Stoning is a duty laid down in the Book of Allah for married...

Stoning is a duty laid down in the Book of Allah for married men and women who commit adultery when proof is established, or if there is pregnancy or a confession.”[^10] Other narrations also erroneously indicate that there was a verse in the Noble Qur’an saying to stone the adulterers.[^11] Imam al-Bukhari also narrates from one of the companions that there was a verse in the Noble Qur’an stating that the abandoning of ancestors is kufr (disbelief);[^12] but all Muslims know that no such verse in the Noble Qur’an exists.

Some other narrations, from other sources suggest that many verses of the Noble Qur’an are missing. Lady ‘A’ishah, for example, narrates that Surahtul Ahzab (33) used to have 200 verses during the time of the Prophet, but when the third caliph, ‘Uthman ibn Affan compiled the Noble Qur’an, he could only find 73 of them.[^13]…