Mushaf

A muṣḥaf ( Larabci: مُصْحَفْ‎ </link> , pronounced [ˈmʊsˤħaf] ; jam'i مَصَاحِف maṣāḥif ) kalma ce ta Larabci don codex ko tarin zanen gado, amma kuma tana nufin kwafin Alqur'ani a rubuce.  surori na Kur'ani, waɗanda Musulmai suka yi imani an saukar da su a cikin shekaru 23 a rayuwar Muhammadu, an rubuta su a kan takarda daban-daban a zamanin Muhammadu. Shekaru ashirin bayan haka, an tattara waɗannan takardu zuwa juzu'i ɗaya a ƙarƙashin halifa na uku, Uthman ibn Affan, kuma wannan tarin ya zama tushen duk rubutattun kwafin Alqur'ani har zuwa yau.^ Wheller, Brannon M. Prophets in the Quran: An Introduction to the Quran and Muslim Exegesis, Continuum Books, 2002, p. 5.

^ Quran 2:2, Quran 3:3, Quran 29:48

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