The Quran claims to be preserved in Heaven, in a Guarded Tablet, according to the Quran itself:
Qur'an 85:21-22
85.21: Nay! it is a glorious Quran.
85.22: In a
guarded tablet.
I have some doubts regarding this claim:
The Quran, in its present form was put together by Zaid, but other Sahaba reported that verses went missing, why is that?
For instance, the breastfeeding verses:
Book 008, Number 3421: Sahih Muslim'A'isha (Allah be pleased with, her) reported that it had been revealed in the Holy Qur'an that ten clear sucklings make the marriage unlawful, then it was abrogated (and substituted) by five sucklings and Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) died and it was before that time (found) in the Holy Qur'an (and recited by the Muslims)."
Then there is the problem of abrogation, abrogation was due to the changing circumstances Muhammad found himself in, was the Quran in Heaven abrogated as well when circumstances changed, or was the latter part only there in the tablet?
Quran 2:106, 10:15
[2.106] Whatever communications We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring one better than it or like it. Do you not know that Allah has power over all things?
[10.15] And when Our clear communications are recited to them, those who hope not for Our meeting say: Bring a Quran other than this or change it. Say: It does not beseem me that I should change it of myself; I follow naught but what is revealed to me; surely I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the punishment of a mighty day.
Then there is the infamous Satanic Verses, which Muhammad later retracted, he claimed that Satan had blinded him to save himself from the embarrassment of being proved a forger, in verses the Quran claims that Satan had included verses, again does Satan do this to the Heavenly tablet as well or only to the Earthly version?
Quran 22:53
"That He may make the suggestions thrown in by Satan, but a trial for those in whose hearts is a disease and who are hardened of heart: verily the wrong-doers are in a schism far (from the Truth)" (22:53).
So there are verses thrown in by Satan in the tablet as well? And Allah lets them remain there, or was it Muhammad's narration which differed from the tablet in these circumstances?
Finally, if Muhammad wanted a new wife or a new woman in his life, verses were revealed accordingly, why would the tablet in Heaven make such provisions?
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YUSUFALI: O Prophet! Why holdest thou to be forbidden that which Allah has made lawful to thee? Thou seekest to please thy consorts. But Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
PICKTHAL: O Prophet! Why bannest thou that which Allah hath made lawful for thee, seeking to please thy wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
SHAKIR: O Prophet! why do you forbid (yourself) that which Allah has made lawful for you; you seek to please your wives; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
What is one to do about verses like breastfeeding & stoning, which disappeared from the Quran, but remained in the hadiths? Are the verses pre abrogation when the Sahabas were in great difficulties part of the Heavenly Tablet Quran as well?
Topic: Quran in a Guarded Tablet, Abrogations & Missing Verses!