The Fractious Schizophrenia (Discussing the reality of the crisis between the Shia scholars and the Quran)

Preface: The purpose of this brief study is to show the ' !aed(beliefs) the Twel"er Shia sect has concerning the holy boo# of llah$ and how their ' !eedah(belief) pushes the% away fro% this boo# and alienates the% fro% it& There is a crisis between the Shia scholars and the boo# of llah$ a crisis they will not ad%it to ha"ing in any debate or inter"iew because the only thing they care about is to win and loo# as best as they can in the eyes of the people& this study shall unco"er this crisis by e'posing the root of the proble%$ a set of corrupt beliefs that the Shia scholars hold on to as part of their ' !eedah ((hich they attribute to hlul)*ayt)& *efore + begin$ + need to clarify that the purpose of this article is only to unco"er the truth and that + do not doubt that the a"erage Shia lay%an belie"es in e"erything that is found within the boo# of llah and glorifies it as opposed to those wearing the blac# turbans& lthough the ti%e an a"erage Shia lay%en spends with the boo# of llah is %uch less than that spent by the a"erage ,usli% fro% hlul)Sunnah$ this is because their scholars #eep the% occupied with -auhas and ,aata% and weeping for al).ussein (ra) and reading /iyarat and doing 0at%iyat instead of reciting the boo# of llah& This is an honest cry to warn the a"erage Shia lay%en fro% the dangers of the beliefs that their scholars hold on to$ beliefs that led the% away fro% the boo# of llah and %ade the% estranged fro% it$ poisonous beliefs that %ust not creep into the hearts of the a"erage Shia lay%en& +ntroduction: The one who is fa%iliar with the beliefs of the Shia scholars towards the Quran$ based on their narrations and the declarations of their scholars and teachers$ will see that there is psychological barrier between the% and the boo# of llah$ and that they ha"e greatly distanced the%sel"es fro% it& This is natural and ine"itable$ it is caused by the beliefs they ha"e chosen to carry$ and although they are di"ided into two tea%s when it co%es to the preser"ation and protection of this boo# fro% Tahreef(corruption)$ yet this crisis towards the Quran affects both tea%s& 1ou see the first tea% declaring their negati"e position on the Quran$ clai%ing that the e"il hands ha"e reached it and corrupted it$ they clai% that %any of its "erses were deleted and so%e changed& this tea% has sa"ed us the ti%e since they the%sel"es declared that the boo# of llah is not binding for the% and they re2ected it co%pletely$ placing a thic# solid wall between the% and the Quran$ so it is no secret that they suffer fro% this crisis&

s for the second tea%$ it is they who ha"e declared that the boo# is preser"ed and protected fro% additions or deletions$ this is a positi"e position that leads the researcher to belie"e for a second that they are not affected by the crisis& 4nfortunately$ after reading this brief research one will see that the sy%pto%s of this disease are deeply rooted into the belief syste% of this second tea% and it's incu%bent upon %e to %ention the origins of the proble% and to clarify why it was una"oidable& 5hapter 3: 4n"eiling the disease causing the crisis towards the Quran& The obser"er will realize !uic#ly that the root of the disease in the Shia ' !eedah is their belief in +%a%ah (di"ine appoint%ent of hlul)*ayt as rulers) which in turn leads the% to belie"e in the treachery of the co%panions of the Prophet ,uha%%ad (S (S) in general and the first three rightly guided 5aliphs in specific ( bu *a#r$ '4%ar 6 '4th%an %ay llah be pleased with the%) because they usurped the right of rulership that llah had supposedly bestowed on the twel"e +%a%s fro% the progeny of the Prophet (S (S)& *ased on this$ the i%age of the co%panions in the eyes of those who ha"e been breast fed Shia ' !eedah is a dar# and ugly i%age$ because they belie"e that the co%panions betrayed that which llah had trusted the% with and did not offer the position of di"ine leadership to ' li (ra) and his children but instead they oppressed the%$ tortured the%$ %urdered the% and forced the% to gi"e a pledge of allegiance to bu *a#r (ra)& The ones who ha"e absorbed a great !uantity of this Shia belief will %ost probably reach an e'tent where they cannot e"en i%agine that the co%panions are capable of doing anything positi"e in +sla%& This is why you often see the Shia scholars doing their best to turn the s%allest positi"e "irtue or any good deed done by a co%panion into a cri%e and a negati"e act e"en if the opposite is clear& + shall %ention a s%all sa%ple of this in the following e'a%ples: 3) The "irtue of the e%igration of bu *a#r al)Siddee! (ra) with the Prophet (S (S): +t is a "irtue that has been preser"ed by llah in his eternal boo# when he said: 7+f you do not aid the Prophet ) llah has already aided hi% when those who disbelie"ed had dri"en hi% out 8of ,a##ah9 as one of two$ when they were in the ca"e and he said to his co%panion$ :Do not grie"e; indeed llah is with us&: nd llah sent down his tran!uility upon hi% and supported hi% with angels you did not see and %ade the word of those who disbelie"ed the lowest$ while the word of llah ) that is the highest& nd llah is <'alted in ,ight and (ise&= 8Quran >:?@9 The Shia scholars would put all their effort into turning this great "irtue into a horrible cri%e$ the Shia scholar and leader of their sect al)Tusi said in his boo# of Tafseer :al) Tibyan al)Aa%i'+ li)'4lou% al)Quran: while co%%enting on the saying of llah :.e said to his co%panion: do not grie"e::

:+f this is not disparage%ent then it has no "irtue in it$ it is 2ust a prohibition fro% being fearful: ,eaning that these words "ilify bu *a#r (ra) or at least cannot be counted as a "irtue& .e continued when co%%enting on the saying of llah :+ndeed llah is with us:: :(hat is %eant here is only the Prophet (S (S)$ e"en if bu *a#r was also %eant then this is not a "irtue$ it %ay be a threat to hi%$ li#e the one who says to a %an who% he sees doing an e"il act: Don't do itC llah is with usC %eaning llah is watching o"er our actions&: B) The honor bestowed upon bu *a#r al)Siddee! (ra) when the Prophet (S (S) chose hi% to acco%pany hi% in the :' rish: or the tower of co%%and: Shia scholar ,uha%%ad *a!ir al)Sadr would transfor% this fro% "irtue to criticis% in his boo# :Fada# fi al)Taree#h: page 3BD: :+ ha"e no reasonable e'planation for this other than hi% atte%pting to stand beside the Prophet (S (S) to earn a position that is naturally the furthest point away fro% the battle)field and fro% danger (E) (e #now fro% the %ethods of al)Siddee! that he lo"ed being beside the Prophet (S (S) in wars because his position is the %ost protected where all the +sla%ic forces are concentrated to guard and defend hi%&: .e also said on page 3BF: : nd a certain person who found it enough during the holy Aihad to stand in the last lines )al)' rish): nd if we a"oid the fact that bu *a#r (ra) re%ained there by orders of the Prophet (S (S)$ + as# those whose eyes ha"e been blinded by the dar#ness of hatred: (hen he had acco%panied the Prophet (S (S) in the ca"e and the Gouffar were searching for the% to #ill the% as they stood right abo"e their heads$ was this the :furthest point possible fro% battle:H 7,ay llah destroy the%; how are they deludedH= 8Quran >:I@9 *ased on the abo"e and based on the fact that they do not tolerate any "irtue for the co%panions$ let us disco"er what their position was regarding the biggest of all "irtues achie"ed by the rightly guided 5aliphs$ the "irtue of collecting the Quran we ha"e in our hands today after the death of the prophet (S (S)$ we need to disco"er their "iews regarding the boo# that was collected by the %en who% they accused of the %ost hideous cri%es and described with the worst of descriptions$ the %en who% they labeled as being traitors and betrayers of the di"ine co%%and of Jod& The Shia scholars will be faced with two choices here$ the first choice: To ad%it that they collected the Quran in a %atter that pleases llah and his Prophet (S (S)$ and thus accept this is a great historical "irtue and that the entire nation would

be than#ful to the% until the day of 2udg%ent for preser"ing and protecting the holy Quran& This is so%ething that their hateful and "ile souls shall ne"er accept$ as a result of all the loathing and hatred they absorbed as a result of their belief in +%a%ah$ belie"ing in such a "irtue for the% is worse than being struc# with swords and stabbed with #ni"es& n e'a%ple of this$ is that when one of their scholars wanted to defend the position that says that the Quran is ,uharraf (corrupted)$ he stated that belie"ing otherwise %eans that we thin# well of the 5aliphs and ha"e a good opinion of the%$ this directly opposes the base of their religion and their principals that state that the 5aliphs were e"il usurpers that betrayed the di"ine orders of Jod (+%a%ah)& Shia scholar al),uha!!i! 1usuf al)*ahrani wrote in his boo# :al)Durar al)-a2afiyah: ?KDI: :+ swear$ that in saying: :there is no corruption and change:$ this is considered nothing %ore than thin#ing (ell of the e"il +%a%s$ and that they did not betray the biggest and %ost i%portant of things trusted to us( %anah)$ although it is apparent to all that they betrayed the other i%portant thing trusted to us( %anah) and that one is %ore har%ful to the religion&: 1ou can see abo"e that the Shia scholar thin#s that by betraying +%a%ah which he described as being %ore har%ful to the religion$ one %ust not be so naL"e as to thin# that they wouldn't change and corrupt the Quran& The second choice: To stic# to their principals and turn this great "irtue into a lowly despicable act by stating that the co%panions ne"er collected the Quran properly in the %anner that llah had intended for it to be collected$ and that they did this only to hide the truth that was re"ealed by the Prophet (S (S) and to %isguide the people& (hat is e"ident to all those who ha"e e'perience and are well infor%ed about the ways of the Shia scholars$ is that they will go for the second choice and this is why they started casting doubts on the boo# of llah clai%ing that the way it was collected was wrong and that this wasn't the way that llah and his Prophet (S (S) would be pleased with& They did this in two %ethods& The first %ethod: That the rightly guided 5aliphs when collecting the Quran ha"e corrupted it by deleting %any "erses that show the "irtues of hlul)*ayt and their di"ine right of +%a%ah& This is the %ethod of casting doubt on the Quran that was adopted by the Shia scholars who clearly declared the corruption of the Quran in for% of deletion such as al)Qu%%i and al)' yyashi and al),a2lisi and -i'i%atullah al)Aazaeri and al)-oori al)Tabrasi and %any others& The second %ethod:

