From Part I
5. Sunni reports about deletions from the Qur’an
The Qur’an have 40 parts
We have relied on the following authentic books of Ahle Sunnah
Fatah al Bari, Volume 9 page 95 by Ibn Hajar Asqalani
Umdatul Qari, Volume 9 page 345 by Badruddin Aini
Irshad al Saari, Volume 7 page 48! 2 by Shahabuddin Qastalani
We read in Fatah al-Bari that:
“The least that is enough of reading Qur’an is to read every day and night one Juz amongst the 40 Juza of Qur’an”
Sunni belief that Qur’an had ninety Juz; 700369 letters are missing
We will quote from the following valued books of Ahle Sunnah.
Kanz al Umaal, Volume 1 page 135 Hadith 2308
Al Itqan, fi Uloom al Qur’an Volume 1 page 88 by Jalaluddin Suyuti
Jama’ al-Sagheer, Volume 2 page 88, Chapter: alif laam
We read in Al Itqan fi Uloom al Qur’an:
Umar narrated that the Prophet [s] said: “The Qur'an has 1,027,000 letters and whoever reads them with the intention of earning reward [Thawab] shall attain a female Hoor from paradise against each letter. All the narrators of this tradition are Thiqah”
According to Ibn Abbas, the present Qur’an contains 326631 letters, that means according to the tradition narrated by Umar, 700369 letters are missing from the present Qur’an which ultimately means that the number of letters in the present Qur’an have to be thrice its present total in order to comply with the statement that Umar attributed to Prophet [s], but in that case the number of Juz/Parahs would jet up t! o ninety.
We should also point out that the narrators of Tabrani are reliable according to Ahle Sunnah. Dahabi in his Mizan without advancing any proof and logic has maligned Tabrani’s teacher Muhammad bin Ubaid for citing such narrations that evidences blatant unprofessional conduct on his part.
Sunni scholars believed that letters have been lost from the actual Qur’an
Let us commence by citing the proud statement of Al Hafid Jalaluddin Suyuti in the preface of his esteemed book Dur al-Manthur:
“Praise be to Allah.... who has given me the ability to conduct a commentary of his Great Book based on what I have received of the transmitted reports with high valued chains”
In the Muqaddamah of Surah Ahzab, Allamah Jalaluddin Suyuti records the belief of Imam Sufiyan al-Thawri (d. 161 H) narrated from his student Imam Abd al Razzak al Sanani (d. 211 A. H.):
“Abd al Razaq narrated from Al-Thawri that he said: ‘I have come to know that people from the Sahaba of the Prophet [s] who used to recite the Qur’an were killed on the day of Musaylama and with their deaths letters from the Qur’an were lost.’”
The Nasibi belief that Umar decided to compile Qur’an when he found that a verse had been lost with the death of a person who knew it.
We read in Kanz ul Ummal, Volume 2 page 574:
Umar bin al-Khatab asked about a verse of Allah's book, they answered: 'It was with a man who got killed on day of Yamama (battle)'. He (Umar) said: 'We all shall return to Allah'. Then he ordered to collect the Qur’an, therefore he was the first one who collected it in one boo
The tradition is clear that the verse of the Qur’an Umar was looking for was lost with the death of a person who knew it; and in Sahih Bukhari, we read that the very fear of loosing the Qur’an due to the deaths of Qur'a made Umar to compile it in a book form!
