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How was the Cairo Quran (1924) compiled and canonized?

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The Qur'an of 1924 was compiled like all other Qur'an readings. It is called the 1924 Qur'an simply because this specific Qur'an was discovered in that year. read more

The Qur'an of 1924 was compiled like all other Qur'an readings. It is called the 1924 Qur'an simply because this specific Qur'an was discovered in that year. To understand how the Qur'an was compiled and preserved is a lengthy subject and found in looking at the narrations in many hadith. read more

The Quran as it is known in the present, was first compiled into book format by Zayd ibn Thabit and other scribes under the third caliph Uthman (r. 644–56). For this reason, the Quran as it exists today is also known as the Uthmanic codex. read more

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