Alloh Qur'onda O'zining so'nggi kalomini yo'qolishdan saqlashni O'z zimmasiga olishini va'da qilgan. U shunday degan:

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

Shunday qilib, Qur'on og'zaki va yozma shaklda shunday saqlanib qolganki, tarixda boshqa hech qanday diniy kitobda bunday holat kuzatilmagan.

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.

Nima uchun Alloh Qur’onni saqlab qoldi, Uning oldingi ilohiy vahiy kitoblariga esa o‘zgarish yoki yo‘qolish ruxsat etildi? Bu savolning javobi quyidagi uch haqiqatda yotadi:

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. Avvalgi payg'ambarlar va ularning kitoblari tarixning ma'lum davrlarida ma'lum bir xalqqa yuborilgan edi. Ushbu davr tugagach, oldingi kitobni almashtirish uchun yangi payg'ambar yangi kitob bilan yuborilar edi. Shu sababli, bu kitoblarni Alloh tomonidan saqlab qolinishi shart emas edi. Avvalgi kitoblarni saqlash ishi odamlarga sinov sifatida topshirilgan edi. Shunday qilib, odamlar yo'ldan adashganda, ularga harom qilingan narsalarni halol qilish uchun payg'ambarlari olib kelgan kitoblarda yozilganlarini o'zgartirdilar. Shu tariqa, vahiyning barcha avvalgi kitoblari o'zgargan yoki yo'qolgan bo'ldi.

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. Payg'ambar Muhammad (r) Alloh yuborgan so'nggi payg'ambar edi va u ma'lum bir xalqqa yoki ma'lum bir davrga yuborilmagan. U dunyo oxirigacha butun insoniyatga yuborilgan. Alloh Qur'onda shunday degan:

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,

Shunday qilib, vahiy kitobi bo‘lgan Qur’oni Karim dunyoning oxirigacha, insoniyatning barcha avlodlari unga ega bo‘la olishi uchun, har qanday o‘zgarish yoki yo‘qolishdan alohida saqlanishi lozim edi.

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. Qur’on Payg‘ambar Muhammad (ﷺ)ga berilgan asosiy mo‘jiza bo‘lib, u haqiqiy Allohning payg‘ambari ekanligini va firibgar emasligini isbotlash uchun xizmat qilgan. Shu sababli Qur’on keyingi avlodlarga Muhammad (ﷺ) haqiqatan ham Allohning so‘nggi payg‘ambari ekanligini isbotlashi uchun saqlanishi zarur edi. Payg‘ambar Muhammad (ﷺ)dan keyin kelgan barcha soxta payg‘ambarlar Allohdan nozil bo‘lgan deb da’vo qilgan kitoblar olib keldilar, ammo ularning hech biri minglab odamlar tomonidan yodlab olinishi kabi mo‘jizaviy xususiyatga ega emas va hech biri Qur’on xabarini takomillashtirmagan.

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.

Qur'onning saqlanishining ahamiyati shundaki, u tufayli Islom o'zining asl poklig'ida saqlanib qolgan. Vaqt o'tishi bilan odamlar nimalarnidir qo'shib yoki unutib yuborgan bo'lsalar ham, insoniyat har doim Islomning manbalariga qaytishi mumkin. Islomning barcha asosiy tamoyillari Qur'onda topiladi. Shunday ekan, Qur'onning saqlanishi Islomning yakuniy shaklda saqlanishini anglatadi. Iso payg'ambarning Injili yo'qolgani sababli, nasroniylar Islomni qabul qilmasdan turib Iso payg'ambarning haqiqiy ta'limotiga hech qachon qaytolmaydilar.107 Xuddi shunday, Sulaymon ibodatxonasi Quddusda bobilliklar tomonidan vayron qilinganida, asl Tavrot ham yo'qolgan.108 Demak, yahudiylar Islomga ergashmasdan turib Muso payg'ambarning sof ta'limotiga qaytolmaydilar.

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.

Faqat Islomda payg'ambarlarning sof ta'limotlari hech qanday o'zgarishsiz saqlangan. Shu sababli Alloh Qur'onda shunday degan:

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,