This is a multi lecture series by Dr Shehzad Saleem, Fellow Al-Mawrid, for serious students of the Qur'an. It is based on his fifteen year research in which he has revisited some intriguing areas of the collection and transmission history of the Qur’an. He has attempted to critically evaluate the traditional narratives and accounts and tried to re-construct the history of the Qur’an on the basis of established historical sources.
It is recorded in a narrative in Bukhari that differences arose in reading the Qur’an in the times of the caliph of ‘Uthman (rta) after which he set about to rectify the situation. In this episode, Dr Shehzad Saleem begins critically analyzing the questions that arise on the text of the narrative.