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  1. It was not until I had learnt Arabic and read Qur'an in the original that I realized the precise meaning of certain verses~~~A FRENCH AUTHOR
  2. 2day's editions of Qur'an all faithful reproductions of original copies;no instances of rewriting or corruption of QURAN over course of time
  3. Copies of Quran discovered that date from very 1st centuries; they are all identical, and all of them correspond to the earliest manuscripts
  4. Uthman sent copies of his entire recension to the principal centers of the vast Islamic empire. Some copies still exist 2day!!!1400 YRS OLD
  5. Very strict steps were taken to ensure that the text of the Qur'an did not suffer from this expansion of Islam AL OVER THE WORLD
  6. After Muhammad's death,Islam rapidly expanded far beyond limits of ARABIA. Soon,it included many people whose native language was not Arabic
  7. UTHMAN....ordered an extremely strict recension of the QURANIC text, which involved checking it against the recited versions.
  8. This took place several yrs after Prophet's death=under Abu Bakr,1st successor N under Omar N in particular that of Uthman (644 2 655 A.D.)
  9. process of recitation afforded a considerable advantage as far as an uncorrupted text was concerned,4 it provided system of double-checking
  10. Since it took 23 yrs for the Qur'an to be revealed, however, it was easy for the Prophet's followers to recite it by heart, sura by sura.
  11. Qur'an is much shorter than the Old Testament and slightly longer than the New Testament; took 23 years for the Qur'an to be revealed...
  12. fragments of QURANIC text written down during Prophet's lifetime; inscribed on tablets, parchments and other materials current at the time.
  13. the recitation by heart of the Qur'an=====>a practice that has continued unbroken from the time of the Prophet down to the present day.
  14. Manuscripts dating from 1st century of Islam authenticate 2day's text,other form of authentication being recitation by heart of the Qur'an
  15. Similarly, theQURANIC revelations were divided into suras (chapters) and collected together after the Prophet' death (in 632 A.D.)
  16. During Prophet's lifetime,QURAN both written down(not by him) N recited by heart among his first followers.
  17. After a long period of silence, this first message was followed by successive revelations spread over some 23 years.
  18. it was here Muhammad(saw) received a 1st message from God via the Angel Gabriel, at a date that corresponds to 610 A.D.
  19. When Muhammad was 40, was his custom to retire 2 a retreat just outside Mecca in order 2 meditate=there he received a first message from God
  20. experts in Biblical exegesis consider the books of Old and New Testaments to be divinely inspired works...If they R=no error should B in it