That the rightly guided 5aliphs when collecting the Quran did not corrupt it by deleting "erses$ instead they corrupted it by changing the order of "erses and chapters and the way it is recited and deleting the e'planation of the Prophet S (S and the %eaning of the "erses and words and reasons for re"elation& This %ethod of casting doubt on the boo# of llah was adopted by the Shia scholars that deny Tahreef in the for% of deletion and addition and they are the sub2ect of our research in this article& 5hapter B: Displaying so%e of the beliefs of their scholars who deny Tahreef that push people away fro% the Quran& (e saw pre"iously that this tea% of Shia scholars disagrees with the other tea% on the corruption of the Quran in for% of addition or deletion but they agree with the% on casting doubts on it and pushing people away fro% it because it was collected by the 5aliphs& They would start casting doubts using hidden twisted ways so as to plant these doubts in the %inds of all those who read their boo#s thus alienating the Shia lay%en fro% it and this way they hit two birds with one stone$ they distance their followers fro% its teachings fro% one side$ fro% another side they protect the%sel"es fro% being accused of belie"ing in the corruption of the Quran& .ere + present a !uic# list of these beliefs: 3) The 5aliphs collected the Quran after ' li(ra) ca%e to the% with the correct Quran that he had collected$ after chec#ing its contents they re2ected ' li's (ra) collection and %ade their own& B) The way the ,usli%s read or recite the Quran today is not the way that pleases llah$ it is different fro% it& I) The Quran collected by ' li (ra) and re2ected by the 5aliphs contains the e'planation of the Prophet (S (S) to the "erses and the reasons of re"elation of each "erse& ?) The Quran collected by the 5aliphs is different than that of ' li (ra) in ter%s of order of chapters and "erses& F) The Quran collected by ' li (ra) has ac!uired %iraculous power and all %atter of perfection and accuracy in co%pilation as opposed to the one spread all o"er the world today& M) The Quran of ' li (ra) that the 3Bth hidden +%a% al),ahdi shall re"eal is a new Quran$ different than the one the ,usli%s are used to because of its %iraculous power and difference in interpretation and accuracy and the perfection of its collection& -ow we shall discuss these ' !aed one by one$ starting with the first one& The first belief:

The 5aliphs collected the Quran after ' li (ra) ca%e to the% with the correct Quran that he had collected$ after chec#ing its contents they re2ected ' li's (ra) collection and %ade their own& The leader of the Shia ,uhaddiths (Scholars of .adith) ibn *abaweih al)Qu%%i who% they call al)Sadu! says in one of the %ost i%portant Shia boo#s of ' !aed :Gitab al) +'iti!adat fi Deen al)+%a%iyah: pg&DM: 8 %eer al),u%ineen (as) had collected it$ and when he brought it to the%$ he said: :This is the boo# of your 0ord as it was re"ealed on your Prophet$ without any added or re%o"ed letters&: They said: :(e ha"e no need for it$ we ha"e one li#e the one you ha"e&: so he left while reciting: 7*ut they threw it away behind their bac#s and e'changed it for a s%all price& nd wretched is that which they purchased&= (Quran I:3DN)9 The grand Shia scholar ,urtada al) nsari says in the old print of :Gitab al)Salat: pg&33>: 8For this they re2ected the Quran of %eer al),u%ineen (as) when he presented it to the%$ so he hid it for his son al)Qae%(,ahdi) %ay llah hasten his appearance&9 ' lla%ah and ,uha!!i!(Oesearcher) ' li bin ,usa al)Tabrizi says in :,iraat al)Gutub: pg&IB: 8 s was stated in the narrations that he (as) collected the Quran after the passing of the Prophet (S (S) and he brought it to the% but they ne"er accepted it$ so it re%ained preser"ed and stored until the appearance of the Qae% (a2)9 ' lla%ah ,uha%%ad .ussein TabaTabaei says in :Gitab al)Quran fil)+sla%: pg&3IN: 8 nd the +%a% %eer al),u%ineen (as) although he was the first to collect the Quran in the order it was re"ealed and they re2ected his co%pilation and they did not allow hi% to participate in the first or second collections&9 .e also says in :Gitab al)Shia fil)+sla%: pg&BD)B>: 8 nd the Prophet (S (S) had declared that ' li was the %ost #nowledgeable in +sla%ic and Quranic sciences$ and they did not allow hi% to participate in collecting the Quran (and they #new that after the death of the Prophet (S (S) ' li was sitting in his ho%e gathering the Quran) and his na%e was ne"er %entioned in their %eetings and gatherings&9 Shei#h ' li al)Gourani al)' %ili says in his boo# : lf Soual wa +sh#al: 3KB?I:

8+n reality there was no proble% in the tas# of collecting the Quran$ this proble% was created by the go"ern%entC (the go"ern%ent here %eans '4%ar) (ho did not accept the copy of the Quran brought forth by ' li (as) as the official copy used by the ,usli%s&9 .e also said in his boo# :Tadween al)Quran: pg&BFM: 8 nd with this ' li (as) had fulfilled his responsibility towards the nation$ and presented the% with the Quranic copy by order of the Prophet (S (S) and ' li's (as) own handwriting$ but they saw (in their interests) that it %ust not be the official copy of the Quran&9 yatullah ' li al),ilani says in :,uhadarat fil)+'iti!adat: BKM@B: 8+t's true that %eer al),u%ineen (as) collected the Quran$ and + pointed to this pre"iously$ the +%a% ca%e to the% with the Quran but they refused it$ ' li had a Quran$ this is pro"en and e"eryone re%e%bers it&9 yatullah ,uha%%ad al).ussein al).usseini al)Tehrani says in :-oor ,ala#ut al) Quran: ?KI?F: 8 s for the narrations of the Shia$ we see that he (as) placed the Quran on a ca%el and brought it to the ,as2id(,os!ue) and said: :This is your QuranC: they replied: :(e don't need your QuranC: and they did not pay hi% any attention$ so he grabbed the reins of his ca%el and went ho%e and said: :1ou will ne"er see it until the day of 2udg%ent&:9 .e also said on pg&I?I: 8 %eer al),u%ineen (as) was the first to e'press the idea of collecting the Quran directly after the death o the Prophet (S (S)$ e"en though his own collection was re2ected&9 Jrand yatullah ,uha%%ad al).usseini al)Shirazi says in :,ata Au%i'a al)Quran: pg&I3: 8 s for the issue of ' li's (as) Quran that he had collected but was re2ected$ what is %eant here is what was collected in ter%s of Tafseer(e'planations) and Taaweel(+nterpretations) li#e he (as) had %entioned in a narration that was narrated fro% hi%&9 Shia writer Dr& /uhair al)*itar says in :al)+%a%ah Til#a al).a!i!ah al)Quraniayh: pg&?>: 8*ut when they denied hi%$ they had to wor# based on their own opinions$ so they re2ected the Quran he (as) gathered for the% according to the reasons of re"elation so that no one %ay %isinterpret it$ and they gathered it in the #nown fashion&9 .e said on pg&F@:

8The reality of the %atter is that %eer al),u%ineen ' li (as) re%ained playing the role of the lawyer who defends the Sunnah and the Quran$ as we stated earlier he collected the Quran according to the reasons of re"elation because it is directly lin#ed to the interpretation$ so they re2ected it because it displayed facts that disagree with their %ethods&9 Shia writer ' bdullah ' li h%ad al)Da!!a! says in :.a!i!at ,ushaf al)+%a% ' li 'ind al)Sunnah wal)Shia: pg&I@>)I3?: 8The narrations found within the +%a%i Shia sources confir% that the 5aliphate had refused the Quran of +%a% ' li (as) (E) nd because the +%a%i narrations showing the re2ection of the 5aliphate to the Quran of +%a% ' li (as) are %any$ we feel reassured that this %atter has occurred (E) the reluctance to accept the Quran of +%a% ' li (as) and its re2ection$ and e"en trying to find a replace%ent9 So notice dear reader how the Shia scholars ha"e tried to strip this Quran of its legiti%acy because a group of people supposedly re2ected the infallible Quran of ' li (ra) after finding that its contents (whether the "erses or the interpretation) do not suit their desires and a%bitions& .ow can this boo# ha"e any legiti%acy if it differs fro% the infallible boo# collected by the infallible +%a% with special directions and super"ision fro% the infallible Prophet (S (S)CH + as# the honest Shia will you feel at ease when reading a Quran gathered by those who% your scholars accuse of ha"ing re2ected the infallible Quran after chec#ing its contentsCH Shei#h ' li al)Gourani says in :Tadween al)Quran: pg&3D3: 8They refused to adopt that copy because it contained the interpretation of all "erses and %any if not all were in fa"or of ' li according to the%&9 Shei#h Aa'afar ,urtada al)' %ili says in his boo# :,aasat al)/ahraa: 3KIMM)IMN: 8The Quran was gathered in the days of the Prophet (S (S) but the first two 5aliphs refused the Quran of the %essenger of llah (S (S) because it contained the re"elation and the interpretations and the reasons of re"elation and the e'planations& s well as other things that could ha"e e%barrassed %any people but the 5aliphs refused to e%barrass the% nor spread the truths about the%& Then they collected the Quran in one boo# after they dropped the e'planations and interpretations and the reasons of re"elation fro% it as is #nown&9 ' bdullah ' li h%ad al)Da!!a! says in his boo# :.a!i!at ,ushaf al)+%a% ' li: pg&I@?:

