Muslims, how many times has the Kuran been changed?

Answer 1

Prophet Muhammad was the first to write down the Quran revealed to him and when he died , the whole Quran was completely written, although not in one book, but rather on pieces of woods, papers, palm leaves, bones…etc. It was the first Khalifa, Abu Bakr who collected the Quran into one book. The manuscript on which the Qur'an was collected, remained with Abu Bakr and then with Umar (the second Khalifa), and after him, it remained with Hafsa, 'Umar's daughter and one of the Prophet's wives

This copy of the Quran, was the only copy made after Muhammad's own copy. It is from that copy that Uthman, the third Khalifa, made other copies to distribute to different regions of the Islamic Empire. Uthman returned Hafsa's copy of the Quran to her. Her copy however was later burned by Marwan b. Hakam (d.65/684). Burning of Hafsa's copy was the last chapter in covering up the addition of two false verses in sura 9 as later discovered.

Of the copies made by Uthman, two still exist to our day. One is in the city of Tashkent, (Uzbekistan) and the second one is in Istanbul (Turkey).

From these oldest copies more copies were made and distributed throughout the world. Although many famous Muslim scholars claim that all the copies of the Quran anywhere in the world are the same, they are only exposing their ignorance to the facts and mislead millions of Muslims to believe in their wrong teachings. The only motive for them is their misunderstanding of and inability to comprehend verse 15:9. We will see later different Qurans written differently. The most standardized editions of the Quran in the world today is the one printed in Cairo, Egypt in 1924 (approved in 1918) and after that the King Fahd edition in Saudi Arabia.

Comparing the Egyptian edition to the oldest available Quran, the Tashkent Quran, will show that there have been many human errors in the Tashkent Quran that has to be corrected when the Egyptian edition was made. The errors were obvious because the Quran has always been completely memorized and kept in its oral transmission to these days and can be verified against any written book. It is impossible to consider that God meant to preserve and protect the written books for example by Uthman (the Tashkent Quran), or any other human being for this matter when they are full of human errors. God's promise is to provide the mean to verify any written Quran against what He has in the Master tablets as we see in 85:21-22. God's promise to preserve the correct Quran was proved when the written manuscript of the Tashkent manuscript can be verified against the memorized Quran. This proof was then strengthened and confirmed by a mathematical structure in the Quran discovered in 1974. That year 1974, which happens to be 1406 Hijri year after the revelation of the Quran (1406 = 19 X 74), was a milestone in proving that the Quran passed down to us in the oral and written form has been preserved and verifiable. This mathematical structure that is based on number19 and described in sura 74 , confirmed the accuracy of the transmitted Quran and allowed the confirmation of any written Quran and exposed the "always suspicious" two verses of sura 9 as false.

The human errors in Uthman's copy of the Quran shows that the scribes were no more than human beings who made mistakes and their writings are not holy writings. Only the Quran, as God keeps it, is HOLY and intact and from it He will guarantee for us the accuracy of future copies of the Quran. It is of importance to mention that all these human errors in the early writings of the Quran did not change the message of the Quran and were easily detectable. After all, the Quran is a message, worship God alone, and not just another pretty book of literature.

Answer 2

The Qur'ān (Arabic: القرآن ‎al-Qur’ān, literally "the recitation") has not been changed since it was collected together into one volume according to the order of Caliph Uthman about 25 years after Muhammad's death. Muhammad had not commanded the Qur'an to be compiled into one volume. After a heavy battle Umar persuaded Abu Bakr to compile it into one volume, because only some written fragments and the Qurra, (those who know the Quran by heart) had preserved it and their casualties may cause a large part of the Quran to be lost. Since it was compiled into one volume, it has not been changed.

cf. Saleh al-Wahaihu, "A Study of Seven Quranic Variants," International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies, Vol. V (1989), #2, pp. 1-57. There resulted from this seven basic texts (al-qira'at as-sab', "the seven readings"), each having two transmitted versions (riwayatan) with only minor variations in phrasing, but all containing meticulous vowel-points and other necessary diacritical marks. ... The authoritative "readers" are:

Nafi (from Medina; d.169/785)
Ibn Kathir (from Mecca; d.119/737)
Abu `Amr al-'Ala' (from Damascus; d.53/770)
Ibn `Amir (from Basra; d.118/736)
Hamzah (from Kufah; d.156/772)
al-Qisa'i (from Kufah; d.189/804)
Abu Bakr `Asim (from Kufah; d.158/778)

The predominant reading today, spread by Egyptian Koran readers, is that of `Asim in the transmission (riwayah) of Hafs (d. 190/805). In Morocco, however, the reading is that of Nafi` in the riwayah of Warsh (d. 197/812) and Maghrebin Korans are written accordingly. (Cyril Glassé, The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam, San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1989, p 324)

A person who studies the Qur'an should study it in Arabic. To make it easier for non-native Arabic speakers to understand, the Qur'an has been translated into many different languages. Here are two websites which compare various English translations:
http://www.quranbrowser.org
http://www.quransearch.com

Answer 3

Get a copies from Morocco, Egypt, Iran, India, China and Indonesia (I am jumping the Islamic countries across the earth)...if you find a copy that has one word different from another copy, you can ask this question.
Note: must get the copies in Arabic, original language.

Answer 4

Really never but in order to translate it form Arabic to other languages it may very slightly but only do to fact of differences in languages. Ultiamtely however it remains the same.

Answer 5

According to the Holy Koran, it is the _unchanged_ Word of Allah.

Answer 6

Never.
But lets dont change its name. Its Quran.

Answer 7

Never I imagine, the rhythm in which it is read makes it pretty hard to change anything.

Now the bible, that's a whole other story :P

Answer 8

Hasn't been changed.

Answer 9

well, for one time certainly, you changed the spelling! :)

Answer 10

r u trying to be funny???? well, let me tell you something that just made you look ignorant, THE HOLY Q'RAN HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED