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Qur’ ā n 21 Monthly Renaissance March 2021 Al-R ā z ī 401-490 AH) writes: v أﺟﻤﻊ ﻟﻤﺴﻠﻤﻮنﻋ u ﻶﻹم ﷲ () أنﻣﺎﺑ)( ﻟﺪﻓﺘ Muslims unanimously agree that what is in between the two covers is God’s word. 5 Ab ū Ḥ ayy ā n (654-745) writes: ^) ءة ﺑﻦ ﻟﺰﺑ m¨ و … v ﻵﻹ ﻋ ^) ﻣﻦﺑﺎب ﻟﺘﻔﺴ u آن ﻟﻤﺨﺎﻟﻔﺘﻪﺳﻮ دﻣﺎ أﺟﻤﻊ m¨ أﻧﻪ آن Nª ﻟﻤﺴﻠﻤﻮنﻋﻠﻴﻪﻣﻦأﻟﻔﺎظ ﻟ The recital of Ibn al-Zubayr … belongs to the genre of tafs ī r and not the Qur’ ā nic text because it contradicts what the Muslims agree regarding the text. 6 Al-Nawaw ī (631-676 AH) writes: v وﻗﺪ أﺟﻤﻊ ﻟﻤﺴﻠﻤﻮن ﻋ u ﻟﺼﺤﻒ ﻟﺬي uy ﻵﻻﻗﻄﺎر ﻟﻤﻜﺘﻮب uy آن ﻟﻤﺘﻠﻮ Nª أن ﻟ ﺑﺄﻳﺪي ﻟ  رب ﻟﻌﺎﻟﻤ)(إ ﻤﺴﻠﻤ)(ﻣﻤﺎ ﺟﻤﻌﻪ ﻟﺪﻓﺘﺎنﻣﻦأول ﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﷲ u ﻗﻞ mŒ آ v لﻋ ®¯ ووﺣﻴﻪ ﻟﻤ ﻶﻹم ﷲ  أﻋﻮذﺑﺮب ﻟﻨﺎس u v ﻧﺒﻴﻪﻣﺤﻤﺪﺻ u ﻋﻠﻴﻪوﺳﻠﻢ ﷲ Muslims unanimously agree that the Qur’ ā n that is being read in various parts of the world, written in the ma ṣāḥ if found among Muslims which they have compiled between two covers from S ū rah F ā ti ḥ ah to S ū rah N ā s is the word of God and His revelation sent to His Prophet Mu ḥ ammad (sws). 7 Al-Sh āṭ ib ī (720-790 AH) writes:  !ﻌﺎ ﻌﺚ ﷲ J و u ءأﺧﺬو ﻛﺘﺎﺑﻪﺗﻠﻘﻴﺎﻣﻦ ﻟﺼ m¨ ﻣﻦﻋﺒﺎده u± ﺤﺎﺑﺔوﻋﻠﻤﻮه ﻟﻤﻦﻳﺄ v ﺻﺎ ﻋ m² ﻌﺪﻫﻢ J u e ﻟﻤﺼﺎﺣﻒﺣ uy ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻔﻪ uy ﻣﻮ ﻓﻘﺔ ﻟﺠﻤﺎﻋﺔ 6 ﻳﺘﻮ ﻓﻖ ﻟﺠﻤﻴﻊ 5. Al-R ā z ī , Maf ā t īḥ al-ghayb , vol. 1, 163. 6. Mu ḥ ammad ibn Y ū suf Ab ū Ḥ ayy ā n al-Undulus ī , Tafs ī r ba ḥ r al- mu ḥīṭ , 1 st ed., vol. 4 (Beirut: D ā r al-kutub al-‘ilmiyyah, 1422 AH), 446. 7. Ab ū Zakariyyah Ya ḥ y ā ibn Sharaf Al-D ī n al-Nawaw ī , Al-Tiby ā n f ī ā d ā b ḥ amalah al-Qur’ ā n , 1 st ed. (Damascus: Al-Wak ā lah al-‘ ā mmah li al-tawz ī ‘, 1403 AH), 85.