No incidents have been cited in the course of history...

No incidents have been cited in the course of history, which indicate that any alteration has occurred in the Qur’an. There is no evidence that can originate a probability of considering that the Qur’an contains any form of addition or deletion. The slightest supposition of alteration can be nullified through intellectual proofs. If it were supposed that a comprehensive addition had been made to the Qur’an, it would mean that it is therefore possible to produce a book like it.

Such an assumption is incompatible with the Qur’an’s miraculous nature. As indicated earlier, the miraculous nature of the Qur’an was that mankind could not produce a book or even a verse like it. Furthermore, if it is to be assumed that a word or a verse has been added to the Qur’an, the speech and resonating harmony of the Qur’an would become disrupted, and the miraculous nature of the Qur’an would hence not exist.

As the miraculous nature of the Qur’an is established so is the argument provided for proving the lack of any addition. Likewise the lack of deletion of words and phrases from the Qur’an is also nullified by the mentioned argument. However proving the lack of deletion of a chapter or a comprehensive issue from the Qur’an requires another argument.

Lack of deletion from the Qur’an The great scholars of Islam from both the Shi’ite and Sunnite schools have emphasised upon the fact that there has been no addition or deletion to the Qur’an, in order to establish this they have provided several arguments. However it is quite unfortunate that due to some of the false and fabricated traditions and on account of the misconceptions of some of the authentic traditions, the possibility of deletion from the Qur’an has arisen according to some.

Nevertheless, apart from the definitive historical indications upon the Qur’an’s immunity and the arguments used to prove its miraculous nature, one can also utilise the Noble Qur’an in establishing the immunity of the deletion of a verse or chapter. As it has already been established, the Qur’an is the speech of God the Supreme, and it contains no addition. These verses then become the most solid transmitted reason for the proof.

One of the key subjects that can be understood from the verses of the Qur’an is that this book has been guaranteed protection from God, unlike other Divine books, whose protection is in the hands of the people.