Is the Qur'an unchanged since it was revealed?

Answer 1

This is a debate between Secular Historians and Islamic Theology.

Secular Historians

No.

Most scholars, independently, have concluded that the Qur'an was not written by Muhammad and is a document that changed over a very long period.

"Almost universally, independent scholars studying the Qur'an and Hadith, have concluded that the Islamic scripture was not revealed to just one man, but was a compilation of later redactions and editions formulated by a group of men, over the course of a few hundred years. The Qur'an which we read today is not that which was in existence in the mid-seventh century, but is a product of the eighth and ninth centuries. It was not conceived in Mecca or Medina, but in Baghdad. It was then and there that Islam took on its identity and became a religion. Consequently, the formative stage of Islam was not within the lifetime of Muhammad but evolved over a period of 300 years." This is the opinion of renowned scholars and professors of Islam, history, Arabic and many other fields. Among them - Dr. John Wansbrough, American historian who taught at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies; Professor Joseph Schacht, professor of Arabic and Islam at Columbia University in New York and a leading Western scholar of Islamic law; Dr. Patricia Crone, a scholar, author and historiographer of early Islamic history working at the Institute for Advance Study; R. Stephen Humphreys, professor of history and Islamic studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara; and Professor Andrew Rippin, professor of history and specialist in Islamic studies at the University of Victoria, B.C., Canada

Again, more expert opinion believes the Qur'an to be a cocktail of myth, Jewish folklore, Jewish and Christian scripture and Muhammad's own imagination. As well as this, the Qur'an is mostly incomprehensible contrary to its claim to be comprehensible.

Source:

Gerd Puin, a German scholar and the world's foremost authority on Qur'anic paleography, the study and scholarly interpretation of ancient manuscripts. He is a specialist in Arabic calligraphy:

"My idea is that the Koran is a kind of cocktail of texts that were not all understood even at the time of Muhammad. Many of them may even be a hundred years older than Islam itself. Even within the Islamic traditions there is a huge body of contradictory information, including a significant Christian substrate; one can derive a whole Islamic anti-history from them if one wants. The Qur'an claims for itself that it is 'mubeen,' or clear, but if you look at it, you will notice that every fifth sentence or so simply doesn't make sense. Many Muslims will tell you otherwise, of course, but the fact is that a fifth of the Qur'anic text is just incomprehensible. This is what has caused the traditional anxiety regarding translation. If the Qur'an is not comprehensible, if it can't even be understood in Arabic, then it's not translatable into any language. That is why Muslims are afraid. Since the Qur'an claims repeatedly to be clear but is not-there is an obvious and serious contradiction. Something else must be going on."

Islamic Theology

yes, Quran remains unchanged. no one could ever produce a substantial evidence to

prove that Quran hs changed. The word 'Quran' refers to "to be recited". Actually Quran is preserved in the memories of millions.If one(i.e a despot) decides to destroy all the copies of the quran it will be reproduced within hours from the memories of millions.what is more. even little children nowadays detects even the

slightest copying errors in the Quran ! Indeed It is We who revealed the Reminder(Quran) Surely We will protect it.(Quran 15/9)

Answer 2

yes, without a single letter change and with the same language (Arabic language). Quran is the only God holy book that is known by heart by many Muslims allover the world so it is very difficult to altered by any means especially that it is recited five times a day during praying.