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Preservation of the Quran during the time of the Khalifas.

Preservation of the Quran during the time of the Khalifas.

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samuel
Living companions of the Prophet had committed Quran into memory and that served as the living copies of the Quran.
Individual companions had written portions of the Quran for personal use.
Quran, written on parchments and other materials was collected and compiled into one copy during the time of Abubakar. This copy was kept under the custody of Hafswa.
Muslim scholars were sent by Caliph Umar (R.A) to different pans of Islamic state to teach the Quran.
The Quran was harmonised using the Quraish dialect to overcome variations in recitation and the copies thus produced and distributed to different cities during the time of Caliph Uthman (R.A).
All un-of?cial copies of the Quran in circulation were collected and bumt under the instruction of Caliph Uthman.
The companions living in the era of the Caliphs recited, memorised into practice and constantly taught the tabiun the Quran.
lemass answered the question on March 12, 2019 at 13:11

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