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all-wise, all-laudable”. In addition to encouraging
(Saduq, 1357: 224) Muslims to write the Holy
Quran, the Prophet also
The question seems to be a encouraged them to memorize
doubt that has been raised in the Quran, and the issuance of
terms of increase and decrease dozens of narrations and the
in the Holy Quran; therefore, existence of hundreds of
the answer of the Imam denies memorizers of the Quran during
any change or distortion in the his lifetime and even after his
word of God. (Taheri death proves this claim.
Khorramabadi, 2008: 135) It is also necessary to state that
3. Reasons for Historical the interpretation and explanation
The concern of the Holy of the verses has been one of the
Prophet to preserve and record other efforts of the Prophet in
the Holy Quran is a historical preserving and protecting the
fact; because when he received Holy Quran.
the revelation, he repeated the On the other hand, in
verses out of eagerness to learn addition to the efforts of the
them, and immediately after Holy Prophet of Islam to
receiving the revelation, he memorize and record the Holy
called the scribes of the Quran, the deep efforts of
revelation and the revealed Imam Ali in learning the
verses were written by them, interpretation of the revelation of
and more than thirty of these the verses and the efforts of the
scribes have been mentioned in Companions to preserve and
historical documents. sanctify this divine book, is
remarkable. (Javadi Amoli,
2019: 119-120)
