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Uthman famously collected and burned all copies of the Quran except the variant that he deemed the right one. It's surprising the article does not mention this
by tomohawk 4y ago
Uthman famously collected and burned all copies of the Quran except the variant that he deemed the right one.
It's surprising the article does not mention this. The palimpsest likely shows one of the variants that did not survive the purge.
- noufalibrahim 4y agoThe canonical source for the Quran is not the written book (which is called a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus'haf) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus'haf). The Quran itself has always been transmitted orally and it still is. The memorisation is usually done by people called a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafiz_(Quran) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafiz_(Quran) and their recitation is treated as the primary source for correctness. The closest thing to a variant would be one of the ten "readings" or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qira%CA%BCat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qira%CA%BCat