8 lso so%e of the narrations stated that the scandals of those fol#s were present in the ' lawie Quran (' li's copy)$ this is why the 5aliphate re2ected it&9 nd on pg&I3I: 8(hen bu *a#r opened it$ on the first page he found the scandals of the fol#s$ so '4%ar 2u%ped up and said: :P ' li$ return it$ we ha"e no need for it&: So we realize that the re2ection ca%e as a reaction to the contents and the scandals found in it$ they re2ected it to hide the%&9 The second belief: The way the ,usli%s read or recite the Quran today is not the way that pleases llah$ it is different fro% it& nd the proof for this is their narrations and the declaration of their scholars& Firstly: the narrations: 3) (hat was narrated fro% ,uha%%ad bin al).assan al)Saffar: 8Fro% Sali% bin abi Sala%ah that he said: %an recited to +%a% abu ' bdullah (as) and + heard letters fro% the Quran that are different than those recited by the people$ so the +%a% (as) said: :,eh %ehC stop this reading$ recite it the way other people recite it until al)Qae%(,ahdi) rises$ when he does he shall recite the Quran properly and re"eal the Quran written by ' li (as)9 source: *asaer al)Dara2at pg&B3I& B) (hat was narrated fro% ,uha%%ad bin 1a'a!oub al)Gulayni: 8Sali% bin Sala%ah said: %an recited to abu ' bdullah (as) and + heard letters unli#e those recited by the people$ abu ' bdullah (as) said: :<nough of this recitation$ recite as the other people recite until al)Qae%(,ahdi) rises$ when he does he shall recite the Quran properly and re"eal the Quran written by ' li (as)9 source: al)Gafi BKMII& I) (hat was narrated fro% ,uha%%ad bin +brahi% al)-u'u%ani: 8Fro% .abah al)' rni$ .e said: %eer al),u%ineen (as) said: :+t's as if + a% loo#ing at our Shia in the ,as2id of Gufa$ they planted their tents and taught the people the Quran as it was re"ealed&9 source: al)Jhaybah pg&III& ?) (hat was narrated fro% al),ufid: 8Aabir narrated fro% abu Aa'afar (as) that he said: :(hen al)Qae% fro% the fa%ily of ,uha%%ad rises$ he shall plant tents for those who teach the people the Quran and its co%plete rulings$ on that day it shall be "ery hard on those who had already %e%orized it because it differs fro% the way it was co%piled&:9

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sources: )al)+rshad by al),ufid BKIDM& )*ihar al) nwar by al),a2lisi FBKII>& )al) nwar al)*ahiyyah by ' bbas al)Qu%%i pg&ID?& )Oawdat al)(a'etheen by al)Fattal al)-aysabouri pg&BMF& )Tafseer -oor al)Tha!alayn by al).uweizi FKBN& Secondly: the declaration of their scholars: Shia shei#h and leader of the sect during his ti%e$ ,uha%%ad .assan -a2afi says in :Aawahir al)Gala%: >KB>B: 8*ecause they %ay the peace of llah be upon the%$ accepted the people's recitation of the Quran$ and they %ay ha"e prohibited people fro% reciting the truthful recitation$ they would say: :+t is intended for the ti%e of the rising of al)Qae% (as)&:9 Shia shei#h and researcher !a Oida al).a%dani says in :,isbah al)Fa!ih: printed in Qu%$ BK3KBNM: 8 nd either way$ there is no doubt that the se"en readings are correct in ter%s of clearing the Dhi%%ah and fulfilling the act of reciting the Quran$ e"en if one does not #now that what is being recited does not agree with the Quran re"ealed on the Prophet (S (S)&9 Shia scholar ' bdul)Gari% al).aeri says in :Gitab al)Salat: pg&B@F: 8(hat can be said is that the se"en readings are correct in ter%s of clearing the Dhi%%ah and fulfilling the act of reciting the Quran$ e"en if it is not #nown that what is being recited does not %atch the Quran as it was re"ealed$ and e"en if it is #nown as we ha"e learned fro% the narrations ordering us to recite as the people recite&9 Jrand yatullah ,uha%%ad Sadi! al)Ooohani says in :Gitab Fi!h al)Sadi!: ?K?BI: 8 s for the te't of the narrations$ what is apparent is the prohibition of reciting all the additions found within their narrations (as)$ nor do they point to the superiority of one of the readings o"er the other$ 1es they do re"eal the per%issibility of reciting while #nowing that it is contrary to the Quran as originally re"ealed&9 al),u2addid al)Shirazi says in :Gitab Ta!reerat yatullah al),u2addid al)Shirazi: 3K3NI by ,awla ' li: 8(hat the narrations show is that they (as) accepted the recitation of the different readings and offered the choice between the%$ by saying: :Oecite it as the people recite&:9 al),uha!!i! al)Ghawansari says in :Aa%i'+ al),adari#: 3KII?:

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8(hat we benefit fro% the narrations is the per%issibility of reciting as the people do li#e the narration of Sali% bin abi Sala%ah9 al),ou2addid al)(aheed al)*ahbahani says in :al)Fawaed al).aeriyyah: pg&BDM: 8(hat is popular between us: is the per%issibility of reciting by the se"en fa%ous readings$ and the proof or should + say the order of the +%a%s (as) is: :read it li#e the people read it until the rise of al)Qae% (as)&:9 al)Fadil al)Touni says in :al)(afiyah: pg&BM@: 8(hat is also narrated is the per%issibility of using this Quran found today$ until the rise of al)Qae% fro% the fa%ily of ,uha%%ad (S (S)9 al)' lla%ah ,uha%%ad *a!ir al),a2lisi says in :*ihar al) nwar: DBKMF)MM: 84ndoubtedly$ it is allowed for us at this ti%e to recite according to their fa%ous readings as the countless narrations state until the rise of al)Qae% (as)$ then he will re"eal the Quran in one letter and one reading$ %ay llah enable us to li"e in those ti%es&9 Jrand yatullah and the leader of the sect in his ti%e abu al)Qassi% al)Ghoei says in :al) *ayan fi Tafseer al)Quran: pg&3MN: 8+t was related fro% the% (as) that these readings are acceptable by their saying: :Oecite it as the people recite it: :Oecite li#e you ha"e been taught:&9 al),irza ,uha%%ad Ta!i al)+sfahani says in :,i#yal al),a#ari%: 3K3>N: 8al)Qae% (as) when he appears to the people of the earth shall recite the Quran as it was re"ealed on the seal of Prophets (S (S)&9 + want the wise reader to obser"e these hideous beliefs that push one away fro% reading the boo# of llah$ these beliefs state that one cannot read or recite the Quran li#e the Prophet (S (S) did in his ti%e$ they state that our readings are wrong and that they are contrary to what llah had re"ealed and intended& +n other words$ the reading of all the ,usli% nation in the east and the west of the +sla%ic world is incorrect and does not %atch that of the originally re"ealed Quran$ and that the +%a%s ordered their followers to recite it li#e e"eryone else does e"en while #nowing that the recitation is wrong and faulty& + as# the honest Shia$ do these beliefs not %a#e you a"oid reciting the Quran$ don't they %a#e you lose all the 2oy and passion you had for worshipping llah by reading his wordsH The intention of these scholars is si%ply to #eep you away fro% the boo# of pure %onotheis%$ to #eep you away fro% the boo# that ob"iously does not %ention the

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+%a%ah of ' li (ra) or his children$ until the ,ahdi supposedly finally rises to teach people what they should ha"e been taught a thousand four hundred years ago& Finally$ + urge the readers to re%e%ber the narration of al),ufid in which they attribute to the +%a% that he said: :Pn that day it shall be "ery hard on those who had already %e%orized it because it differs fro% the way it was co%piled&: s if to say: Don't bother %e%orizing it$ the correct Quran re"ealed by the ,ahdi is going to be different anyway& The third belief: The Quran collected by ' li (ra) and re2ected by the 5aliphs contains the e'planation of the Prophet (S (S) to the "erses and the reasons of re"elation of each "erse& Jrand yatullah al)Ghoei says in :al)*ayan fi Tafseer al)Quran: pg&BBI)BBF: 8The additions found in his (as) Quran that are not found in ours$ e"en if it is true yet there is no proof that they were a part of the Quran and were dropped by Tahreef$ what is correct is that those additions were e'planations and interpretations$ and what can the words be interpreted as$ or as a re"elation fro% llah to e'plain what was intended9 Jrand yatullah -asir ,a#ari% al)Shirazi says in :al) %thal fi Tafseer Gitab llah al) ,unazzal: DKBN)BD: 8*y ta#ing a good loo# at those narrations$ we reach the conclusion that the Quran of ' li (as) does not differ with the rest of the copies in ter%s of content$ e'cept the difference in presentation and arrange%ent in three things: The first: +ts "erses and chapters were organized based on the date or ti%e of re"elation& The second: Specifying the reasons for the re"elation of each "erse and chapter& The third: +t contained the Prophet's (S (S) e'planation of the "erses in addition to %entioning the -asi#h and the ,ansou#h ( brogated "erses and brogating "erses)&9 yatullah ' li al),ilani says in his boo# :' da% Tahreef al)Quran: pg&IN: 8+t differs fro% this Quran in that ' li had added in the %argins of the "erses so%e benefits he heard fro% the Prophet (S (S) concerning the "erses (E) ll there is to it is that it differed with this Quran in how it is ordered and that it has additions that %eer al) ,u%ineen heard fro% the Prophet (S (S) concerning the "erses so he wrote the% in the %argins&9 Shia scholar ,ir),uha%%adi /arandi says in :*uhooth fi Taree#h al)Quran wa)'4lou%ih: pg&3BN)3BD:

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8 s for the Quranic co%pilation of ' li (as)$ what is %eant is: .e wrote it based on that of the Prophet (S (S)$ and added to it the Tanzeel(re"elations) and the Taaweel(interpretations) li#e in the narration$ %eaning he added e"erything re"ealed concerning the Quran e"en if it wasn't a part of it (E) +n conclusion: there is no conflict between saying that the Quran was gathered in the ti%e of the Prophet (S (S) and saying that it was collected by the hands of his gate of #nowledge(' li) after he passed away with the e'planations and interpretations and other properties of the Quran (E) and %aybe the copy of the Prophet (S (S) was with ' li at that ti%e and he copied it adding the e'planations and interpretations so bu *a#r couldn't get to it&9 .e said on pg&3FB: 8+n conclusion: we su%%arize the abo"e: so%e of the co%panions had a ,ushaf the used to read fro%$ they are: 3) ' li bin abi Talib (as)$ he co%piled a copy of the Quran and added interpretations and re"elations$ and it was not burned in the days of '4th%an$ and the +%a%s fro% his pure children inherited it$ until it reached the +%a% al)Qae% (as) and he will re"eal it to the people&9 ' lla%ah ,uhsin al) %een al)' %ili relays to us an account by one of their scholars in : 'ayan al)Shia: 3KD>: 8al),uha!!i! al)Sayyed ,uhsin bin al)Sayyed .assan al) 'ara2i al)Gathi%i said in his boo# :'+ddat al)Oi2al: after copying this fro% al),a'ali%: + say it see%s that he counted the collection of the glorious Quran as a co%pilation because he %eant general authorship or because he (as) did not only collect the re"elation but he also added clarifications and interpretations so it beca%e the greatest co%pilation&9 Jrand yatullah ' bdul).ussein Sharaf)ul)Deen al),usawi says in :Gitab al),ura2a'at: pg&?33 Q33@: 8 s for ' li and his followers$ they stood up for this in the first era$ and the first thing %eer al),u%ineen wrote down was the boo# of llah& fter he (as) finished preparing the Prophet (S (S)$ he decided not to lea"e the house e'cept for Prayer$ he wanted to collect the Quran and he collected it and organized it in the order of re"elation$ and he highlighted the general "erses and the specific "erses$ and the li%ited ruling and its general rulings$ and the abrogated and abrogating "erses$ and its traditions and ethics$ and e'plained the reasons of re"elation of its clear "erses$ and clarified what could ha"e been proble%atic (E) nd %ore than one co%panion decided to gather the Quran but they weren't able to collect it based on its re"elation$ nor did they include any of the properties %entioned abo"e$ so his collection (as) was closer to being a Tafseer&9 The seal of Shia ,uhadditheen .ussein al)-oori al)Tabrasi says in :Ghati%at ,ustadra# al)(asael: ?K33I: 8 s for what is in the narration through his words (as): 7-one touch it e'cept the purified&= (Quran FM:N>) after describing the boo# of ' li (as) as 7 register well)

