But the tenth report tells us that Zaid and Umar jointly...
But the tenth report tells us that Zaid and Umar jointly asked Abu Bakr to undertake the work, and he conceded after having consulted the Muslims. Who prepared the master copy and sent its editions to various cities? The second report says it was Uthman, while the twelfth tells us it was Umar.
When were the two verses added to the Surah of Bara’ah*?* The first, eleventh and twenty second reports reveal that this happened during the time of Abu Bakr, and the eighth report together with others say that it happened in the era of Umar. Who came up with those two verses? The first and twenty second reports say they were brought in by Abu Khuzaimah, while the eighth and eleventh reports say it was Khuzaimah.
These are two gentlemen who had no relationship with each other at all, as reported by Ibn Abd al Barr.[^1] How were they accepted as being parts of the Qur'an? By a sole witness, as mentioned in the first, ninth and twenty second report. By the accompanying witness by Uthman, as shown in the eighth; and by the supporting witness by Umar as shown in the eleventh. Who did Uthman appoint for dictating and writing of the Qur'an?
(i) Uthman appointed Zaid, Ibn az Zubair, Saeed and Abdu Rahman as writers ( see Report n. 2 ) (ii) He appointed Zaid for writing, and Saeed for dictating, (see Report n. 15) (iii) He appointed a person from Thaqif to write down, and a person from Huzad to dictate; (see Report n. 16) (iv) The writer was not from Thaqif and the one who dictated was not from Huzad. (see Report n. 18) (v) The dictation was by Ubay b. Kaab, and Saeed gave grammatical inflections to what Zaid wrote down (see Report n.