Verses of Surah Ahzab: Lost, abrogated or what?

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وحده و الصلاة و السلام على من لا نبي بعده و على آله و أصحابه أجمعين

Another issue often raised about the Qur’anic preservation is about the total number of verses in Surah Ahzab i.e. the 33rd chapter of the Holy Qur’an. In the established Qur’anic text and in all manuscripts ever known in history the total number of verses has been 73 but few narrations give a notion contrary to this.

1- The narrations on this account are found in many collections like that of Ahmad, Hakim, Baihaqi, Ibn Hibban, Nasai [his Sunan al-Kubra], Tiyalsi and others. And from there it has been quoted by Ibn Kathir, Qurtubi and in Kanzul Ummal etc.

No. of letters in the Qur'an. Have some been lost?

Qur’an happens to be a book whose miraculous preservation and astounding textual stability over more than one and a half millennium has been accepted by non-Muslims and even by those among them who otherwise spared no chance to criticize Islam wherever they could. Reverend Bosworth Smith had to recognize this great reality. He said:

Why were the Qurayza Jews killed?

Ever since the Crusades, the first direct clash of Muslims with Western Europe, Christians have felt the need for demonizing Islam. A lot of efforts have been put in to portray Islam as utterly violent religion and Muhammad (PBUH), the Final Prophet of Islam, as sheer intolerant person.

The campaign of Qurayza and subsequent fate of the Jews of this tribe provided them with reasonable plain to exaggerate and lie on. Let’s have a look into what actually happened and then analyze the propaganda against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Quran Preservation & Compilation -3 (under Abu Bakr)

In the last post of this series we discussed the circumstances during the time of Abu Bakr (RA) which lead him to seek the compilation of Qur’an in one binding. Today let’s analyze as to what he did and how actually;

Back drop in brief:

Although we discussed the back drop of this endeavor earlier as well but here is a quick recap;

Did Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) cross-dress? Sam Shamoun exposed!

If you are looking to know about Islam, be wary of the fact that there are some insane souls who are nothing but deceivers and they claim to ‘unveil’ Islam. One of such big fraudsters is Sam Shamoun. Invariably his every article is heap of lies and deceits. In the following lines we expose just one more lie as a test case for those who are yet to see him at his best

Were certain Christian monks the source of Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) knowledge?

In our last session we discussed the general theories followed by the critics of Islam about the sources of the Qur'an. In this article we refute the myth of Prophet (PBUH) learning from particular individuals, considering the each case. Following are the priests and monks whom the Prophet (PBUH) met ;