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protected= (Gitabun ,a#noun)$ it's either a sign by hi% (as) pointing to the boo# gathered by %eer al),u%ineen (as) after the Prophet (S (S) passed away$ it was #nown as :,ushaf ' li: by e"eryone$ he (as) clarified in it the abrogated and abrogating "erses$ and the ,uh#a%(precise "erses) and the ,utashabih(unspecified "erses)$ and the general and specific "erses$ and what is li%ited and what is absolute$ and the reasons for the re"elation$ and so%e proble%atic areas&9 al)' lla%ah Aa'afar al)Subhani says in :' !aiduna al)Falsafiyah wal)Quraniyah: pg&3B@) 3B3: 8(hat is said about ' li (as) collecting the Quran after the passing of the Prophet (S (S)$ this %eans that he wrote the Quran in a way that is identical to how to was re"ealed$ and he placed the abrogated "erses before the abrogating "erses as al),a2lisi stated in :*ihar al) nwar: and according to what the author of :Taree#h al)Quran: says (E) (hat is recognized is that the Quran of the +%a% (as) contained notes and clarifications about the re"elation and the abrogated and abrogating "erses and the precise and unspecific "erses&9 Shei#h ' li al)Gourani al)' %ili says in : lf Soual wa +sh#al: 3KBFM: 8(hat his death (S (S) and the e"ents of Sa!ifah and the pledge gi"en to bu *a#r$ ' li brought the% a copy of the Quran in his own hand writing as the Prophet (S (S) ordered but they refused to adopt it$ because it contained in their opinion the e'planations of so%e or %any "erses and it is all in fa"or of ' li and his progeny peace be upon the%$ so ' li too# it and said: :1ou will not see it after this day&:9 Shei#h .assan ' bdullah says in :(a!fah %a'a al)Aazaeri: pg&B?: 8 nd they also inherited the %entioned$ %eaning: The one collected by %eer al) ,u%ineen (as) and it is no different than the Quran in the hands of the ,usli%s e'cept in the way it is ordered and the interpretation of "erses according to the di"ine inspiration& Today it is found with al)+%a% al).u22ah al),untazar(,ahdi) %ay llah hasten his honored appearance (E) nd they (as) are the %ost #nowledgeable when it co%es to its interpretation and #nowing its rulings and sciences that no one else #nows9 Shei#h ' bdul)0atif al)*aghdadi says in :al)Tah!ee! fi al)+%a%ah: pg&BIF: 81es$ that Quran re%ained with its correct e'planations and interpretations with ' li (as) and then to al).assan (as)$ and so it beca%e fro% the pri"ate inheritance of the pure +%a%s$ and now it is with +%a% al)' sr wal)/a%an al),ahdi fro% the fa%ily of ,uha%%ad (a2)&9 Pbser"e dear reader this dangerous belief$ that the 5aliphs ha"e stripped the boo# of llah fro% its correct interpretations that were re"ealed by llah to e'plain the %eanings of the "erses and the reasons for their re"elation& This is a great cri%e the Shia scholars attributed to the 5aliphs as it resulted in splitting the ,usli%s and di"iding the% on the

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interpretation of the "erses of llah$ it states that the ,usli% nation was denied the authentic re"elation concerning the %eaning of the "erses& 0isten to what their grand yatullah ,uha%%ad .ussein al)Tehrani says in :-oor ,ala#ut al)Quran: ?KI?N: 8 s for the fact that the Quran of ' li (as) is not found in our hands$ although it will cause har% in the sense of not being able to #now the reasons and causes of the re"ealed Quranic "erses$ nor their e'planations and interpretations$ nor the correct order of "erses and chapters$ this %atter results in not #nowing the Quranic sciences and %a#es learning and spreading it harder&9 ' bdullah ' li al)Da!!a! says in :.a!i!at ,ushaf al)+%a% ' li bayn al)Fari!ayn: pg&BDF: 8So what is %eant by al)Tanzeel(re"elation) is the interpretation and e'planation of the "erses of the holy Quran$ in this sense we can clearly see the great loss we suffered as a result of the refusal of the 5aliphate$ which caused it to be hidden fro% us&9 The ,oustabsir shia writer$ Salih al)(ardany says in :al)Ghid'ah$ %y 2ourney fro% Sunnah to Shia: pg&3>N: 8-o doubt$ stripping the Quran of these interpretations %a#es it e"en %ore "ague$ and %a#es understanding its te'ts harder and opens a door for conflict o"er the correct interpretation of these te'ts causing di"ision between the ,usli%s$ and this has happened&9 5onte%plate with %e P i%partial Shia readers$ conte%plate this poisonous belief that turns the Quran to nothing %ore than e%pty letters we utter without being able to learn its correct %eanings nor touch its true substance after the 5aliphs supposedly stripped it of all of this& (ill this corrupt ' !eedah plant in your heart the lo"e and passion to read the Quran and conte%plate its %eaningsCH Pr will it further alienate you fro% it after #nowing that the ene%ies of hlul)bayt ha"e %anipulated it and re%o"ed its soul and beautyH The fourth belief: The Quran collected by the 5aliphs is different than that of ' li (ra) in ter%s of order of chapters and "erses& This belief was adopted by Shia scholars either directly and apparently or they pointed to it indirectly& ) <'a%ples of Shia scholars that openly declared it: Shia scholar ' li al)Gourani says in his boo# :,u'u2a% hadith al),ahdi: IK3BM$ under the chapter :The ,ahdi's (as) renewal of +sla% and the Quran::

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8(hat's apparent is that he (as) %eans that they teach the% the Quran in its co%plete rulings$ and it was reported that the Quran in the hand writing of ' li and inherited by the +%a%s (as) differs with this Quran in the order of chapters and %aybe "erses&9 .e also says in :Gitab ' sr al)/uhour: pg&DD)D>: 8 nd what %ay ha"e been %eant by the :-ew *oo#: is the new Quran with its new order of "erses and chapters$ it was reported that this copy is preser"ed with the ,ahdi (as) along with other things inherited fro% the Prophets (S (S)$ and that it is no different than the one in our hands$ it has no addition or subtraction of any letter$ but it differs in the order of chapters and "erses$ spo#en by the Prophet (S (S) and with ' li's (as) hand writing&9 yatullah Shei#h abu Talib al)Ta2lil al)Tabrizi in :Tanzeeh al)Shia al)+thna ' shariyah 'an al)Shubuhat al)(ahiyah: BKFBM: 8+ say: (E) s for the Quran$ it can only be new in the order of its chapters or the interpretation of its "erses&9 yatullah ' li al),ilani says in :' da% Tahreef al)Quran: pg&ID: 8 ll there is to it is that it differed with this Quran in how it is ordered and that it has additions that %eer al),u%ineen heard fro% the Prophet (S (S) concerning the "erses so he wrote the% in the %argins&9 *) They accepted this belief in practice: They accepted it by saying that ' li (ra) wrote it in the order of re"elations and wrote the brogating "erses before the abrogated "erses$ so it definitely has to be different than the Quran in our hands in how it loo#s and how it is understood$ we gi"e so%e e'a%ples: al),ufid who was the leader of the sect in his ti%e says in :,asael Saruriyah: pg&N>: 8 nd %eer al),u%ineen (as) had collected the re"ealed Quran fro% beginning to end$ and co%piled it the way it was supposed to be co%piled$ he placed the ,a##i "erses before the ,adani "erses$ and the abrogated "erses before the abrogating "erses&9 ' lla%ah ,uha%%ad .ussein al)TabaTabaei says in :al)Quran fil)+sla%: pg&3IN: 8 nd the +%a% %eer al),u%ineen (as) although he was the first to collect the Quran and co%pile it based on the date of re"elation of "erses&9 Jrand yatullah ' bdul).ussein Sharaf)ul)Deen al),usawi says in :al),ura2a'at: pg&?33:

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8 fter he (as) finished preparing the Prophet (S (S)$ he decided not to lea"e the house e'cept for Prayer$ he wanted to collect the Quran and he collected it and organized it in the order of re"elation&9 yatullah ,uha%%ad al).ussein al)Tehrani says in : nwar ,ala#ut al)Quran: ?KI??: 8Fro% the properties of this Quran$ alongside the order of chapters and "erses according to their ti%e of re"elation&9 nd e"eryone #nows that changing the order of "erses in the chapters$ placing the ,a##i before the ,adani$ placing the abrogating before the abrogated$ all of this changes the conte't of the "erses and thus the way people understand the%$ because the conte't plays a "ital role in how a "erse is interpreted& yatullah Sayyed ' li al),ilani say in : yat)ul)Tathir: pg&BI: 8+n the science of 4sool$ we say: The conte't is a proof$ %eaning that when we need to #now the %eaning of so%e words or the %eaning of a word$ we loo# at what surrounds it and in what conte't it is found in$ because the words that surround it and the conte't of the phrase that contains it will aid us in understanding that word or phrase$ this is so%ething they %ention in '+l% al)4sool and this is so%ething Sahih(correct) and no one argues about it&9 .ere are the words of so%e of their scholars pointing to this reality$ al)' lla%ah ,uha%%ad .adi ,a'rifah says in :Siyanat al)Quran %in al)Tahreef: pg&BI@: 8The narrations pointing to this are not s%all in nu%ber$ and they show us that there is a difference between his (as) Quran and the current Quran$ is the difference in the te't itself or how it is arranged or so%ething elseH This is what the narrations do not state$ e'cept the first .adith we pointed to$ it is e'plicit in specifying what the difference is$ it is only in how it is arranged and co%piled (E) The difference in the arrange%ent of the te't alone$ is enough to %a#e the recitation harder and it %a#es understanding the %eaning harder$ because understanding the %eaning is directly tied to the arrange%ent of the parts of the te't$ if it is to be changed$ %ost definitely the %eaning will change& lso placing the sentences in their positions according to the will of the spea#er is the best way to understand the intended %eaning$ because the conte't surrounding the speech can only be used as indication if it were placed according to how the spea#er wants$ not so in case it is changed intentionally or by %ista#e&9 This belief %eans that the 5aliphs changed the order of "erses and chapters based on their desires$ to hide the truth and %isguide the people& +n other words$ the current Quran was corrupted by altering the locations of the "erses which led people to understand it differently than was originally intended by llah& (e gi"e a few e'a%ples of such cases according to the Shia scholars:

