Part 2: The True State Of The Qur’an
a/ Altering The Graphic Form
b/ ‘Purifying’ The Reading
a/ The True Origins Of The Readings
b/ "The Seven [Readers] And Their Defects" - Disagreement Over The Readings
c/ Rationalising The Acceptance Of Differences In The Readings
(1) Different Transmitters Of The Same Reading Disagreed.
(2) The Need To Go Beyond ‘Uthman’s Graphic Forms.
(3) The Need To Believe There Is "More Than One Revelation".
d/ Readings Based On "A Consonantal Text That Differs"
a/ Deliberately Going Beyond ‘Uthman’s Graphic Forms
b/ Because "The Men Around Muhammad... Were Not Able To Write Well"
(1) ‘Originals’ or non - ‘Uthmanic ‘Additions’?
(2) For Replacing Thousands of Missing Alifs
(3) For Correcting ‘THE Divine Name’?
(4) Not Part of ‘Qur’anic Script’
(5) Numbers And Placement Differ in The Hafs And Warsh Texts
(6) A Dagger Alif Is Not A ‘Ya-alif’.
(7) For Replacing A Waw With An Alif
(1) To Extend The Text
(2) To Alter The Meaning
(3) For ‘Correcting’ THE Name Of God
1/ Yas Omitted
2/ Waws Missing
3/ Nuns Missing