Most of the Qur’an has been lost
In order to quote the statement of Abdullah Ibn Umar we have sought reliance upon the following esteemed books ! of Ahle Sunnah:
Tafseer Dur e Manthur Volume 1 page 106
Tafseer Itqan (Urdu), Volume 2 page 64
Tafseer Ruh al Mani, Volume 1 page 25
Fadhael al-Qur’an by Qasim bin Salam, Volume 2 page 135
One of the early Sunni scholars Qasim bin Salam (d. 222 H) records:
Ismail bin Ibrahim narrated from Ayub from Naf’ee from Ibn Umar who said: ‘Verily among you people one would say that he has found the Qur’an whilst he is unaware of what the total quantity of the Qur’an was, because most of the Qur’an has been lost rather one should say that verily he has found the Qur’an that has appeared.’ Ismail bin! Ibrahim: Dahabi said: ‘Hujja’ (Al-Kashif, v1 p242), Ibn Hajar said: ‘Thiqah’ (Taqrib al-Tahdib, v1 p90). Ayub al-Sekhtiani: Dahabi said:‘The master of scholars’ (Siar alam alnubala, v6 p15), Ibn Hajar said:‘Thiqah Thabt Hujja’ (Taqrib al-Tahdib, v1 p116). Naf’ee: Dahabi said:‘The Imam of Tabayeen’ (Al-Kashif, v2 p315), Ibn Hajar said: ‘Thiqah Thabt’ (Taqrib al-Tahdib, v2 p239).
The testimony of Imam Malik that most of Surah Bar’at has been lost along with ‘Bismillah’
We have relied on the following esteemed books of Ahle Sunnah to prove this:
Tafseer Fath al Qadeer, Volume 2 page 317, Surah Bara`t
Tafseer Qurtubi, Volume 8 page 62, Surah Bara`t
Tafseer Itqan, Volume 1 page 81
Tafseer Dur e Manthur, Volume 3 page 208, Surah Bara`t
Al Muhazraat, Volume 2 page 434
We read in Fath al-Qadeer:
“When the first part of Surah Bar’at was lost, Imam Malik said that ‘Bismillah’ was also lost along with it”
We read in Tafseer Qurtubi:
“Malik said among what had been narrated by Ibn Wahb and Ibn Al Qasim and Ibn Abdul Hakam is that when the first part of Surat Bara'at was lost, ‘Bismillah Al Rahman Al Raheem’ was also lost along with it. It has also been narrated from Ib! n Ajlan that he heard that Surat Bara'at was equal to the length of Surat Al Baqarah or approximately equal to it, so the part was gone and because of that "Bismillah Al Rahman Al Raheem" wasn't written between them (between the lost and the remaining part) .”
The testimony of Sahabi Hudaifah that only one-fourth of Surah Bar’at remains
Allamah Jalaludin Suyuti whilst quoting scholars like Tabrani, Hakim and Ibn Shebah writes [Tafseer Dur e-Manthur, Volume 3, page 208]:
“Huzaifah narrated that the Surah which you call Taubah is actually Surah ‘Azaab [wrath] and you just recite one fourth of what we used to recite.”
Allamah Jalaluddin Suyuti has very confidently recorded the traditions mentioning that Surah Bar! 'at was equal to Surah Baqarah in length. At present, Surah Baqarah contains 286 verses whilst Surah Bar'at contains 129. If Surah Bar'at was really equal to the length of Surah Barqah that would mean approximately 157 verses have been lost from Surah Ba'rat.
Prophet's companions did not believe in the completeness of the Qur’an as they attested to numerous verses being lost from Surah Ahzab
We have relied on the following authentic Sunni books to prove this:
Tafseer Ibn Kathir, Volume 4 page 465, Surah Ahzab
Tafseer Dur al-Manthur, Volume 5 page 180 , Surah Ahzab
Tafseer Itqan, Volume 2 page 30
Tafseer Qurtubi, Volume 7 page 113, Surah Ahzab
Tafseer Fath al! Qadeer, Volume 4 page 251, Surah Ahzab
Tafseer Mazhari, Volume 7 page 302, Surah Ahzab
Tafseer Ruh al-Ma’ani, page 121 parah 21
Tafseer Kashaf, Volume 2 page 204, Surah Ahzab
Tafseer Gharaib al-Qur’an, Volume 7 page 75
Tafseer Madarik al-Tanzeel, Volume 3 page 48, Surah Ahzab
Al Muhazraat, Volume 4 page 434 by Raghib al-Isfahani
The testimony of the companion Ubai bin Ka'b
We read in Tafseer Dur e-Manthur:
“Ubai bin Ka’ab inquired of someone: 'How many verses were there in the chapter of al-Ahzab?' He replied, '72 or 73 verses.' Ubai bin Ka'b then said: ‘I had seen this Surah more or equal to Surah Baqarah”
The testimony of Umar
We also read in Tafseer Dur e-Manthur:
“Ibn Mardawayh narrated from Huzaifah that Umar said that Surah Ahzab was equal to Surah Baqrah (in length)”
Aisha clearly believed in the incompleteness of Qur’an
We read in Tafseer Ruh al-Mani:
“Aisha narrates: "During the life of the the Prophet (s), Surah Ahzab was read with 200 verses, when Uthman collected the verses, he could get along with more verses than this.”
