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− The Divine revelations were committed to memory and also written down by scribes appointed by the Holy Prophet. He himself sa indicated the arrangement of verses and chapters in the Holy Qur’an as we − find them today. However, the compilation of the whole, in one volume was undertaken after the demise of the Holy Prophet. During the sa Caliphate of Hadrat ‘Uthman , seven copies of the Qur’an were dispatched ra ± ± − − to different parts of the Muslim world and they in turn became the standard texts from which other copies were made and thereafter in each generation hundreds of thousands of people have been in the habit of committing the entire text of the Qur’an to memory. Even the bitterest − enemies of Islam do not allege that any interference with the text of the − Qur’an has taken place since the time of the Holy Prophet. sa − Regarding safeguarding the Qur’an, God Almighty says in the − Holy Qur’an: − Æ̤°Z» É» BÃA Ë j·h»A BÄ»là ÅZà BÃA , ( ä æ å ê Ð ä ä ì ê ä ä æ é ê ä æ ì ä å æ ä ì ê inna nahnu nazzal nadhdhikra wa inna lahu la hafizun − ± − − ± − ± − Verily, We Ourself have sent down this Exhortation, and most surely We will be its Guardian. (15:10) Whenever any portion of the Qur’an was revealed to the Holy − Prophet , he used to commit it to memory and, as he continuously recited sa the Qur’an from one end to the other, he always carried the whole of the − revealed Qur’an at all times in his memory. − The text of none of the sacred Scriptures, claimed to be revealed before the Holy Qur’an has been preserved intact. They have all been − interfered with to such an extent that an earnest seeker after truth finds it impossible to adopt any of them as a practical guide for right conduct. In contrast with this, the text of the Holy Qur’an has been preserved intact − and every word of it has come down to us as free from interference and interpolation as when it was revealed to the Holy Prophet around 1400 sa years ago. The Holy Qur’an is organized into parts ( ), chapters and Siparahs − − 172