Mushaf versus Quran

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Mushaf versus Quran

Mushaf means the book. Quran means the recital. You can reflect those sounds to a good degree with writing them down. The mushaf aids to the preservation of the reading of the Quran.

Quran is defined as what has reached us in mass transmission of how the Quran is recited, and not how it is written, let alone the translation.

Quran has reached us through teachers of the Quran reciting to their students and correcting with them their recital over months and years until they become experts at reciting the Quran with absolute perfection.

The authority for what the Quran is the Quran recital and not the book. The person who has an ijazah (license) to convey the Quran to the next generation, they have a sanad (chain of transmission) going back to, maybe 25 people between them and the Prophet (ﷺ), generation to generation of experts and masters, and this person represents what the Quran is, not necessarily what's in the book.

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