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This article examines the [[Islam|Islamic]] claim that the [[Qur'an]] is free from | This article examines the [[Islam|Islamic]] claim that the [[Qur'an]] is free from corruption. | ||
Ultimately, it is clear that with missing verses, a wide array of canonical and non-canonical readings, and the very best scholars and reciters of Islam (whom Muhammad himself had approved of) rejecting the Qur'an of Uthman, one is left with a very human text, as prone to corruption as any other medieval text, and those who deny this are left, it would seem, holding an untenable position. | Ultimately, it is clear that with missing verses, a wide array of canonical and non-canonical readings, and the very best scholars and reciters of Islam (whom Muhammad himself had approved of) rejecting the Qur'an of Uthman, one is left with a very human text, as prone to corruption as any other medieval text, and those who deny this are left, it would seem, holding an untenable position. | ||