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Peace be upon you, esteemed teacher. My question is: how should we respond to those who say that the Qur’an we have today was compiled and altered by Aisha? May you live long. Ya Ali.
Shia Muslims believe that the Qur’an was affirmed by each of the Infallible Imams, peace be upon them, who enjoined their followers to hold fast to it. In an effort to undermine the sanctity of the Qur’anic text, Islam’s adversaries raise various objections, including the claim that Aisha compiled and altered it.
Shia Muslims do not hold this view. The Qur’an as it is preserved in the muṣḥaf has been affirmed by every one of the Infallible Imams (peace be upon them), who have enjoined the Shia to hold fast to it. The Qur’anic interpretations transmitted to us from the Imams also confirm this truth. Enemies of Islam raise various doubts in an effort to undermine the sanctity of the Qur’anic muṣḥaf; the point mentioned here is one such doubt.
Supplication 43 of al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya affirms this truth. Throughout their lives, the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) never directed their followers to any muṣḥaf other than the Qur’an as it exists today.