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Jrand yatullah ' bdul).ussein Sharaf)ul)Deen al),usawi author of :al),ura2a'at: wrote on pg&MI concerning the "erse of co%pletion of religion 7This day + ha"e perfected for you your religion and co%pleted ,y fa"or upon you and ha"e appro"ed for you +sla% as religion&= 8Quran F:I9 he said that this was re"ealed about the +%a%ah of ' li (ra) after the Prophet (S (S) appointed hi% as 5aliph for the nation but the conte't of the "erse re2ects this interpretation so he accused the 5aliphs of changing its location: 8(hy is it forbidden that the "erse starting with 7This day those who disbelie"e ha"e despaired= until 7appro"ed for you +sla% as religion= (Quran F:I)$ why can this not be a separate "erse independent of what surrounds itH and that it was re"ealed alone on the day of Jhadeer$ then the people in the days of '4th%an ha"e placed it and pushed it into the %iddle of that noble "erse$ because of an ob2ecti"e they had or because of their ignorance or so%ething elseCH9 al)' lla%ah ,uha%%ad *a!ir al),a2lisi clai%ed a si%ilar thing concerning the "erse of purification 7 llah intends only to re%o"e fro% you the i%purity 8of sin9$ P people of the 8Prophet's9 household$ and to purify you with 8e'tensi"e9 purification&= 8Quran II:II9 because the conte't co%pletely contradicts his belief that the "erse was re"ealed only about ' li's (ra) fa%ily$ he said in :*ihar al) nwar: IFKBI?: 8,aybe the "erse of purification was placed in a location that they clai%ed was suited for it$ or they inserted it between the "erses addressing the wi"es for worldly purposes&9 yatullah ' li al),ilani says in :,uhadarat fil)+'iti!adat: BKF>@)F>3: 8Tahreef(corruption) has %any %eanings: al)Tahreef bil)Tarteeb (corruption of arrange%ent): There is no difference between the ,usli%s that this type of corruption has happened to the glorious Quran$ e"eryone agrees that the current Quran was not written down according to how it was re"ealed$ it's different than how it was re"ealed and organized$ this is what the scholars of Quran in their boo#s$ refer to al)+t!an of al)Suyuti and you'll see hi% %entioning the na%es of the chapters according to their ti%e of re"elation& So why did they do thisH what was their ob2ecti"eH + had told you that one lecture was not enough& The order of chapters and the order of "erses is different than how it was originally re"ealed$ ta#e for e'a%ple the "erse of al),awaddah (Quran ?B:BI) it was placed in a location other than its original location$ the Rerse of al)Tathir (Quran II:II) it was also placed in a location other than its original location$ the chapter of al) ,aedah (Fth chapter) according to the consensus of ,usli%s this is the last chapter re"ealed$ you will see that it is not at the end but at the beginning of the Quran& (hat is the purpose of thisH this is a type of corruption and it has undoubtedly occurred&9 The danger of this Shia ' !eedah %ust be ob"ious to all ,usli%s with healthy %inds and beliefs$ they openly accuse the 5aliphs of changing the locations of the "erses and their conte'ts to hide the true %eaning of the "erses that are supposedly proofs for +%a%ah and infallibilityCCC This belief is 2ust as dangerous as the belief of the Shia scholars who openly clai% the Quran is corrupted in %eans of deletion$ because the result is e'actly the

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sa%e$ that the 5aliphs corrupted the Quran to hide the truth of the +%a%ah fro% the ,usli%s& +n both cases the Quran was %anipulated and changed to hide the truth and the only difference here is the %ethod$ so who are they foolingCH + turn now towards the honest Shia$ will your soul feel at ease when you read the Quran while #nowing that the boo# you ha"e in your hands was changed and distorted and %anipulated by the e"il +%a%sCH (ill you feel at ease while #nowing that llah is not pleased with what you ha"e between your handsCH (hat about the saying of llah: 7*ehold$ it is (e Pursel"es who ha"e bestowed fro% on high$ step by step$ this re%inderH and$ behold$ it is (e who shall truly guard it 8fro% all corruption9&= 8Quran 3F:>9 .ow is it that llah e'actly :protected: it according to the saying of the Shia scholarsH when the e'planations and interpretations were re%o"ed and the %ethods of reading and recitation are wrong and the "erses were scra%bled and %i'ed changing their %eanings and hiding the %ost i%portant pillars of the Shia faith such as +%a%ah and infallibilityH The fifth belief: The Quran collected by ' li (ra) has ac!uired %iraculous power and all %atter of perfection and accuracy in co%pilation as opposed to the one spread all o"er the world today& ' lla%ah ,uha%%ad .adi ,a'rifah says while describing the transcript of ' li (ra) in :Tal#hees al)Ta%heed: pg&3FB$ under the title :Describing the ,ushaf of ' li (as):: 8.is (as) Quran was distinguished with: ) n ob2ecti"e arrange%ent$ based on the ti%e of re"elation of each "erse$ in high precision& *) ffir%ation of the te'ts of the boo# as they are$ without %odification or change$ with no e'ception of any "erses or words& 5) ffir%ation of the reading of the Prophet (S (S)$ letter for letter& D) +t incorporates clarifications )on the %argin of course) and it shows the e"ent that caused the "erse to descend$ the location it descended$ the hour it descended and the persons that the "erse was ai%ed at& <) +t contained the general aspects of the "erses in a way that is not specific for a certain ti%e or place or person$ it flows li#e the sun and the %oon$ this is what was %eant by Taaweel in his (as) saying: :+ ca%e to the% with the boo# containing the Tanzeel and he Taaweel&:

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So al)Tanzeel is the te%poral occasion that called for the re"elation of the "erse$ and al) Taaweel is clarifying the general flow of the "erse& ' li's (as) transcript contained all of these %inute details which he too# fro% Oassul) llah (S (S) without forgetting or confusing anything&9 nd he said on pg&3?D)3?>: 8The first one to rise for the duty of collecting the Quran$ directly after the death of the Prophet (S (S) and by his co%%and$ was ' li bin abi Talib (as) who sat at ho%e busy with collecting it and arranging it according to re"elation$ with e'planations and interpretations of the "ague parts of the "erses$ and with reasons for re"elation and locations of re"elation in detail until he finished it in this %agnificent style&9 nd he said in :Siyanat al)Quran:pg&BB>: 8*ecause the transcript of the +%a% %eer al),u%ineen (as) was collected in the %ost precise arrange%ent e'actly li#e the re"elation of llah without change$ he did not %iss any of it properties9 Shia scholar ' li al)Gourani al)' %ili says in :Tadween al)Quran: pg&BF?)BFF: 8 s for us the Shia$ we belie"e that it happened and that our Prophet (S (S) had gi"en as inheritance his #nowledge and the copy of the Quran that was co%piled in a %iraculous %anner that touches the substance and the soul greatly$ and shows the %iraculous power of the Quran and its interpretation to al).assan and al).ussein (E) until it reached the hands of the seal of successors as pro%ised by the seal of Prophets$ al) +%a% al),ahdi (E) nd what can we do if the te'ts in our sources state this&9 -otice the hidden attac#s on the Quran of the ,usli%s$ by saying that the Quran of ' li (ra) is distinguished fro% our co%%on Quran by its perfection and accuracy and its %iraculous ability to reach the soul$ and how the e'aggerate in describing how great and uni!ue it was and how it is written word for word in a way that pleases llah without any changes and %odifications& (e as# the%: re these properties also found in our QuranH Do these descriptions also fit the boo# in our handsH +f the answer is :1es: then how co%e you are %entioning the% as features that distinguish the other Quran and show its uni!uenessCH This dear reader is the %alicious strategy adopted by these %en to lower the i%portance of the boo# of llah& Finally$ abu ,uha%%ad al)Gha!ani stated in :,a'a al)Ghutout al)' reedah li),uhibb al) Deen al)Ghateeb: pg&F3: 8 nd on this basis$ he (as) did not participate in correcting the Quran of '4th%an as long as he (as) had the corrected Quran that was collected according to what was re"ealed on the Prophet (S (S)$ and the e'istence of ' li's (as) Quran does not lower the status of the Quran because it is the best collection after the Quran of ' li (as)$ and the e'istence of what is *est does not raise the status of what is Jood&9