We also read in Tafseer Qurtubi:
“Aisha narrates: ‘Surah Ahzab contained 200 verses during the lifetime of Prophet [s] but when the Qur’an was collected we only found the amount that can be found in the present Qur’an".
This tragedy happened due to Uthman but it seems that the author of this tafseer lacked sufficient courage to cite his name.
We also read in Dur al-Manthur:
“Aisha narrated that during the lifetime of the Holy Prophet [s] 200 verses were recited in Surah Ahzab but when Uthman collected the ! Mushaf, he only succeeded in locating the present number of verses”
Aisha’s explicit statement suggests that Uthman was unsuccessful in locating a large number of verses that were present during the lifetime of Muhammad. It isn’t a small statement. According to Aisha, the Muslims of today have been deprived of a large number of verses that were in existence during the time of Muhammad. Aisha was fully aware of the seriousness of this statement; and in it, we do not find any evidence that the ‘lost’ verses were abrogated.
Sunni belief that a Surah equal to the length of Sura Bar’at has been lost as endorsed by Imam Muslim and Hakim
We have relied on the following esteemed books of Ahle Sunnah.
Sahih Muslim [English] Book 005, Number 2286
Jama’ al Usool, Volume 3 page 53, chapter 2 part 3 Hadith 972
Mustadrak al Hakim, Volume 2 page 224, Kitab al Tafseer
Al Muhazhirat, Volume 3 page 433
Tafseer Ruh al Mani, Volume 2 page25
Mu’jam al Zawaid, Volume 7 page 140
Tafseer Dur al Manthur, Volume 1 page 105 , verse of abrogation
We read in Sahih Muslim 5.2286:
Abu Harb b. Abu al-Aswad reported on the authority of his father that Abu Musa al-Ash'ari sent for the reciters of
In Jamai al-Usool, we read the testimony of Abi Ka'ab, a companion of Muhammad, who was the first Imam of Taraweeh prayers appointed by Umar:
“Ubai bin Ka'b narrates: “The Prophet[s] said that he had been ordered to recite the Qur’an amongst us and the Qur’an which He[s] had recited also contained the following verse: “Should a son of Adam own two valleys full of wealth, he should seek a third valley and nothing would fill Ibn Adam's abdomen but the soil”.
We read in Al-Muhazraat:
“Abdullah Ibn Masud had this in his mushaf: “Should a son of Adam own two valleys full of wealth, he should seek a third valley and nothing would fill Ibn Adam's abdomen but the soil”.
Similarly al-Hakim in his book, Al-Mustadrak, in the section of commentary on the Qur’an (Vol 2, p. 224), reported that Ubai Ibn Kaab said that the Messenger of God said to him:
“Certainly the Almighty commanded me to read the Qur’an before you, and he read "The unbelievers from the people of the Book and Should Ibn Adam ask for a valley full of wealth and I grant it to him, he would ask for another valley. And if I grant him that, he would ask for a third valley. Nothing wou! ld fill the abdomen of Ibn Adam except the soil. God accepts the repentance of anyone who repents. The religion in the eyes of God is the Hanafiyah (Islam) rather than Yahudiyya (Judaism) or Nasraniya (Christianity). Whoever does good, his goodness will not be denied."
Al-Hakim wrote: “This is an authentic Hadith.” Al-Dhahabi also considered it authentic in his commentary on al-Mustadrak.
When,
- Al-Hakim said this is authentic according to the standards of the two Sheikhs (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
- Al-Dhahabi also considered it authentic in his Commentary of Al-Mustadrak, vol 2, pages 225-226,
- Muslim report similarly to this from Abu Musa Ash'ari.
