Collection of the Qur’an: A Critical and Historical Study of Al-Farahi’s View
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According to Muslim history, the Qur’an was revealed piecemeal. It is also
known that it was not collected and arranged in its chronological sequence. The
question then arises: When was the text of the Qur’an collected and given its final
shape and who was responsible for this task? The answer to this question has
been given by many scholars and researchers of the past and present. In recent
times, Hamid al-Din al-Farahi (1863-1930), a scholar, thinker and exegete of the
Indian sub-continent has examined this issue in the light of some specific verses
of the Qur’an, and, contrary to the stance of most Muslim scholars, has concluded
that the Qur’an was collected and arranged in its c...