Is Today's Quran The Same One Revealed By

?Muhammad
Promise of Protection

You asked if the Quran we have today is the same one which was
revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The simple and the
clear answer is yes. It is the same exact one without any addition or omission
.and the evidence is self-evident inside the Quran as well as outside it

Let me give you some explanation here. The first place we should go to
ascertain the fact about the authenticity of the Quran should be the Quran
itself. We can simply read in the Quran such a great and unfailing pledge in
:which Almighty Allah says

َ ْ‫الذک‬
‫ر‬ َ
ِّ ‫ن َنزّلَْنا‬
ُ ‫ح‬ َ
ْ َ‫اِ ّنا ن‬
o ‫ون‬ ْ ‫ظ‬
ُ ‫اف‬
ِ ‫ح‬ َ َ‫َواَِّنا لَہُ ل‬
Surely, We have revealed the Reminder and We will “
”(most surely be its guardian. (Al-Hijr 15:9
Logically speaking, the Quran being the final message of Allah is going
to be unchangeable till the Day of Judgment. For this job to be fulfilled, it has
to remain the same because if, God forbids, any change occurs, there will be
.no point behind its being the final message of Allah

Therefore, Almighty Allah Who knows the hearts and the nature of
human beings has taken the responsibility of guarding and protecting the
Quran from any change, so that it keeps on fulfilling its job and guiding all
.human beings till the Last Day
 Unanimity of Muslim Scholars

The unanimity of Muslim scholars throughout the ages has also proved
that the Quran we have is the same which the Prophet had. The same holds
true for some unbiased Orientalist scholars who studied the Quran and found
the style and the wording exactly the same as that which was common
.during the time of the Prophet himself

Another point that needs reflection is that the Quran contains many
scientific miracles that were proven to be correct only recently; it therefore
stands to reason that had there been any change in the Quran, such verses
or many of them, would have disappeared and even changed, and thus
.proven wrong

Oral Transmission

Moreover, the Quran has been handed down through generations and
centuries by means of oral transmission alongside the written text and that
one of the unique merits of Muslims is their ability of maintaining an
unbroken chain proving the authenticity of their texts throughout all these
.centuries

Many people memorize the Quran in various parts of the world. All of
them meet in one place at one time and recite the same Quran. This leaves
no doubt that the Quran we have today is the exact one that was recited
.fifteen hundred years ago when the Prophet was alive

Language of the Quran

Another logical proof is the decline in the level of the Arabic language
.and the spoken dialects which we find everywhere in the Arab world

The deterioration in the level of the spoken Arabic, although affecting

the tongues of people, did not in fact come close to the Quranic text. It is
because of this that we find the Quranic text being unique in the way it is
.recited and the way it is written

It is different in the written form as well as the oral form from the other
written or oral texts. Why? Because it was protected against the factors of
time and space, And for this job to be completed, Allah has enabled many
scholars who specialized in the Quranic text whether in the written or the oral
form and made their vocation in life to transmit it as exactly as it existed in
.the Prophet's life
 Quranic Manuscripts

Another physical proof showing the authenticity of the Quran is the

large number of Quranic manuscripts dating back to the early times of Islam.
One of the manuscripts existing today is the personal copy of the mus-haf
.(physical copy of the Quran) that belonged to Caliph Usman Ibn Affan

This copy still carries the traces of the blood of Usman who was killed
when he was reciting the Quran not long ago after the death of the Prophet.
The manuscript has been examined not only by Muslims but also by non-
Muslims, and it exists till today as standing evidence of the authenticity of
.the Quran

By bringing this manuscript and comparing it with all other

manuscripts that have been written through different generations in different
.parts of the Muslim world, we can see how exactly the same they are

We can also notice the difference between the text written there and
the normal way of writing Arabic words and the question will rise: why did not
the normal way of writing affect the way of writing the Quranic text? The
simple answer to this is that the uniqueness of the Quran made it very
special and as a way of keeping this specialty is keeping it in the same
.formula it was firstly written

Challenging the Quran

A long time ago, the Quran challenged people to produce something

similar to one verse or ten verses or one sura of it. The challenge was not
met and people are still unable to meet the challenge which means the text is
.still the same miraculous one that was recited during the Prophet's lifetime

Of course, some biased non-Muslim Orientalists have tried their best to

raise misconceptions regarding the authenticity of the Quranic text we have
today. These attempts have been very old indeed and all of them have failed
.to prove anything
 ?Why So Many Translations

As for the question why there are many different translations of the
Quran, in fact, this has nothing to do with the text. Rather, the translations
are merely human attempts to understand the Divine text. Because they are
.merely human and not Divine, such attempts will be limited and imperfect

Therefore, we can have many translations, since all of them are human
contributions and attempts of conveying the message contained in the
.original text which was Divinely worded and arranged

None of these translations is perfect, protected, or even considered to

be "the Quran"; only the Arabic text which is inimitable is considered the
.Divine revelation