People today can compare a modern printed Quran and cross reference it with one that was written hundreds of years ago and be amazed that they both are exactly the same.

1. Ancient Manuscripts of the Quranstill inexistencetoday
Allah(SWT) saysinthe Quran,
“Indeed,itisWe whosentdownthe Quranand indeed,We will be itsGuardian.”(QuranSurahAl-Hijr
Ayah15:9)
There isno doubtthat the Quran isstill presentinitsoriginal formtothisdaysince it wasrevealedto
ProphetMuhammad(SAW) over1400 yearsago.The Quran duringthe time of the Prophethadstarted
to be collected.The companionswouldwrite the revealedversesof the Quranonmaterialsthatwere
usedinthose ancienttimes.AfterProphetMuhammad(SAW) passedaway,hiscompanionAbu-Bakr
(RA) became the firstcaliphof Islam.Soonafterthe departure of ProphetMuhammad(SAW) fromthis
world,animposternamedMuslimahdeclaredhimtobe the messengerof Allah(SWT). SayyidinaAbu
Bakr in the year632 A.D,whichaccordingto Islamiccalendarsis11 Hijri senta militaryexpedition
againstthisimposter.
A greatbattle tookplace and eventhoughthe Muslimswere victorious,hundredsof Hafizof the Quran,
those whomemorize the entire Quranandcommititto memoryembracedmartyrdom.SayyidinaUmar
(RA) havingbecome concernedatthe heavyloseswasthe firsttoadvise the caliphtocompile the Quran
intoa complete bookform.AtfirstSayyidinaAbuBakrwasreluctantto do sofor he said he couldnot do
somethingthatProphetMuhammad(SAW) hadneverdone inhislifetime.HoweverSayyidinaUmar
persistedinhiscounsel andfinallythe caliphagreedto hissuggestion. ItwasSayyidinaZaidIbnThabbit
(RA) whowas taskedwithcompletingthistask.He collectedall of the writtenmaterialsthatheldthe
versesof the Quran,and listenedtomanyhafizastheyrecitedthe Quranto him.The firstcomplied
Quran wasgivenunderthe custodianshipof SayyidinaAbuBakr(RA) whopasseditonto SayyidinaUmar
(RA) whenhe became the caliph,andafterthe departure of SayyidinaUmar(RA) fromthisworld,that
Quran volume wentintothe custodyof hisdaughterSayyidinaHafsa(RA).
Overthe ages the Quran hasbeenwrittenandspreadacrossthe world.Unlike the Bible orthe Torah,
there isonlyone single versionof the Quran,uncorruptedandstill pure inthe formitwas revealed all
those centuriesago.Peopletodaycancompare a modernprintedQuranandcross reference itwithone
that waswrittenhundredsof yearsagoand be amazedthat theybothare exactlythe same.That is
proof enoughthatthe Quranis a divine bookanda livingmiracle.
Here are some of the oldestmanuscriptsof the Quraninexistencetoday.
Birmingham Quran Manuscript
In 2015, at the Universityof Birmingham, scientistsfoundanoldQuranmanuscriptonparchment,using
clearlylegible ArabicHijazi script.Itissaidtobe one of the oldestmanuscripts,anditdatesback to
sometime between568 and 645 CE, that is,probably sometime duringthe life of ProphetMuhammad
(PBUH) himself.

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content/uploads/2016/10/Birmingham_Quran_manuscript.jpg
Sana’a Quran Manuscript
The Sana’a Quran manuscriptwasfoundinYemenin1972 duringthe restorationof the Great Masjidof
Sana’a.The manuscriptiswrittenonparchment,andcomprisestwolayersof text,bothof whichare in
the Hijazi script.Most likely,thismanuscript datesbacktosometime between646 and 671 CE.
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content/uploads/2016/10/Sanaa_Quran_Manuscript.jpg
The Topkapi Quran Manuscript
The Topkapi Manuscript isdatedto the late 1st centuryor early2nd centuryAH(i.e.earlyormid-8th
centuryCE).It is writteninKuficscriptandcontainsmore than 99% of the textof the Quran.With only
twopages(23 verses) missing,thismanuscriptisthe closesttothe complete textof the Quranamong
othersof the same time period.
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content/uploads/2016/10/Topkapi_Quran_Manuscript-1.jpg
Samarqand Quran Manuscript
The Codex Parisino-Petropolitanus,one of the oldestsurvivingmanuscriptsof the Quran,wasfound
amongQuranic fragmentswhichwere keptinthe al-AmrMasjidinFustat(Egypt) until the endof the
18th century.Scientistshave datedthe manuscripttobelongtosometime aroundthe late 7thcentury
CE or early8th centuryCE.
98 survivingsheetsof thismanuscriptare preservedacrossdifferentlocations,suchasBibliotheque
Nationale de France,The National Libraryof Russia,The Libraryof Vatican,andThe Khalili Collectionin
London.Thismanuscriptwasproducedbyfive differentscribeswritinginthe Hijazi script,probably
workingconcurrentlyinordertomeetthe demandfora fasterproduction.
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content/uploads/2016/10/Parisino_petropolitanus_Quran_Manuscript-1.jpg
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