- Anas bin Malik also testified to the lost verse of Ibn Adam as recorded in Al-Musanaf, by Abdulrazaq, v10, p436,
then what will be the conclusion?
Thus, it is up to Nawasib to rule on the fate of the above Sahaba before attacking Shias. Those, who claim that anyone who has recorded a tradition which implies the incompleteness of the Qur’an is a Kafir, should first issue this Fatwa against beloved Gurus Imam Bukhari, Imam Muslim, al-Hakim & Co since they testified to such absurd traditions being authentic and named their books as "Sahih"!
Two Surahs, namely Surah Hafd and Surah Khul’a, written in the Qur’an of Ubai bin Ka'b, missing from the current Qur’an
According to Sunni sources there were two surahs, which were part of that Qur’an according to the testimonies of the Sahaba and Tabayeen. One of them was Surah Khula:
God, we ask help from You and we ask repentance from You, And we praise You, and we will not be infidels, and we remove and we leave who are dissolute (Unrestrained by Your laws).
The other was Surah Hafd:
God its You Who we worship, and for You we pray and prostrate, and we curry favor with You and we rush for Your obedience, and we hope for Your mercy, and we are afraid from Your anger, Your suffer is purchasing the infidels."
Both of these Surahs were part of a copy of the Qur’an possessed by the Sahabi Ubai bin Kaab, and were read in the following Sunni books:
Tafseer Dur al Manthur, Volume 4 page 421
Tafseer al Itqan (Urdu), Volume 1 page 172-173
Tafseer Ruh al Ma’ani, Volume 1 page 25
We read in Al-Itqan [(Urdu), Vol 1. p.172-173]:
“The sequence of surahs in Ubai bin Ka’ab’s mushaf was in this manner: [1]Al Hamd, [2]Al Baqrah, [3 ]Aal e Imran, [4]Al-An'am, [5]Al-Ar`af, [6]…[94] At-Takathur, [95]Al-Qadr, [96]Surat al Khul’a, [97] Surat al Haqd, [98]…”
Surah Khul’a and Surah Hafd were a part of Ibn Masud’s Mushaf
We read in Tafseer Dur al-Manthur, Vol 8, p. 696:
“Ubaid narrates that he came to know that these two are the surahs from the Qur’an and are written in the mushaf of Ibn Masud”
Umar used to recite Surah Khula and Surah Hafd in his prayers
We read in Tafseer al Itqan (Urdu), Vol 1, p. 175:
Umar Ibn al Khattab did Qunut after Ruku [bowing] and recited: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Mercifu God, we ask help from You and we ask repentance from You And we praise You, and we will not be infidels, and we remove and we leave who are dissolute (Unrestrained by Your laws).
Itqan fi Uloom al-Qur’an, Vol 1, p. 77:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Mercifu, God its You Who we worship , and for You we pray and prostrate, and we curry favor with You and we rush for Your obedience , and we hope for Your mercy , and we are afraid from Your anger, Your suffer is purchasing the infidels ."
Ibn Abbas had written Surah Khul’a and Surah Haqd in his Qur’an
We are quoting from the following Sunni books.
Tafseer Dur al Manthur, Volume 6 page 421
Itqan fi Uloom al-Qur’an, Volume 1 page 77
We read in Al Itqan:
In the Mushaf (Qur’an) of Ibn Abbas the recital of Abi and Abi Musa was in this manner: i.e “God, we ask help from you and we ask repentance from You. We praise You, We will not be infidels, and we remove and we leave who are dissolute (Unrestrained by Your laws).
And this [Itqan fi Uloom al-Qur’an (Urdu), Vol 1, p. 175 & Vol 1, p. 77]:
God its You Who we praise, and for You we pray and prostrate, and we curry favor with You and we rush for Your obedience, We are afraid from Your anger, and we hope for Your mercy Your suffer is purchasing the infidels."
