The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
The Preservation of the Qur’an
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By this method, all the copies of the Qur’an were
made uniform as far as writing was concerned.
However,
taking
natural
differences
into
consideration – since all the people were not able to
pronounce the Qur’an uniformly – permission was
given for the Qur’an to be recited with seven
different pronunciations and accents. The collection
prepared by Abu Bakr was done one year after the
death of the Prophet. The copies ordered by
Uthman were produced fifteen years after the
Prophet’s
These copies of the Qur’an, made with
extraordinary care and precision, were passed on
from generation to generation until the age of the
press dawned. Many printing presses were then
established in the Muslim world, where the
beautiful calligraphy of the scriptures was
reproduced after its content had been certified by
memorisers of the Qur’an. Thus, once again, with
the help of the memorised versions and written
texts, correct, authentic copies were prepared; then
with the publication of these copies on a large scale,
the Qur’an spread all over the world.
