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The name of the Qur’an we read today is called Ḥafṣ ‘an ‘Asim (حَفْص عَن عَاصِم), the word Ḥafṣ (حَفْص) is a consonantal anagram of the Arabic word for pages which is Ṣuḥuf (صُحُف). The transcription of the Qur’an that we read, the Mala’ika were the ones who wrote down the Qur’an on pages according to the following verses.
القرءان سورة عبس 16-11
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍۭ بِأَيْدِى سَفَرَةٍ كِرَامٍۭ بَرَرَةٍ
No indeed; it is a Reminder, and whoso wills, shall remember it, upon pages high-honoured, uplifted, purified, by the hands of scribes, noble, pious. (Qur’an 80:11-16)
According to these verses, the Mala’ika wrote the Qur’an, based on the kiraam (كِرَامٍۭ) used in these verses meaning noble, and used in other verses, such as the following verses, referring to the Mala’ika.
القرءان سورة الإنفطار 14-10
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَـٰفِظِينَ كِرَامًا كَـٰتِبِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ وَإِنَّ ٱلْفُجَّارَ لَفِى جَحِيمٍ
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers, Noble and recording; They know whatever you do. Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure, And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire. (Qur’an 82:10-14)
In these verses, the word Kiraam (كِرَامًا) is used, a plural word, as the same in verse 80:11-16, and by context we know that these scribes described as Kiraam (كِرَامٍۭ) in 80:11-16 are Mala’ika that by context the Ḥāfizīn in these verses are actually the Mala’ika, presiding over humans and knowing what they do. So how does one really prove that that Mala’ika did really write the Qur’an? This is done via context and that would be a matter of faith and a separate study.
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