The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
Divine Arrangement
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as ‘double-checking’, i.e. first matching the contents
of one copy with another and then checking it again
from memory.
Every procedure followed for the protection of the
Qur’an for 1500 years of Islamic history was
assisted by God. However, in order that this world
should remain a testing ground for mankind, all
this took place under a veil (that is, although it was
God who influenced events and motivated the
people, He remained hidden, because man is on
trial in this world). On Doomsday, when all realities
are laid bare, people will observe how God Himself
was directly performing the task of guarding the
Qur’an right from the beginning of the Islamic
revolution to the advent of the age of the press,
which with its more sophisticated method of
replication, facilitated the rapid propagation of
God’s message.
There is another vital aspect of this special divine
arrangement for the eternal continuance of the
Qur’an: God requires the Muslims to preserve not
just its wordings but, more importantly, its
meanings. Whereas the test of former people of the
