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436 AH), says: A group of the Prophet’s such as ‘Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ud, Ubayy ibn Ka‘b and others recited the Qur’an from the beginning to the end to the Holy Prophet (S) many times and all of them confirm that the Qur’an has been compiled and well arranged, and it is free from any deletion and dispersion.[^7] c. Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Hasan at-Tusi, known as “Shaykh at-Ta’ifah” (d.

460 AH), says: As for the talk about the imperfection and addition in the Qur’an, it cannot be covered in this book; for, all Muslims have consensus of opinion that nothing has been added to the Qur’an, and regarding the supposition of imperfection, it is rejected by Muslims. The idea of the absence of addition is more concordant with our school. This idea has been acknowledged and approved by Sayyid Murtada and the outward meaning of hadith s also confirms this fact.

A small number of Shi‘ah and Sunni narrators points to the narrations which talk about the imperfection and alteration in the Qur’anic verses. These narrations which have been transmitted by Shi‘ah and Sunni are among the ‘solitary reports’[^8] which need not to be known or abided by, and they had better be discarded.[^9] d.

Abu ‘Ali at-Tabarsi, the author of an exegesis named Majma‘ al-Bayan , says: Regarding the idea of addition in the Qur’an, the entire Islamic ummah has consensus of opinion that it is groundless, and regarding the mutilation of its verses, a small number of our companions and a group of the Hashawiyyah sect of the Ahl as-Sunnah have transmitted narrations which assume that there is addition in the Qur’an, but the thing which our school accepts and regards as correct is the opposite.[^10] e.

‘Ali ibn Tawus al-Hilli, known as “Sayyid Ibn Tawus” (d. 664 AH), says: “The Shi‘ah view is that no alteration has taken place in the Qur’an.”[^11] f. Shaykh Zayn ad-Din al-‘Amili (d. 877 AH) explains the following verse, "إنا نحن نزلنا الذكر وإنا له لحافظون." “Indeed We have sent down the Reminder and indeed We will preserve it” [^12] and says it means: “We (Allah) shall protect and keep the Qur’an from any alteration, change and addition.”[^13] g.

Qadi Sayyid Nur ad-Din Tustari, the author of the book, Ihqaq al-Haqq (d. 1019 AH), says: What some say about the Imamiyyah Shi‘ah that they believe in the alteration of the Qur’an is not accepted by all the Shi‘ah. Only very few of them have such a belief to which the Shi‘ah give no attention.[^14] h. Muhammad ibn al-Husayn, known as “Baha’uddin al-‘Amili” (d.