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s you can see they continue to attac# our Quran in an indirect and twisted way$ although the writer was cautious at the end and he didn't want to hurt the feelings of the ,usli%s so he said that our Quran was :Jood:$ although it is no %atch for ' li's (ra) perfect Quran which he described as being better and labeled it as :*est:& They continue to tell you how good and uni!ue that Quran was$ while indirectly telling us that our own Qurans do not posses any of those %iraculous features& (e as# the a"erage Shia$ will your heart then turn towards this QuranH or towards the Quran of the ,ahdi that has all of those uni!ue %iraculous features and bonusesCH The si'th belief: The Quran of ' li (ra) that the 3Bth hidden +%a% al),ahdi shall re"eal is a new Quran$ different than the one the ,usli%s are used to because of its %iraculous power and difference in interpretation and accuracy and the perfection of its collection& Since ' li's (ra) Quran had all those uni!ue aspects that allow it to touch people's hearts$ to truly display the %iraculous power of the Quran$ to be understood in the proper way as llah intended ectE$ thus they began calling it :The new Quran: in their narrations$ such as the .adith(narration) of ,uha%%ad bin +brahi% al)-u'u%ani: 8Fro% abu *aseer$ he said: abu Aa'far (as) said: al)Qae% (as) will rise in a new order$ a new boo#$ a new 2udg%ent$ .arsh on the rabs& .e will only use his sword and will not accept the repentance of anyone$ nor will he fear anyone but llah&9 sources: Jhaybat al)-u'u%ani pg&BIN$ *ihar al) nwar FBKIF?$ +thbat al).udat IKF?@$ ,u'u2a% .adith al),ahdi IKBFI& Jrand yatullah and ,uha!!i! al),untaziri says about this in :Dirasat fi (ilayat al) Fa!ih: 3KFB3: 8 nd in the narration of abu *aseer$ fro% abu Aa'far (as) regarding the Qae% (as): :*y llah$ it is as if + a% loo#ing at hi% between al)Ou#n and al),a!a% and the people are gi"ing hi% *aya'ah on a new order and a new boo# and a new authority fro% the s#y&9 (E) nd by -ew Quran he %eans its e'planation dictated by the Prophet (S (S) and in %eer al),u%ineen's (as) own handwriting$ as we ha"e read in %any narrations&9 Shei#h ' li al)Gourani says in :Gitab ' sr al)/uhour: pg&DD)D>: 8 nd what %ay ha"e been %eant by the :-ew *oo#: is the new Quran with its new order of "erses and chapters$ it was reported that this copy is preser"ed with the ,ahdi (as) along with other things inherited fro% the Prophets (S (S)9 Shei#h ' bdul)0atif al)*aghdadi says in :Tah!ee! fil)+%a%ah: pg&BIF)BIM:

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81es$ and this Quran re%ained with its correct e'planation with ' li (as) and after hi% with al).assan (as)$ and so on until it beca%e fro% the pri"ate inheritance of the pure +%a%s$ and now it is with +%a% al)' sr wal)/a%an al),ahdi (a2)& +t was reported fro% al)*a!ir (as) that he said: :+f he arose (al),ahdi) he will start with a new order$ a new boo#$ a new Sunnah$ a new 2udg%ent$ he shall be .arsh with the rabs&: (al),a2alis al) Sunniyah)& nd fro% hi% (as) in another .adith: : *y llah$ it is as if + a% loo#ing at hi% between al)Ou#n and al),a!a% and the people are gi"ing hi% *aya'ah on a new order and a new boo# and a new authority fro% the s#y$ his flag will not be held bac# until his death&: and what is %eant here by -ew order and -ew *oo# and -ew Sunnah and 2udg%ent and authority is bringing the true laws of +sla% as llah had wanted$ and bringing the Quran with its Tanzeel and Taaweel and the e'planation of its laws&9 + ha"e to say here$ that it is sad and ironic that these people are saying that the true religion and the true Shari'ah and laws shall only appear with the ,ahdi (as)$ +sn't that a bit too lateH is this considered fairH al),irza ,uha%%ad Ta!i al)+sfahani says in :,i#yal al),a#ari%: 3K3D?)3DF: 8 llah says: 7 nd (e had already gi"en ,oses the Scripture$ but it ca%e under disagree%ent&= (Quran ?3:?F)& al)Tabrasi (rah) says in :,a2%a'a al)*ayan: that what is %eant is that his people differed and disagreed on it$ %eaning on the authenticity of the boo# re"ealed on hi%& There will also be a disagree%ent on the boo# that al)Qae% (as) will bring$ the co%plete boo# preser"ed with al).u22ah (as)& )(hat points to this$ is what we find in Oawdat al)Gafi with its +snad fro% abu Aa'far on llah's saying: 7 nd (e had already gi"en ,oses the Scripture$ but it ca%e under disagree%ent&= (Quran ?3:?F)$ he (as) said: :They disagreed on it 2ust li#e this nation disagreed on its boo# and they will disagree on the boo# of al)Qae% which he will bring to the%$ %any people will deny it so he will e'ecute the% and cut off their nec#s&:9 .e says in the sa%e boo# pg&3>N: 8' ziz (as) when he returned to his people and appeared to the%$ he read the Torah e'actly as it was re"ealed on ,usa bin '+%ran (as)& al)Qae% (as) when he will appear to the people of the earth shall read the Quran as it was re"ealed on the seal of the Prophets (S (S)&9 .e also said on pg&MI: 8+ say: This could be the secret as to why al)Qae% (as) was called :The great Quran:$ considering that he orders u to follow it and pushes the people to read it and he re"eals it and pro%otes it9 So this belief li#e those before it$ %a#es the Shia ignore this Quran and not pay %uch attention to it$ instead he'd 2ust wait for the arri"al of his +%a% and the other Quran& +t is as if the Shia are saying: :Forget about this *oo# collected by the 5aliphs$ let us all wait

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for the ,ahdi to re"eal the -ew Quran$ the co%plete Quran that pleases llah and is hidden with his +%a%s&: 5hapter I: Presenting so%e of the %anifestations of this crisis fro% the reality of the Shia& fter presenting so%e of those beliefs that %a#e the Shia a"oid and doubt the Quran$ it is ti%e to show how these beliefs affect the reality of the Shia& The first %anifestation: Their refusal to %a#e Ta#feer on those who belie"e in Tahreef al) Quran& (hen this tea% of Shia scholars decided that they do not belie"e in the distortion of the Quran$ they were e'pected to ta#e a strong stance towards the scholar who belie"e in its distortion$ such as %a#ing Ta#feer on the%$ declaring the% apostates and heretics$ disowning the% and their beliefs$ so that llah %ay not place the% all together in the sa%e place on the day of 2udg%ent$ but they surprised e"erybody with their wea# stance as a result of the wea#ness of their spiritual lin# to the Quran& Jrand yatullah al),ar2i'+ ,uha%%ad Sa'eed al).a#ee% says in :Fi Oihab al)' !eedah: 3K3?>$ under the chapter :The correct stance fro% those who declare Tahreef:: 81es$ it is not good to go all out in attac#ing those who belie"e in Tahreef$ e"en if they %ade a huge error$ but it is considered a scientific %ista#e as a result of inattention and it does not drop their right to be treated as ,usli%s nor necessities their Gufr&9 Pne of the biggest Shia scholars who belie"es in the distortion of the boo# of llah is al) ,irza al)-oori al)Tabrasi$ he wrote an entire boo# to pro"e that the boo# of all has been distorted and called it :Fasl al)Ghitab fi +thbat Tahreef Gitab Oabb al) rbab: or in <nglish :The Decisi"e Speech 5oncerning the Distortion of the *oo# of the 0ord of 0ords :$ this scholar wrote in the introduction of this boo# on pg&B: 8This is a subtle boo#$ a noble co%pilation$ that + ha"e written to pro"e the distortion of the Quran and the disgraces of the people of tyranny and oppression&9 There is no doubt a%ong healthy ,usli%s on the Gufr of this e"il indi"idual& .owe"er$ the Shia scholars decided to praise hi% and "enerate hi% instead of conde%ning hi%$ Shei#h ' li bin .assan al)*iladi says about hi% in : nwar al)*adrayn: pg&3B>)3I@: 8The other brilliant conte%porary$ the trustworthy personage of +sla%$ the i%itated and s#illed scholar of narrations$ al),irza .ussein al)-oori al)TabrasiS,ay llahTs %ercy be on hi%S: uthor of se"eral "enerable wor#s$ such as -afs al)Oah%an fi Fadail Sal%an$ Fasl al)Ghitab$ Aannat al),aawa$ ,ustadra# al)(asael wa ,ustanbat al)Dalael and other splendid boo#s& This Shay#h was a proof a%ong the proofs of llah with

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respect to study$ scrutiny$ research$ a%ple perception such as that of ,aster al),a2lisi$ godwariness and scrupulosity&9 yatullah ' li al),ilani write about al)Tabrasi in :al),uhadarat fil)+'iti!adat: BKM@B: 8+t is certainly correct that al),irza al)-oori is fro% a%ong %a2or scholars of narrations and we respect al),irza al)-oori& al),irza al)-oori is one of our %a2or scholars$ and neither is it possible for us to e"en slightly be hostile towards hi%$ nor is it per%issible; (doing) this is forbidden 8.ara%9C Rerily$ he is a %a2or e'pert in the field of narrations fro% a%ong our scholars&9 nd he further says in his defense on pg&M@D: 8 s for our anathe%atizing and repulsing of hi% fro% our faction$ and e'pelling hi% fro% our circle$ as de%anded by so%e of the conte%porary writers fro% hl al)Sunna$ then that is wrong and absolutely i%possible& Do they do this with the %a2or 5o%panions who were proponents of deletions (fro% the Quran) and with their scholars of narrations who related these opinionsH9 Shia scholar ' li al ,uhsin writes about hi% in :0i) llah Thu%%a lil).a!i!a: pg&F?B: 8al),irza .ussein al)-ouriS,ay llahTs %ercy be upon hi%Shas %any grateful efforts and well)#nown i%pacts in regard to the assistance of +sla%& nd contesting hi%$ and his slip in this boo# (i&e& Fasl al)Ghitab)$ will neither %a#e us ignore all his efforts nor ta#e away anything fro% his credibility$ for e"ery pious %an has a slight fault; for e"ery %an of #nowledge has a slip& This$ is along with the fact that he did not say: :The Quran present in our hands is distorted in ter%s of addition and deletion$: rather what he said is: :+ndeed$ so%e words or "erses of the Quran were o%itted fro% the Quran present in our hands&:9 Jrand yatullah al)Gho%eini says about hi% in :al) rba'oun .adith: pg&B3)BB: 8The %aster$ the scholar$ the altruistic$ the 2urist$ the ,uhaddith al),irza .ussein al) -oori %ay llah fill his noble shrine with light9 nother of the big Shia scholars$ ,uha%%ad *a!ir bin ,uha%%ad Ta!i al),a2isi$ author of :*ihar al) nwar: who also declared his belief in Tahreef in his other boo# :,iraat al)'4!ool: 3BKFBF: 8So the narration is Sahih(authentic)$ and it is no secret that this narration and %any of the other authentic narrations are e'plicit in e'pressing the loss of Quran and its %anipulation$ + find that the narrations in this regard are ,utawatir in their %eaning (i&e& deli"ered by %any narrators) and the re2ection of all of the% re!uires directly not to rely on(any) narrations at all& <"en %ore$ it is %y opinion that the narrations in this regard are not inferior to the narrations about the +%a%ah& So how do they pro"e it(the +%a%ah) relying on narrationsH9

