EP145: Is the Qur'an Preserved? With Abdullah Gondal

Watch the video version of this conversation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-quran-with-38636798  It is an open secret in Islamic academia that different versions of the Qur'an exist today. Some of the differences are minor variations in punctuation or word choice. Others are more consequential, implying different meanings to the same verse. Aside from these variants (the ahruf and the qira'at), some of the oldest available manuscripts of the Quran, such as the Sana'a manuscript, show significant differences between the older text and the standard text we have today. In Islam, perfect preservation of the Qur'an as the infallible, divine word of Allah is promised by Allah himself. What do these variations tell us about the process by which this was achieved — if it was achieved in the first place? Abdullah Gondal takes us through dozens of differences in different Qurans and what they mean. There are many visuals in this episode, so viewing the video version of this episode is strongly recommended. 🤗 Secular Jihadists is listened to by many in the Islamic world. We want to reach out to more people in these countries. Once we reach 500 patrons, we can afford translations of our shows to Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Bengali, Malay… Help us get there: https://www.patreon.com/SJME  ❤️ You can also support us on PayPal: http://bit.ly/2SMC9nB  🔔 Don’t forget to Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmR6dMMdVE9lhsRAOn56K3A?sub_confirmation=1  🎧 Listen to this podcast on iTunes, Stitcher or your favourite podcast app: https://www.secularjihadists.com/podcasts  Check out Secular Jihadists on - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SecularJihadists/  - Twitter: https://twitter.com/SecularJihadist/  - Website: https://www.secularjihadists.com/ Papers on the Sana'a manuscript: www.jstor.org/stable/25782619  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270550805_San'a'_1_and_the_Origins_of_the_Qur'an  Abdullah Gondal on Twitter: @XGONDALX Read through different versions of the Qur'an: http://www.quranflash.com/books/Medina1/?ar&skin=textile&aff#sthash.IUQqGhLp.dpbs