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CHAPTER IX: SAMARQAND VS. 1924 EDITION - THE SAME?

Extensive Textual Comparison

Von Denffershows us copies ofPages #1 (Q2:7-10), and #375 (Q7:86-

87). But that is little evidence after assuring us it indicates:

"In other words: two of the copies of the Quran which were originally preparedin the time of Caliph `Uthman, are still available to us today and their text andarrangement can be compared, by anyone who cares to, with any other copyof the Quran be it in print or handwriting, from any place or period of time.They will be found to be identical." (Ulum, p.64)

Indeed, what assurance can 4 verses provide when there are more than6000 in the Quran and his claim about it being the Imam was also wrong!

Had Von Denffer been willing to show us Page 3, we would have found (see

to the right) an extra ya in the modern 1924 Egyptian Arabic EDITION.

In the pages just before Page #375 (Q7:86-87) we find what follows:

Page#373/374:

-In the last line ofPage #373 the original ofQ7:82 is quite different. Is it fromoriginal scribal ignorance?

Pa e #370:

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-In line #1 the original Q7:73 contains the letters lam-alifwhich someone hasstroked out and which are absent from the modern version.

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Page #369:-In line #8 the letteralifis in the original ofQ7:73 while the modern versionhas the letter h.

Page #367:-In line #1 the word in Q7:68 contains the letter sin in the original whereas inthe modern versions the word has mim & ya.

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However, had he looked even further he would have choked, for he would

have found that what is accepted as Quran today is extremely different - ifthis is an original!We find:

Page #90:-In line #1 there is no word present in the Samarqand original ofQ2:283where the modern Arabic version has the word Allah!!

-In line #8 we find the pronoun huwa [he] is present in the Samarqandoriginal ofQ2:284, whereas the modern Arabic version has the word Allah!!

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Page #92:-In line #10 the original ofQ3:37 is not in agreement with the modern versionwhich has more words - including the word Allah!

Page #108:-In line #9 someone has tried to add extra words to the original -includingthe word Allah. Today they all appear in the modern Arabic version ofQ3:78.

Page #118:-In line #4 the original is without the word Allah in Q3:109! It is in the modernversion.-Also in line #4 the letterdaloccurs, but is omitted in the modern version.

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Page #252:-In line #1 the original of Q5:119 the word Allah is absent, yet has been

introduced into the modern version.

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Page #320:-In line #1 the wawis absent in the original ofQ6:140 but present in themodern version.

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-In line #7 words are absent in the original ofQ6:141 but present in themodern version.

Page #321:-In line #10 several words are absent in the original ofQ6:144 [although theattempt has been made to introduce them in the margin] but are present inthe modern version.

Page #365:-In line #2 a ya is present in the original ofQ7:63whereas the modernversion has two consonants.

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Page #323: -The modern version ofQ6:146 contains many more words thanare found in line #2 of the original [although again we see words added inthe margin].

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-In line #7 in the original ofQ6:147 we note that an alifis present - but not in

the modern version.

Page #15: -In the modern version ofQ2:57 a word appears which is not inline #5 of the original but a small portion remains in the margin where it wassought to add it.

The truth is that these are but a few of the many variations found between themodern versions of the Arabic texts and that which is found in the Samarqandoriginal.

A large number of them can be viewed in Appendix A.

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CHAPTER IX (CONTINUED)

Further reading:The Orthography of the Samarqand Codex by Arthur Jeffery

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