text? © Pfander Centre for Apologetics - US, 2020 (33,690) (Music: "small adventure", by Rafael Krux (from filmmusic-io - License CC BY)