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The leader of the .awza al)'+l%iyah in -a2af and the biggest of their conte%porary scholars$ grand yatullah abu al)Qassi% al)Ghoei writes state%ents of praise in se"eral locations of his :,u'u2a% Oi2al al).adith: such as in 3FKBB3: 8>>?@ ) ,uha%%ad *a!ir ,uha%%ad Ta!i: al)Shei#h al).urr said in :Tath#irat al) ,utabahireen: (NII): Pur %aster the "enerable ,uha%%ad *a!ir son of our %aster ,uha%%ad Ta!i al),a2lisi: The scholar$ the "irtuous$ the s#illful$ the e'a%iner$ the scrutinizer$ the learned$ the understanding$ the 2urist$ the out)spo#en$ scholar of .adith$ Thi!ahtun Thi!ah(Trustworthy Trustworthy)$ owner of all good traits and "irtues$ a %an of great "alue %ay llah prolong his stay& .e has %any beneficial wor#s$ such as: *ihar al) nwar (E) al) rdabili said about hi% in his :Aa%i'i al)Ouwat:: ,uha%%ad *a!ir bin ,uha%%ad Ta!i bin al),a!soud ' li$ called al),a2lisi %ay llah e'tend his high shadow: Pur teacher$ our scholar$ the scholar of +sla% and ,usli%s$ the seal of ,ou2tahideen$ the learned +%a%$ the e'a%iner$ the scrutinizer$ of great "alue$ of high ran#$ the uni!ue in his era$ unparalleled in his ti%e$ trustworthy (E) %ay llah reward hi% with the best reward of good doers$ he has good "aluable boo#s and he ga"e %e +2azah to narrate all of the% fro% hi%$ such as: *ihar al) nwar9 Jrand yatullah al)Gho%eini says about hi% in :al) rba'oun .adith: pg&3?I: 8The e'pert e'a%iner and uni!ue ,uhaddith our %aster al),a2lisi says9 and on pg&3??: 8al),a2lisi %ay llah ha"e %ercy on hi% reports9 and on pg&FDN: 8 nd the "enerable ,uhaddith al),a2lisi %ay the %ercy be upon hi% e'plained9 Pbser"e with %e their sha%eful stance towards the boo# of llah as they did not %a#e Ta#feer on those who declared its corruption nor did they e"en criticize the%$ but instead they praised the% in the %ost elo!uent style& The second %anifestation: Their great rage against so%e scholars in %atters that are less i%portant than the corruption of the Quran& 3) Their stance fro% one of their biggest scholars and writer of one of their four %ain boo#s$ ibn *abaweih al)Qu%%i al)Sadu! (d&ID3 .) who affir%ed al) Sahu(forgetfulness) for the Prophet (S (S)& al)Sadu! said in :,an la 1ahduruhu al)Fa!ih: 3KIF>)IM@:

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8The e'tre%ists and the ,ufawwidah %ay llah curse the% deny the forgetfulness of the Prophet (S (S) (E) and our shei#h ,uha%%ad bin al).assan bin h%ad bin al)(alid %ay llah ha"e %ercy on hi% used to say: :The first step towards e'tre%is% is to deny the forgetfulness of the Prophet (S (S)$ and if it were per%issible to deny the narrations in this regard then it would also be possible to re2ect all of our narrations and this would cancel the religion and the Shari'ah&: and + hope for the reward by co%piling the first boo# that pro"es the forgetfulness of the Prophet (S (S) and refutes all those who deny this9 The "iolent and angry reply to al)Sadu! by their great scholar and leader al),ufid (d&?3I .) in his boo# :' da% Sahu al)-abi: pg&B@: 8Gnow that the one who% we'"e reported this fro% has gotten hi%self into a %atter that does not concern hi%$ and he has shown how little #nowledge he has and his incapability (E) he confronted an issue that he is not good at$ nor is it fro% his specialization$ nor would he be guided to it(#nowledge)$ but the desire leads this person9 nd he said about hi% on pg&I@: 8-o one would belie"e in it$ not a ,usli%$ nor a person who e%braced +sla% then re2ected it$ nor a %onotheist$ not e"en a godless person would accept it for the concept of Prophet)hood$ and the one who% + %entioned pre"iously deser"es this because of his Fatwa on the forgetfulness of the Prophet (S (S)$ it shows the wea#ness of his brains and the e"ils of his choice and the corruption of his i%agination (E) 2ust li#e that rec#less %an clai%ed in his saying: that the one who denies forgetfulness of the Prophet (S (S) is an e'tre%ist9 .e also said other horrible things about hi% but what is abo"e is sufficient$ and as you can see this is si%ilar to the eruption of a "olcano of rage and anger$ all of this because the %an clai%ed that the Prophet (S (S) can forget so%e things li#e the a"erage hu%ans& Pn the other hand$ if al)Sadu! were to clai% that the Quran we ha"e is %issing a page for e'a%ple$ al),a2lisi would ha"e praised hi% as: :Pur %aster$ the great scholar of +sla%$ %ay llah sanctify his noble secret and fill his shrine with light&: B) Their stance on one of their biggest scholars and the ,ar2i'i in 0ebanon grand yatullah ,uha%%ad .ussein Fadlullah (d& Auly ?th$ B@3@) because he !uestioned the Sanad of .adith al)Jhadeer and the infallibility of Fati%a (ra) and the story of the bro#en ribs& Fadlullah said in :al)-adwah: %agazine 3K?BB: 8Pur proble% is that .adith al)Jhadeer is fro% the narrations that are %assi"ely narrated in both Sunni and Shia boo#s$ this is why %any of our Sunni brothers discuss the content not the chain of trans%ission9 0et us see what this s%all hint towards the Sanad(chain) of .adith al)Jhadeer created$ one of the %ost i%portant religious and political figure in '+ra!$ shei#h Aalal)ul)Deen al)

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Sagheer said while co%%enting on the abo"e in his boo# :0ihatha Ganat al),uwa2aha: pg&N?: 8This te't is one of the te'ts that ha"e been relied upon by our Oeligious ,ar2i'i in order to issue a ruling on Fadlullah that he is %isguided and he is %isguidance and he is outside the folds of the truthful sect&9 Fadlullah said in :Taa%ulat +sla%iyah .awl al),araah: pg&D)> while co%%enting on Fati%a (ra) and ,aria% (as): 8 nd we cannot say that there are any hidden ele%ents that would differentiate the% fro% the a"erage wo%an$ because there is no e'plicit proof or this9 al)Sagheer reported in :al),uwa2aha: the saying of the other ,ar2i'is and scholars about Fadlullah on pg&3I)3F: 8 nd %ost of the% declared that he is %isguided and he is the cause of %isguidance$ and their stances ranged between conde%ning hi% in a written for%at and between those who stated that he reached a le"el of corruption that they placed hi% in the circle of Gufr (E) and we %ention so%e of their noble na%es: 3) Sayyed ' li al)Sistani& B) Sayyed ,uha%%ad al)Ooohani (Teacher of Fadlullah)& I) Sayyed ,uha%%ad Sa'eed al) .a#ee%& ?) Shei#h al)(aheed al)Ghurasani& F) Shei#h Aawad al)Tabrizi& M) Sayyed Ta!i al)Qu%%i& N) Shei#h ,uha%%ad Ta!i *ah2at& D) Sayyed ,uha%%ad .usseini Shahroudi& >) Sayyed ,ahdi al).usseini al),ur'ashi& 3@) Sayyed ,uha%%ad al) .usseini al)(aheed al)Tabrizi& 33) Shei#h *achir al)-a2afi& 3B) Shei#h -oori al) .a%dani& 3I) Shei#h +sha! Fayyad& 3?) Shei#h al)Fadil al)0an#arani& 3F) Shaheed Shei#h ' li al)Jharawi& 3M) Shaheed Shei#h ,urtada al)*aru2urduri&9 al)Sagheer e"en called Fadlullah na%es on pg&FF: 8 nd it is sufficient honor for hi% that the people describe hi% as the lady's %an and the se'y %an&9 So all of this anger and Ta#feer and na%e calling is because he !uestioned that Fati%a (ra) was infallible and the Sanad of the narration of Jhadeer Ghu% but if he had attac#ed the boo# of llah then all you'd see is praise and respect& I) Their stance on their scholar yatullah ,uhsin al) %een al).usseini al)' %ili (d& ,arch I@th$ 3>FB) who prohibited hitting one's self with swords and chains in ' shuraa& Aa'far al)Sha#houri wrote in the introduction of his boo# :,ar2i'iyat al),arhala wa Jhubar al)Taghyeer: so%e of the reactions of the Shia scholars to his Fatwa and + shall state so%e$ briefly: ) Sayyed Saleh al).elli wrote a poe% to attac# hi%$ calling all tra"elers who pass by Syria((here al) %een was) to spit in his face&

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*) Sayyed Oeda al).indi also wrote a poe% calling on the Shia to re%o"e al) %een fro% the progeny of Fati%a (ra)& 5) nother stated that his Fatwa destroys the religion and the ,adhab$ then he li#ened hi% to ,uha%%ad ibn ' bdul)(ahhab al)-a2di (rah) who forbade touring and circling the gra"es& This fierce attac# can only be e!ualed with the fierce attac# they did on the scholars who declared the corruption of the Quran by calling the%: :Scholar of scholars$ %ay llah prolong his life$ %ay llah raise his le"el$ %ay the %ercy of Jod shower hi% ectE: These three s%all e'a%ples show you the eruption of their rage on so%e of their scholars for disagreeing on s%all secondary issues that can ne"er be co%pared to the %agnitude and seriousness of the declaration of the corruption of the boo# of the 0ord& This shows the a%ount of lo"e and respect they ha"e for the Quran$ and now + as# the i%partial reader: Does this show the i%portance and the dignity of the boo# of llah in the eyes of the Shia scholarsH The third %anifestation: The reluctance of teaching the Quran in the Shia .awza(School where Shia clerics are trained)& This is the dar# reality that their biggest scholars ad%it& Jrand yatullah al)Gho%eini writes about it in :al)Quran al)Tha!al al) #bar: pg&IB: :+ call on the .awzat(Plural of .awza) of #nowledge and the uni"ersities of researchers$ rise and sa"e the glorious Quran fro% the e"ils of the ignorant and i%%oral scholars that attac#ed it and continue to attac# the Quran intentionally& Fro% %y #nowledge + say in all seriousness that + feel sorry for %y life that +'"e wasted on the path of ignorance and %isguidance$ and you P bra"e sons of +sla%$ wa#e up the .awzat and the uni"ersities so they %ay pay attention to the Quran and all the sciences related to it$ and %a#e the Quranic education your ai% and your highest goal& So that you %ay not regret it at the end of your li"es when old age stri#es you$ then you feel sorry for the days of youth$ li#e the author hi%self&9 This docu%ent alone is %ore than enough to pro"e this dar# reality that hit the Shia as a result of their beliefs$ it co%es fro% their biggest conte%porary scholar and the creator of the +sla%ic state of +ran hi%self$ when he ad%its the seriousness of the situation in the Shia schools and uni"ersities and how Quranic studies ha"e been abandoned& .e regrets this and feels sorry for the life he wasted in ignorance and %isguidance away fro% the boo# of llah al)Quran& The current leader of +ran ' li al)Gha%inaei also writes about this Quranic crisis in se"eral locations$ we !uote so%e fro% the boo# :al).awza al)'+l%iyah fi Fi#r al)+%a% al) Gha%inaei: pg&F>)M@:

