The ‘Uthmanic Order of the Noble Qur’an

Question

A relative of mine heard in a certain religious scholar’s sermon that the order of the surahs in the Noble Qur’an was established by Hazrat ‘Uthman ﵁, according to “al-Itqan.” Is this correct? If it is correct, then in what manner were the surahs recited in the time of the noble Prophet ﷺ and of the two Shaykhayn? I had understood that every year in Ramadan Hazrat Jibril ﵇ used to make a complete review [of the Qur’an] with the Noble One ﷺ — is this also correct, or not?

Answer

“Al-Itqan” is a work by ‘Allama Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti ﵀, and it is a reliable book. The meaning [of what was said in the sermon] is that Hazrat ‘Uthman Ghani ﵁ compiled the Noble Qur’an in precisely this order; this same order existed also in the time of the noble Prophet ﷺ and of the Shaykhayn, but it was not generally written down as a single unit — rather, [the text…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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