Umaya bin Abdullah would recite both Surahs in his prayers
In Itqan [Vol 1, p. 77], we read that a Tabayee, namely Umaya bin Abdullah (d. 87 H), used to recite both of these Surahs in his prayers:
Tabrani with Sahih chain has narrated from Ibn Ishaq that he said: “In Khurasan Umaya bin Abdullah bin Khalid bin Usaid did imamate for us in prayers and recited both of these Surahs: ‘INNA NASTA3INUKA WA NASTAGHFIRUKA’
The Sahabi Ibn Masud’s testimony that Ali’s name was mentioned in Qur’an, but deleted out by Uthman
We read in Holy Qur’an:
[Shakir 5:67] O Messenger! Deliver what has been revealed to you from your Lord; and if! you do it not, then you have not delivered His message, and Allah will protect you from the people; surely Allah will not guide the unbelieving people.
We have relied on the following esteemed Sunni Tafseers of the above mentioned verse.
Tafseer Dur al Manthur, Volume 2 page 297, Surah Maidah verse 67
Tafseer Ruh al Ma’ani, Volume 9 page 193
Tafseer Fatah al Qadeer, Volume 2 page 57, Surah Maidah verse 67
Tafseer Mazhari, Volume 3 page 353 published by Daar ul Ishat Karachi
We read in Tafseer Ruh al-Ma’ani:
“Hafiz Ahmed bin Musa bin Mardawayh has narrated with his isnad from Abdullah Ibn Masud that: "During the lifetime of the Holy Prophet (s) we used to recite this verse as:
"O Apostle! Deliver what has been sent down to you from your Lord; 'that 'Ali is the Maula of the Momineen', if you don't…."
Ibn Masud’s testimony that Ali’s name was mentioned in Surah Ahzab as well.
[Shakir 33:25] And Allah turned back the unbelievers in their rage; they did not obtain any advantage, and Allah sufficed the believers in fighting; and Allah is Strong, Mighty.
We have relied on the following esteemed Sunni Tafseers of above mentioned verse:
Tafseer Dur al Manthur, Volume 5 page 192, Surah Ahzab verse 25
Tafseer Ruh al Ma’ani, page 157, chapter 21, verse 25
Ma'arij al Nabuwat by Moin Kas! hifi, Volume 1 page 163
Allamah Alusi writes in Tafseer Ruh al-Ma’ani:
Ibn Mardawayh narrated from Ibn Masud that: “We used to recite this verse as: "and enough was Allah for the believers in their fight 'via Ali ibn Abi Talib'.”
Allamah Jalaluddin Suyuti writes in Dur al-Manthur:
“Ibn Abi Hatim, Ibn Mardawayh and Ibn Asakir have narrated from Abdullah Ibn Masud that: “We used to recite this verse in the following manner: “and enough was Allah for the believers in their fight 'via Ali ibn Abi Talib.”
Ibn Masud’s testimony that the term, “Aal e-Muhammad”, was also present in the Qur’an after the term “Aal e-Imran”
We read in the Qur’an:
[Shakir
Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Kaeni from Abu al-Hassan bin Uthman bin al-Hassan al-Nusaibi from Abu Bakr Muhammad bin al-Hussain bin Saleh al-Subaei from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Saeed from Ahmad bin Maytham bin Abi Naeem from Abu Janad al-Saloli from al-Amash from Abu Wael that he said: ‘I read in Abdullah ibn Masud's Mushaf: { Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of Imran and descendants of Muhammad above the nations.}’. Thalabi recorded in his Tafsir from al-Amash from Abi Wael that he said: 'I read in Abullah ibn Masud's book: 'The family of Abraham, and the family of Imran and the family of Muhammad above all people''. Shaqiq said: ‘I read in Abdullah ibn Masud's Mushaf ‘{Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of Imran and descendants of Muhammad above the nations.}’
Imam Abu Hayan Andlasi also records in Tafsir Bahar al-Muheet, Vol 2, p. 203:
Abdullah used to recite: 'The descendants of Muhammad above all people'
Continues on Part III
Sources:
http://www.faithfreedom.org/2009/04/13/corruption-and-distortion-tahreef-in-the-Qur’an/
http://www.islam-watch.org/Amarkhan/Corruption-in-Qur’an.htm
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