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My freind as much as the Quran's text will change the message will remain the same. And the article you mentioned should not disturb you. The Quran's early history was totally oral. Yet besides this the Quran for a oral text has been preserved magnifzently. Very few diffrences arise in the text of Quran. To call these separte recitations "versions" is a streach. No new doctrines can arise from these diffrent texts. They are only stysiltic. Also we made verse separtion. We also added surah names. So to say these diffrences between verse numberings and surah names would also be funny since we made verse separtion and surah name. Also these diffrences are few and meager. To be honest you can reflect on it, but do not lose sleep on something so meager. These diffrences involve saying a word or spelling a word diffrently. In other words simply diffrent pronuncation. In seruis case's its usally useing a diffrent word but that word is a synomy of the word found in are "standord" Cairo edition. These difrences happened because of arabic dialects multiple ways of saying a word. Also old arabic was a defective script. To call these minor diffrences disturbing is pointless. And if these minor diffrences are still trobling, a western scholar Arthur Jeffrey took these diffrent readings and treid to consturct a critacal text of Quran. His project was never complete. It was almost. We can continue his work. But I would not waste time on such minor diffrences.
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The truth of the matter however is that there are significant differences which cannot simply
be waived away or ignored?For example
2125 in Hafs is ?WatakhIzu? (You shall take) / In Warsh it is
?WatakhAzu? (They have taken/made).In 2125 the subject being addressed is that of ?Maqam Ibrahim?. One version gives a
command/order, while the other states a historical fact/observation.
3146 in Hafs is tGs% ?Qatal? (Fought) / In Warsh it is ?Qutil? (Were Killed).
In 3146 the difference is between a prophet and those with him being killed, while in the
other the difference only means that they fought by his side.
Verse counts for Hafs are 6236, while Warsh records 6214.Muslims claim to know the time, place, and occasion that each verse was revealed in?Yet
between Hafs and Warsh they seems not to know even how many verses were originally
revealed!
The question that presents itself is ?Which did Gabriel reveal??The above is directly from the article. It goes into more detail about the differences. i suggest u read it more thoroughly.
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No there are many minor pronucition diffrences. Also in the diffrent recitaitions there are uses of diffrent synomys. Some times a past tense is used. Or a present tense. Or a in genaral a tense diffrent then Cairo version. But diffrent doctrines or practices will not arise from these "versions".
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The Quran's early history was totally oral.
Peace
Are you sure? Isn't the Quran referred in numerous places as a kitab (scripture). Doesn't the Quran relate the story of how Muhammad ordered the Quran under instruction from God?
Also I do not feel the question on the different readings put by Ali Faiz has been answered.
Roshan