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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Commentary On the Holy Qur'an Traditions On the Collection of the Holy Qur'an We now examine a few references given by the traditionalists which have somehow found their way into the books of traditions of both the Sunni and the Shia Schools.

Regarding the first attempt of the ruling party to make a collection of their own, Bokhari quotes Zaid bin Thabit that, after the battle of Yamama, the First Caliph sent for Zaid and told him, in the presence of Omar, that he (Omar) had told him that many reciters of the Qur'an had been killed in the battle and that he was afraid that others would be killed and that a great portion of the Qur'an would be lost.

Omar had said, "I believe that you should order the collection of the Qur'an", and the First Caliph had replied, "How could I do what the Holy Prophet did not do?", to which Omar had replied, UBY God I swear, it is good that this be done". Said the Caliph to Zaid' "Omar continued demanding this of me until God opened my heart to it", claiming a sort of inspiration.

Zaid said that the First Caliph had told him, "You are an intelligent young man whom we do not suspect, and you used to write the revelations for the Holy Prophet.

You search for the Qur'an and collect it." Zaid Says, "I swear on my God, if they had ordered me to carry out the task of shifting a mountain from its place, I would not have felt it so heavy a task as the one which they asked me to undertake." To the First Caliph he said, "How dare you do something which the Holy Prophet did not do?" and the First Caliph replied, "By God I swear, it is good that this he done." He says, "Thereafter the First Caliph continued to ask me to undertake the task until God opened my heart as he had opened the heart of the First Caliph and of Omar.

Thereafter I carried out a search for the Qur'an, collecting it from the pieces of wood, bones, and from the memories of the people, until I found the last verse or the Sura-e-Tauba with Abi Khozaima-e4nsari and with none other.11 The collection remained with the First Caliph until his death and then passed to Omar and then to his daughter Hafsa.