Who Wrote Qur'an And Who Ordered To Write It

The Differences Between the Bible and Qur’an

Part 2

WHO WROTE THE BOOK CALLED QUR’AN AND WHO ORDERED THEM TO WRITE IT?

“Actually the Quran verses being collected by Zayd doesn't mean he is the author, as this was already memorized by many other disciples, all what he did is that he collected the verses in one book with evidence and witnesses for every verse.”

THE BOOK CALLED “Qur’an” was authored and written by Zayd Bin Thabit as testified by the Islamic traditions:

 “(The Caliph `Uthman ordered Zaid bin Thabit, Sa`id bin Al-As, `Abdullah bin Az-Zubair and `Abdur- Rahman bin Al-Harith bin Hisham to write the Qur'an in the form of a book (Mushafs) and said to them. "In case you disagree with Zaid bin Thabit (Al-Ansari) regarding any dialectic Arabic utterance of the Qur'an, then write it in the dialect of Quraish, for the Qur'an was revealed in this dialect." So they did it.” Narrated Anas bin Malik:

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ فَأَمَرَ عُثْمَانُ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ وَسَعِيدَ بْنَ الْعَاصِ وَعَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ أَنْ يَنْسَخُوهَا، فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فِي عَرَبِيَّةٍ مِنْ عَرَبِيَّةِ الْقُرْآنِ فَاكْتُبُوهَا بِلِسَانِ قُرَيْشٍ، فَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ بِلِسَانِهِمْ فَفَعَلُوا‏.‏

[Sahih Al-Bhukari, Book 66, Hadith 6.]

Please take note of the following:

(a) According to Islamic traditions, Caliph Uthman ordered these men to write the Book called “Qur’an.” As compared to the Bible, it was God Himself who ordered the inspired prophets and apostles to write the books of the Bible as what the Lord God commanded Prophet Jeremiah:

“Thus speaks the LORD God of Israel, saying: 'Write in a book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you.” (Jeremiah 30:2 NKJV)

(b) Indeed, Qur’an was written by these men. These words of Uthman testify that these men were the author, not only collectors but writers, of the book called Qur’an, “In case you disagree with Zaid bin Thabit (Al-Ansari) regarding any dialectic Arabic utterance of the Qur'an, then write it in the dialect of Quraish.” While, during the writing of the Bible, God guided and guarded the inspired writers and ordered them write only what He ordered them to write:

“Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them." (Revelation 10:4 NKJV)

(c) Those written by Zayd came from the disciples and followers of the prophet of Islam (“this was already memorized by many other disciples, all what he did is that he collected the verses in one book with evidence and witnesses for every verse”). Unlike the Bible, those written in the books of the Bible were not collected from those who “heard” it from the prophets and apostles, but what the prophets and apostles themselves heard from God because they themselves who wrote it:

“Thus speaks the LORD God of Israel, saying: 'Write in a book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you.” (Jeremiah 30:2 NKJV)

CONCLUSION

THUS, OUR POINT IS, the Book called Qur’an was not written by Muhammed, did not exist during Muhammed’s lifetime but after his death, those who wrote it are not prophets or apostles, only Abu Bakr and Uthman ordered them to write the book called Qur’an, and their sources were those who heard the utterance of Muhammed. Unlike the books of the Bible, they were written by the inspired writers themselves and God Himself who ordered them to write the books of the Bible saying “Write in a book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you.”

Learn more about the

Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ)

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE

About the Bible

• What distinguished the Bible from human text and other scriptures? Why the Bible can rightfully claim as the only sacred scripture where the words of God are written?
• "I don't believe in the Bible because it is only written by men"? How true the Bible is the Word of God?
• The Uniqueness of the Bible. Why the Bible can rightfully claim as the "book of books"?
• The Book called the "Bible" (Physical Description of the Bible)
• Where did the word "Bible" came from?
• How the Holy Scriptures came to be called "the Bible"?
• What is the origin of the chapter and verse divisions of the Bible?

Iglesia Ni Cristo and the Bible

• We believe that the Bible is the word of God
• All the doctrines, beliefs, teachings and practices of the Iglesia Ni Cristo are written or based in the Bible
• Is the Bible an open book? The importance of God's messenger to undersatnd the words of God in the Bible
• Are members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo prohibited to read the Bible?

The Bible and Qur'an

• What are the differences between the Bible and the Qur'an?
• Who Wrote the Book called Qur'an and Who Ordered to Write It?
• Qur'an Not A Miracle At All

Copyright Statement:

Copyright © 2014 by THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

No part of this publication may be produced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission from the publisher.