Kya Quran-e-Kareem ke mukhtalif variations ya nuskhe maujood hain aur iski hifazat ke baray mein Islamic references kya kehte hain?

Answered by Prof. Tariq Mahmood

Is baat ka koi authentic reference Islamic books (Quran-e-Kareem ya Sahih Hadees) mein nahi milta ke Quran ke kitne variations mein nuskhe maujood hain jin mein choti-moti koi variation ho. Lekin, ye baat waazih hai ke Quran-e-Kareem Allah Ta'ala ki taraf se nazil ki gayi ek aisi kitaab hai jo har tarah ki tabdeeli se mehfooz hai. Allah Ta'ala ne khud iski hifazat ka zimma liya hai. 1. **Surah Al-Hijr 15:9 / Surah Al-Hijr Ayat 9**: "Beshak humne hi is Zikr (Quran) ko nazil kiya hai aur hum hi iske nigehbaan hain." Is Ayat se saaf zahir hota hai ke Quran mein kisi bhi qism ki tabdeeli, kami ya beshi mumkin nahi. Jo Quran aaj hamare paas maujood hai, woh wahi hai jo Nabi Kareem (SAW) par nazil hua tha. Qira'at ke ikhtilafat hain jo ke lafzon ke talaffuz (pronunciation) aur adaigi (recitation) se mutalliq hain, na ke Quran ke matan (text) mein kisi bunyadi tabdeeli se. Ye ikhtilafat khud Nabi Kareem (SAW) ke zamane mein bhi maujood the aur unki ijazat thi.