Al-Mushaf al-'Uthmani: Difference between revisions

There is a disagreement over when al-Mushaf al-Uthmani was compiled. According to Ibn al-Hajar al-'Asqalani, a [[Shafi'i]] [[muhaddith]] of eighth/fourteenth and ninth/fifteenth centuries, the compilation took place in 25/646<ref>Maʿrifat, ''Al-Tamhīd'', vol. 1, pp. 343.</ref>, but according to Ibn al-Athir, a historian of sixth/twelfth and seventh/thirteenth centuries, it took place in 30/651<ref>Rāmyār, Maḥmūd. ''Tārīkh-i Qur'ān'', p. 433; Maʿrifat, ''al-Tamhīd'', vol. 1, pp. 343.</ref>. Some scholars of [[Quranic sciences]] have cited certain evidence to show that the latter view is inaccurate<ref>Rāmyār, ''Tārīkh-i Qur'ān'', p. 433; Maʿrifat, ''al-Tamhīd'', vol. 1, pp. 344-45.</ref>. One piece of evidence is that [[Sa'id b. al-'As]], one of the four compilers of al-Mushaf al-Uthmani, was not present in [[Mecca]] from 30/651 to 34/655.

Thus, in their view, the compilation of the Qur'an began in 25/646<ref>Maʿrifat, ''al-Tamhīd'', vol. 1, pp. 345.</ref> or in late 24/645 and early 25/646<ref>Rāmyār, ''Tārīkh-i Qur'ān''', p. 433, 435.</ref>, and was finished in 30/655<ref>Rāmyār, ''Tārīkh-i Qur'ān''', p. 435.</ref>.