Doubts About Quranic Preservation — Ten Objections and Their Video Refutations
This note is an index of ten narrations commonly used to raise doubts about the preservation of the Quran, compiled here with their objection texts and linked video responses. Each entry presents the narration as it is cited by critics, followed by a link to the video refutation. The full responses are in the videos — this note serves as a reference and navigation document.
Objection 1 — The Quran Is a Million and Twenty-Seven Thousand Letters
On the authority of Umar ibn al-Khattab, he said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “The Quran is a thousand thousand letters and twenty-seven thousand letters. Whoever recites it patiently and seeking reward will have for every letter a wife from the Houris.”
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Objection 2 — The Loss of the Verse of Stoning
Umar ibn al-Khattab ordered a crier to announce that the prayer is in congregation, then he ascended the pulpit and praised Allah and extolled Him, then he said: “O people, do not be deceived about the verse of stoning, for it was revealed in the Book of Allah the Almighty and we read it, but it was lost in much of the Quran that was lost with Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.”
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Objection 3 — The Killing of the Reciters of the Quran on the Day of Yamamah
On the authority of al-Zuhri: It has reached us that there was a large Quran, but its scholars were killed on the Day of Yamamah — those who had memorized it — and it was not known after them and it was not written down.
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Objection 4 — The Loss of Much of the Quran
On the authority of Ibn Umar, he said: “Let none of you say, ‘I have taken the entire Quran. How does he know what all of it is?’ Much of the Quran has been lost. Rather, let him say, ‘I have taken from it what is apparent of it.’”
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Objection 5 — The Loss of Verses of Surah Al-Ahzab
On the authority of Aisha, she said: Surah Al-Ahzab used to be recited in the time of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, as two hundred verses. When Uthman wrote the copies of the Quran, he could only recite what is in it now.
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Objection 6 — The Loss of Verses of Surah At-Tawbah
On the authority of Hudhayfah, who said: “What you call Surah At-Tawbah is Surah Al-Adhab, and you do not recite from it of what we used to recite except a quarter of it.”
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Objection 7 — The Loss of the Two Valleys Verse
Abu Musa al-Ash’ari sent for the reciters of the people of Basra, and three hundred men who had recited the Quran entered upon him. He said: “You are the best of the people of Basra and their reciters, so recite it, and do not let the time be long for you lest your hearts harden, as the hearts of those who were before you hardened. We used to recite a surah, and we used to make it similar in length to one of the glorifying surahs, so I forgot it, except that I memorized from it: ‘If the son of Adam had two valleys of wealth, he would seek a third valley, and nothing fills the stomach of the son of Adam except dust.’ And we were reading a surah, and we were likening it to one of the glorifying surahs, so I forgot it, except that I memorized from it: ‘O you who have believed, why do you say that which you do not know? You do, and it will be written as a testimony around your necks, and you will be asked about it on the Day of Resurrection.’”
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Objection 8 — The Loss of the Five Breastfeedings Verse
On the authority of Aisha, that she said: “Among what was revealed of the Quran was: Ten known breastfeedings make a marriage forbidden, then they were abrogated with five known breastfeedings, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, passed away, and they were among what was recited of the Quran.”
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Objection 9 — The Rooster That Ate the Verse of Stoning
On the authority of Aisha, she said: “The verse of stoning and the tenth breastfeeding of an adult were revealed, and it was in a scroll under my bed. When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died and we were preoccupied with his death, a rooster entered and ate it.”
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Objection 10 — The Loss of Surah Al-Hafd and Surah Al-Khala’
Two surahs are alleged to have been lost from the Quran. The text of Surah Al-Khala’ reads: “O Allah, we seek Your help and ask Your forgiveness and praise You for good and do not deny You and abandon and forsake whoever defies You.” The text of Surah Al-Hafd reads: “O Allah, You alone do we worship, and to You we pray and prostrate, and to You we strive and hasten. We hope for Your mercy and fear Your severe punishment. Indeed, Your punishment will overtake the disbelievers.”
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This note is an index only. The full refutations are contained in the linked video responses. When written responses to these ten narrations are available, they should be added to each section in place of or alongside the video links.