Successive traditions (we have at hand) and the statements...

Successive traditions (we have at hand) and the statements made by thousands of the companions of the Prophet prove this point.[1] i) Having quoted such verses as Surely, We have revealed the Reminder and We will safeguard it, the author of al-Wafi, Fayd Kashani, (d.1091 A.H.) has said, How can distortion and alteration ever occur to the Quran?

Such traditions stand in opposition to the Book of God; they should, therefore, be considered baseless.[2] j) The renowned scholar in religion, Kashif al-Ghita, has the following statement in his Kashf al-Ghita, The Quran is, no doubt, secure against any distortion because God has promised to protect it; to this the Quran itself testifies, and so do all the scholars, just as they have done throughout the ages. The differing idea of some…