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The first Mushaf (the Quran in the form of a book) was made by Abubakar Asidiq (RA) under the council of Umar Ibn Al Khatab (RA). Umar (RA) came to this opinion after seeing many memorizers of the holy quran had fallen in battle, and it seemed that even more would die since the Muslims were still at war, and the memorizers of the holy book often put themselves in the front lines.

Here is a brief summary of how it all happened;

1. Scribing during the life of Prophet
   Muhammad (peace be upon him). The
   Revelation scribes wrote down the
   Quran, according to the order of Prophet
   Muhammad (peace be upon him), on
   pieces of cloth, leather, bones, and stones.
   Its verses were ordered and arranged
   according to Allah's inspiration. At the
   beginning, it was not gathered in one
   book. Some of the Prophet's companions
   scribed parts and surahs specially for
   themselves after they had memorized it
   from the Prophet.
   II. Compiling Quran during the era of Abu
   Bakr al-Siddiq: Zayd Ibn Thabit gathered
   the Quran in one book. He was charged
   to do this by Abu Bakr al-Siddiq,
   according to an advice from Umar Ibn
   Al-Khattab. Its resource was the parts
   written by the Revelation scribes; so he
   gathered all of it in one book, the Holy
   Quran.
   III. Compiling Quran during the era of
   Uthman Ibn Affan: In his reign, the
   Quran was written from the main copy
   gathered during the era of Abu Bakr al-
   Siddiq. It was kept at the residence of
   Hafsah Bint Umar, (one of the Prophet's
   wives). He charged the following scribes
   to do it:
   1. Zayd Ibn Thabit.
   2. Abdullah Ibn Al-Zubair.
   3. Said Ibn Al-`As.
   4. Abdul-Rahman Ibn Al-Harith Ibn
   Hisham.
   They scribed many copies of Quran,
   reflecting in their writing the
   different correct readings (Arabic
   accents) of it; excluding any
   incorrect one. It was not marked
   with dots or vowel points. Uthman
   kept a copy at Medina and sent the
   remaining copies to the various
   Islamic countries.


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Note that,

During the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) time – Revelation of the Holy Quran

During Abubakar’s (RA) time – compilation of the first Book

During Uthman’s (RA) time – Made more copies of the Quran and send it to various Islamic states.

REFERENCES:

www.sunnah.org

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