محمدحسین محمدی

The book “history of the Quran according to Twelver Shia “written by Dr. "Abd al-Aziz bin Abdul Rahman al-Dhamer" is an analytical historical book that focuses on main Shia and Sunni beliefs. In Saudi Arabia, this book was named the book of the year in ۲۰۱۵. The main reason we are studying this book is because the author criticizes Shia thought with bias and prejudice in the fourth chapter of the book titled "Collection of the Quran" and the fifth chapter titled "statements about distortion of the Quran".

He misjudges the events after the death of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), introduces the reliable sources and scholars of Shia as unreliable disregards the principles of scientific inquiry, He uses his contemporaries as sources of reference instead of relying on first-hand sources, and accuses the Shia school of distorting the Quran.

Interestingly, he argues that Shia belief which the twelfth Imam will deliver Ali’s Mushaf (a.s) to Muslims, indicates that the Shia believes in distorting the Quran. moreover, he accuses Shia scholars of distorting the Quran by cutting off the words of Faiz Kashani (in defense of Shia beliefs, Faiz Kashani mentions the opposition's claim and defends Shia, but Al-Dhamer makes an error in attributing the opposition's claim to Faiz Kashani.), sheikh koleini and …

In this paper, we first mention the author's point of view, and then refute his claims by the authentic and reliable narrations, and, After analyzing Shia and Sunni sources, it was concluded that the idea of distorting the Quran is not only meaningless but it can be a source of bias enemies of Islam, and Secondly, the Qur'an in the hands of Muslims, in terms of hadiths, books, and Shi'i traditions, is undoubtedly complete, without distortion, and definitive proof.