Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq — Page 108
108 HADRAT ABU BAKR 108 could I do that which the Holy Prophet sa had never done?” However, when Allah pointed him toward this, he ordered Hadrat Zaid bin Th a bit ra to collect the Holy Qur’ a n in one place. Hadrat Zaid ra completed this task. 35 Here it would be right to explain that this does not mean that the Qur’an had not been written down or had not been put in its present order. The Holy Qur’an was written down as it was revealed and the Holy Prophet sa himself supervised the writing. So, including Hadrat Zaid bin Th a bit ra there were forty companions ra who were noted historically as K a tib i n-e-W ahi (Scribes of Revelation) and the companions would recite it in the same order that we have the Holy Qur’ a n in today. The Holy Prophet sa himself would give instructions about the order of the verses in the chapters. So the Qur’ a n had been written down before, and the order of the chapters and verses had been completed under the guidance of the Holy Prophet sa. However, it was written in different forms. Some parts were written on bones, some on the bark of date trees and some were written on leaves. One of the greatest accomplishments of Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra was that he collected these various parts in one place. After the Khilafat of Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra this task of assembling the Holy Qur’an was