WHAT IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SUKHUF OF BACTRIA AND RASMI KHAT OF THE UTHMAN MUSKHAFS?

Abstract

The Qur'an was completely written down during the lifetime of Muhammad, peace be upon him. However, these records were kept scattered. After his death, during the caliphate of Abu Bakr Siddiq, the first collection of scattered writings was created within a year and a half. It was prepared by the leader of the scribes of revelation, Zayd bin Thabit, may Allah be pleased with him. However, this Mushaf was kept as a source in the government office until the Caliphate of Hazrat Uthman, and people did not use it. Uthman ibn Affan, may God bless him and grant him peace, saw that there was a disagreement about the words of the Qur'an and their recitation, and in order to gather the entire Muslim community in one book, he copied 6 books from the pages of Abu Bakr and sent them to the central cities, and from each book, an expert qari was taught. In this way, the discord between the Muslims was eliminated, and the looming danger was avoided.

The text of the Holy Qur'an was recorded in the same form without any changes in both stages. The fact that some researchers call the copying of the next two steps "editing" is contrary to scientific facts. Researches show that the Qur'an was preserved in the same way in the later compilations as it was first written down in the time of Muhammad (peace be upon him). There were only a few cases of disputes about the writing of certain words, and even then the Companions limited themselves to choosing one of the narrations based on ijtihad, and no one wrote it down on their own.