To think that the Quran was not written and compiled until after the prophet’s death not only goes against the Hadith corpus but, more importantly, contradicts the Quran itself. The following verses clearly explain that the Quran would be completed and collected during the prophet’s life and that the prophet was obligated to follow such a Quran when this task was complete.
75:16 Do not move your tongue to hasten it.
75:17 It is we who will collect it into Quran.
75:18 Once we recite it, you shall follow such a Quran.
75:19 Then it is we who will explain it.
Additionally, even the word Quran as used in the Quran, specifically means to read out loud from a written text, as opposed to utalu ( ٱتْلُ), which is the more general term for recitation.
Conclusion
A statement of truth has infinite resolution. This means when dealing with matters of truth, the more in-depth one goes to ascertain facts, the more consistency is found in what is unpacked. Falsehood, on the other hand, falls apart under the slightest scrutiny, and the deeper one goes, the more inconsistencies are brought to light. As detailed above, the supposed history regarding the compilation of the Quran and the inclusion of 9:128-129 is riddled with contradictions and inconsistencies. The more one studies the subject, the more the anomalies pile up, providing further proof that these verses were falsely added to the Quran and that a false history was fabricated in an attempt to build legitimacy for their inclusion.
Not long ago, most Muslims were oblivious to the fact that there are slight variations to the text of the Quran known as qirat. They vehemently denied that there were any differences between the Quranic manuscripts, and the scholars knowing that this was not the case were not forthcoming to clarify this for their congregations. Today it is widely accepted that there are multiple qirat and ahruf of the Quran. Ironically, now the Muslim Ulama simply state that there are seven variations in the Quran and that they are all valid, despite the clear contradictions of such an assumption.
Today the history regarding how 9:128-129 was falsely added to the Quran is also not well understood by the Muslim masses, and again the Muslim ulama are willfully apprehensive from being forthcoming with their followers about this, but this dam is about to break as well. Preemptively, scholars are making claims similar to what was found in the excerpt from “The History of the Qur’anic Text” where the author simply states that even though 9:128-129 did not meet the requirements of mutawatir that it should be accepted because it was included in the canonized mus’haf of Uthman. God in the Quran warns us of such blind following of the past generations and scholars.
37:69 They found their parents astray.
37:70 And they blindly followed in their footsteps.
37:71 Most of the previous generations have strayed in the same manner.
9:31 They have set up their religious leaders and scholars as lords, instead of GOD. Others deified the Messiah, son of Mary. They were all commanded to worship only one god. There is no god except He. Be He glorified, high above having any partners.
41:40 Surely, those who distort our revelations are not hidden from us. Is one who gets thrown into Hell better, or one who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you wish; He is Seer of everything you do.
2:170 When they are told, “Follow what GOD has revealed herein,” they say, “We follow only what we found our parents doing.” What if their parents did not understand, and were not guided?
From this article, we saw that all the history around 9:128-129 points to the fact that these verses were fraudulently added to the Quran. (1) That it doesn’t make sense that the entire Sura was revealed in Medina, yet 9:128-129 were supposedly revealed in Mecca. (2) That while every other verse had numerous witnesses and parchments for their authenticity, these were the only verses that a single individual had written or memorized. (3) This implies that no other believers at that time had any awareness of these verses. (4) That ‘Ali objected in protest to such an addition to the Quran. (5) That Umar even considered making it into its own Sura had it been 3 verses, and (6) that the scribes thought that the sura was complete after verse 127.
Despite this clear evidence, as well as the linguistic anomalies found in 9:128, and the irrefutable mathematical code of the Quran showing that the addition of these verses breaks the mathematical structure of the Quran, the Muslim masses insist on ascribing to ignorance and thus are left in darkness for such a decision. God, being All-Knowing, already warned the followers of the Quran of such deliberate schemes. It is warranted that those who wish to save their souls to start taking heed.
9:127 Whenever a sura was revealed, some of them would look at each other as if to say: “Does anyone see you?” Then they left. Thus, GOD has diverted their hearts, for they are people who do not comprehend.