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Moving on from the stories of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. is the story of Al-Quran compilation. Today we will be looking into how Al-Quran was compiled after the supervision of Abu Bakar As-Siddiq r.a.
After the supervision of Abu Bakar As-Siddiq r.a., the supervision of compilation and improvement of the Al-Quran and the first complete text of the Al-Quran that was in the possession of Abu Bakar r.a. went to Umar Ibn Al-Khattab r.a. But before it went to Umar r.a., after the death of Abu Bakar r.a., the Al-Quran was given to Abu Bakar's r.a. daughter, Hafsah, who was also the wife of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. Under the supervision of Umar r.a., the
Al-Quran did not went through much of compilation and improvement works. It was under Uthman Bin Affan that there was a major improvement work being done.
As Islam began to spread throughout the Arabian peninsula, more and more people entered the fold of Islam from as far away as Persia and Byzantine. Many of these new Muslims were not native Arabic speakers, or they spoke a slightly different Arabic pronunciation from the tribes in Makkah and Madinah. People began to dispute about which pronunciations were most correct.
Uthman bin Affan took charge of ensuring that the recitation of the Al-Quran is of a standard pronunciation.
The first step was to borrow the original, compiled copy of the Al-Quran from Hafsah. A committee of early Muslim scribes was tasked with making transcripts of the original copy, and ensuring the sequence of the chapters (surahs). When these perfect copies had been completed, Uthman bin Affan ordered all remaining transcripts to be destroyed, so that all copies of the Al-Quran were uniform in script.
Today, the Al-Qurans that we see are in the Uthmani version.
Later, some minor improvements were made in the Arabic script, to make it easier for non-Arabs to read. However, the text of the Al-Quran has always remained the same.
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