Allah ya yi alkawari a cikin Alqur'ani cewa zai ɗauki nauyin kare maganarsa ta ƙarshe daga ɓacewa. Ya ce,

Allaah promised in the Qur’aan that He would take on the responsibility of protecting His final word from loss. He said,

Saboda haka, an kiyaye Alqur'ani a cikin tsari na baka da kuma na rubutu ta hanyar da babu wani littafin addini a tarihi da ya samu irinta.

Thus, the Qur’aan has been preserved in both the oral as well as written form in a way no other religious book in history has.

Me yasa Allah ya kiyaye Alkur'ani, amma ya bar littattafansa na wahayi na farko su canzawa ko su ɓace? Amsar wannan tambaya tana cikin abubuwa uku masu zuwa:

Why did Allaah preserve the Qur’aan and allow His earlier books of divine revelation to be changed or lost? The answer to that question lies in the following three facts:

1. An-Nabiyyun da littattafansu an aika su ga takamaiman mutane a takamaiman zamuna na tarihi. Da zarar zamanin ya ƙare, sai aka aiko wani annabi da sabon littafi don ya maye gurbin littafin da ya gabata. Saboda haka, ba wajibi ba ne Allah ya kiyaye waɗannan littattafai. An bar kiyaye littattafan da suka gabata ga mutane a matsayin jarrabawa a gare su. Don haka, sa'ad da mutane suka ɓace, sai suka canza abin da aka rubuta a cikin littattafan da annabawansu suka kawo, domin su halatta abubuwan da aka haramta musu. Ta haka, dukan littattafan wahayi na farko sun zama an canza su ko sun ɓace.

1. The earlier prophets and their books were sent to a particular people in particular periods of history. Once the period ended, a new prophet was sent with a new book to replace the previous book. So, it was not necessary that these books be preserved by Allaah. The preservation of the earlier books was left up to the people as a test for them. Thus, when the people went astray, they changed what was written in the books which their prophets brought in order to make allowable the things which were forbidden to them. In that way, all of the earlier books of revelation became either changed or lost.

2. Annabi Muhammadu (r) shi ne Annabi na ƙarshe da Allah ya aiko, kuma ba a aike shi ga wata takamaiman al'umma ko wani takamaiman zamani ba. An aike shi ga dukkan ɗan Adam har zuwa ƙarshen duniya. Allah ya ce a cikin Alƙur'ani,

2. Prophet Muhammad (r) was the last prophet whom Allaah sent, and he was not sent to a particular people or a particular time. He was sent to all of mankind until the end of the world. Allaah said in the Qur’aan,

Don haka, littafin wahayinsa, Alƙur'ani, dole ne a kiyaye shi musamman daga kowane irin canji ko asara, domin ya kasance ga dukkan tsararrakin mutane har zuwa ranar ƙarshen duniya.

Thus, his book of revelation, the Qur’aan, had to be specially preserved from any form of change or loss so that it would be available to all the generations of man until the last day of the world.

3. Al-Qur'ani shi ne babban mu'ujizar da aka bai wa Annabi Muhammadu (ﷺ) don tabbatar da cewa shi annabi ne na gaskiya na Allah, ba mai yaudara ba. Saboda haka, dole ne a kiyaye Al-Qur'ani don tabbatar wa tsararraki masu zuwa cewa Muhammadu (ﷺ) ne ainihin annabi na ƙarshe na Allah. Duk annabawan ƙarya da suka zo bayan Annabi Muhammadu (ﷺ) sun kawo littattafai waɗanda suka yi iƙirarin cewa Allah ne ya saukar da su, amma babu ɗayansu da yake da ikon mu'ujiza na a haddace su da dubban mutane, haka kuma ba su inganta saƙon Al-Qur'ani ba.

3. The Qur’aan was the main miracle given to Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) to prove that he was a true prophet of Allaah and not an imposter. So, the Qur’aan had to be saved to prove to the later generations that Muhammad (ﷺ) was really the last prophet of Allaah. All of the false prophets who came after Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) brought books which they claimed to be revealed from Allaah, but none of them have the miraculous ability to be memorized by thousands, nor have they improved on the message of the Qur’aan.

Muhimmancin kiyaye Alkur'ani shi ne cewa Musulunci ya kasance a cikin asalin tsarkinsa saboda shi. Mutane koyaushe suna iya komawa ga tushen Musulunci ba tare da la'akari da abin da mutane suka kara ko suka manta da shi cikin lokaci ba. Dukkan ka'idoji masu muhimmanci na Musulunci suna cikin Alkur'ani. Saboda haka, kiyaye Alkur'ani yana nufin kiyaye Musulunci a cikin sigarsa ta karshe. Batan Linjila ta Annabi Isa yana nufin cewa Kiristoci ba za su taba komawa ga koyarwar Annabi Isa ta gaskiya ba sai ta hanyar karbar Musulunci.107 Haka nan, asalin Attaura ya bata ne lokacin da Babylonawa suka hallaka Haikalin Sulaiman da ke Urushalima.108 Saboda haka, Yahudawa ba za su iya komawa ga tsarkakakkiyar koyarwar Annabi Musa ba sai ta bin Musulunci.

The significance of the Qur’aan’s preservation is that Islaam has been kept in its original purity because of it. Humanity can always return to the sources of Islaam no matter what people may have added or forgotten in time. All of the essential principles of Islaam are to be found in the Qur’aan. Consequently, the preservation of the Qur’aan meant the preservation of Islaam in its final form. The loss of the Gospel of Jesus means that Christians can never return to the true teachings of Prophet Jesus except by accepting Islaam.107 Similarly, the original Torah was lost when Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians.108 Thus, the Jews cannot return to the pure teachings of Prophet Moses except by following Islaam.

Ita kaɗai ce a cikin Musulunci ake kiyaye koyarwar annabawa tsaka-tsaki ba tare da wani canji ba. Shi ya sa Allah ya ce a cikin Alkur'ani,

It is only in Islaam that the pure teachings of the prophets have been preserved without any change. That is why Allaah said in the Qur’aan,