The history of Quran writing from the Prophet's time to the Rashidah Caliphate

Abstract

This article is about the compilation of Qur’an in written form which was started
at the time of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and then it was continued to the
period of his successor caliphs. The article explains that Qur’an was compiled
by the Holy Prophet (pbuh) himself with the help of some companions who
were called Katibeen-e-Wahi. Later on, it was compiled in the period of first
caliph Hazrat Abu Bakar (r.a.) but it was not distributed to anyone. At the time
of Hazrat Usman (r.a.) the Qur’an was compiled again in book form and then
copied and distributed to different cities to compare them with the copy of
Qur’an in the hands of people. Another Qur’an was compiled by Hazrat Ali(a.s.)
by himself and it was also showed to Hazrat Abu Bakar (r.a.). Writers of this
article believes that the process writing of Qur’an has been continued for
centuries in different fonts and scripts.