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8al).awza al)'+l%iyah$ as a result of circu%stances and certain conditions and because of a specific "iew$ was distanced historically fro% paying great attention to the Quran and the Quranic studies& This distance fro% the Quran and its sciences has left plenty of negati"e %ar#s on the course of studies and teaching in al).awza al)'+l%iyah9 nd he said: 8The isolation away fro% the Quran which has ta#en place in the .awzat$ because we are not delighted with it(Quran)$ has caused %any proble%s in our present and future$ also distancing oursel"es fro% it(Quran) causes short)sightedness9 nd he said: 8(hat causes one to wonder$ is that the student of religious studies can beco%e a ' li%(scholar) and a ,ou2tahid in +sla%ic thought and 2urisprudence without (the need of) the glorious Quran :The boo# of re"elation:&9 nd he said: 8+t is unfortunate that we can begin our studies and continue the% until recei"ing an +2azah of +2tihad without the need of chec#ing the Quran e"en once (E) (hy is thisH because our studies do not depend on the Quran&9 nd he said: 8Fro% here$ we find that the solution lies in returning the %atters to their proper courses$ and building the base of our +sla%ic studies fro% :al)Gitab wal)Sunnah:$ we shouldn't allow the #nowledge that was created beside the boo# and the Sunnah to be the pri%ary basis in a way that the study of the boo# and the Sunnah turn into secondary sub)studies9 nd he said: 8(e %ust not o"erloo# the Quran$ and the Quranic studies$ and understanding the Quran and being delighted with it$ and the Quran has to be a part of our studies in al).awzat al)'+l%iyah$ and our students need to %e%orize it or at least a part of it&9 Jrand yatullah ,uha%%ad .ussein Fadlullah says in the boo# :Thawabit wa ,utaghayirat al).awza al)'+l%iya: by Dr& Aa'far al)*a!iri pg&333: 8(e %ay be surprised to find out that the .awza al)'+l%iyah in -a2af or Qu% or others do not possess a curriculu% for teaching the QuranCC9 Jrand yatullah ,uha%%ad al)1a'a!oubi leader of the Shia :al)Fadeelah: party in '+ra! ad%its to this reality in se"eral locations in the boo# :Thalathah 1ash#oun: al)Quran$ al) ,as2id$ al)+%a%: pg&I>:

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8 nd + had pre"iously stated in so%e of %y boo#s that it is really unfortunate$ that the Quran is %issing fro% the curriculu% of the .awzat$ it was planned in a way that the student does not need to di"e into the glorious Quran fro% the beginning of his studies until their end9 nd he said: 8 nd %aybe the student at the .awza %ight reach a high ran# in Fi!h and 4sool but he ne"er go to li"e the life of the Quran nor did he ha"e the e'perience of interacting with the Quran and understanding it as a %essage of restoration$ and you would see days and wee#s passing by and the student of #nowledge has not touched the Quran to recite its "erses and thin# about the%$ because there is no deep spiritual connection between hi% and the Quran (E) nd this is a great disaster for the .awza and society$ and %aybe so%e of the% do not #now how to read it correctly&9 yatullah ,uha%%ad *a!ir al).a#ee% writes about teaching Tafseer courses in the .awza$ in :Tafseer Surat al).a%d: pg&?)F: 8 nd + had taught this course in a ti%e when the rabic .awza in Qu%$ was unfortunately not co%%itted to teaching it in its general curriculu%9 Dr& Aa'far *a!iri also wrote about this in se"eral locations in :Thawabit wa ,utaghayirat al).awza al)'+l%iyah:pg&3@>)33@: 8Fro% the %ain foundations that were not %et with appropriate attention fro% the .awza which suits their i%portance is the Quran$ and all that is related to it fro% #nowledge and facts and secrets$ it is the %ost weighty thing and the origin of the +sla%ic entity in general&9 nd he said: 8 nd it was not integrated into the curriculu% adopted by the student of religious sciences during the entire period of his studies$ and his #nowledge of it is not e'a%ined at any point during the course of his studies9 nd he said: 8+t is possible for the student of religious sciences to rise in the ran#s of #nowledge$ and to reach the farthest point (The ran# of ,ou2tahid) without ha"ing been introduced to the Quranic studies and secrets$ or without ha"ing gi"en it attention e"en as far as how to recite it properly&9 The fourth %anifestation: Shia scholars and students of #nowledge a"oiding its recitation&

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bandoning the Quran in one's daily life was an ine"itable conse!uence caused by their de"iant beliefs and twisted loo# at the *oo# of llah& yatullah ,uha%%ad al)1a'a!oubi says in :Thalathah 1ash#oun: pg&3@$ footnote QI: 8+ read a nu%ber of rando% sa%ples fro% students who wished to enroll in the honorable .awza$ to disco"er their relation to the Quran$ and supposedly they had to represent a certain le"el of awareness and faith that pushes the% into following this path$ but + found out that so%e of the% had not finished reading the entire Quran e"en once$ and one indi"idual who deli"ers ser%ons on the ,i%bar only finished it twice in his entire life$ and %any of the% read so%e chapters in religious occasions and seasons& That was as far as reciting it$ but as far as understanding its %eanings and conte%plating on its notions and contents$ there was absolute ignorance&9 That !uote abo"e is the testi%ony of an e'pert who teaches at the .awza and has a lot of contact with the students and #nows the secrets that are hidden fro% the a"erage Shia lay%en& The fifth %anifestation: ,oc#ing those who e%erge the%sel"es in Quranic studies and lowering their status& (e saw their abandon%ent of the boo# of llah and how e"en their students of #nowledge and scholars ne"er paid %uch attention to reciting it or teaching it$ and here we will see their reaction to those that decided learn it$ e'plain it and teach it& Supre%e leader of +ran ' li al)Gha%inaei says in :al).awza al)'+l%iyah fi Fi#r al)+%a% al)Gha%inaei: pg&F>)M@$ and in :Thawabit wa ,utaghayirat al).awza: pg&33@)33B: 8The %atter did not stop at this point in the .awza al)'+l%iyah$ but it surpassed it$ as being interested in Quranic studies has beco%e an ob2ect of %oc#ery in the eyes of so%e who clai% #nowledge$ those who declare that all the #nowledge is restricted in the circle of 4sooli and Fi!hi research& This was what fired the arrows of criticis% towards those who busy the%sel"es with the Quran and its studies9 nd al)Gha%inaei said: 8+f a person wanted to attain any scholarly ran# in the .awza al)'+l%iyah he had to a"oid e'plaining and %a#ing Tafseer of the Quran otherwise he's be accused of ignorance (E) they loo#ed at the scholar who %a#es the Tafseer and benefits the people by his interpretations as an ignorant who has no real scholarly weight$ so he'd be forced to abandon his study (E) Do you not consider this a disasterCH9 Fa%ous +ranian scholar and philosopher al)Shaheed ,urtada ,utahhari tal#s about this in se"eral locations in his boo# :+hyaa al)Fi#r al)Deeni fil)+sla%: pg&??)?M: 8The old generation itself has abandoned the Quran and left it$ then they bla%e the new generation for being ignorant in the QuranCH +t is we who ha"e abandoned the Quran and

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we e'pect fro% the new generation to be attached to it$ and + shall pro"e to you that the Quran is abandoned a%ong us (E) lea"ing the Quran is the cause of our current sadness and depression$ we are included a%ong those that the Prophet (S (S) co%plained about: 7 nd the ,essenger has said$ :P %y 0ord$ indeed %y people ha"e ta#en this Qur'an as 8a thing9 abandoned&:= (Quran BF:I@)&9 nd he says: 8+f a certain indi"idual was #nowledgeable about the Quran$ %eaning he would conte%plate its deep %eanings a lot$ and studies its interpretation thoroughly$ how %uch respect do you thin# he would ha"e a%ong usCH -othing& Pn the other hand$ if an indi"idual reads the boo# of :Gifayah: by al),ulla Gazi% al)Ghurasani$ he would be a respected and distinguished personality&9 nd he said: 8 %onth ago$ one of our close "irtuous %en was pri"ileged by "isiting the holy steps$ when he ca%e bac# he said that he was honored by "isiting yatullah abu al)Qasse% al) Ghoei %ay llah preser"e hi%$ and he as#ed hi%: :(hy did you lea"e the lectures of Tafseer you used to deli"er in the pastCH: .e replied: :There are obstacles and proble%s in teaching Tafseer&: so + said: :*ut al)' lla%ah al)TabaTabaei still continues to deli"er his lectures of Tafseer in Qu%&: So he said to %e: :al)TabaTabaei is sacrificing hi%selfC: %eaning he is sacrificing his social i%age and that was true&9 +n other words$ being #nowledgeable about the Quran is considered an act of suicide a%ong the Shia scholars& These P dear readers are the effects of the fractious schizophrenia and the continuing crisis between the Shia scholars and the .oly Quran$ and all of it resulting fro% their adoption of those poisonous beliefs$ and %aybe so%e of the good hearted Shia will not allow their scholars to place a solid huge Da% between the% and the Quran& 7 Thereafter they could neither scale it$ nor could they pierce it& = 8al)Quran 3D:>N9 ) The <nd ) (ritten by the e')Shia$ our respected Shei#h ' bdul),ali# al)Shafi'i under the original title of :al)Fesa% al)-a#id:$ translation done by .ani al)Tarabulsi al)Shafi'i on FebruaryKBDKB@3B&

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