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The Similarities And Differences Between Zaid Ibn Thabit And

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Introduction
After the death of prophet Muhammad ﷺ , during caliph Abu Bakr’s reign, Zaid Ibn Thabit was given the duty of compiling the Quranic verses from all over the Arabian peninsula. After Zaid had selected the most authentic verses and after clarifying with the hafiz sahaba and verified authenticity he gave the sheets of the first copy to Caliph Abu Bakr who before his death gave it to the next caliph-Umar Ibn al Khattab. Caliph Umar gave the sheets to his daughter Hafsah (r.a) who was also the wife of Prophet Muhammadﷺ for keeping it with her.
Later, during the Caliphate of Uthman ibn Affan, a lot of differences had arisen due to the recital of different dialects of the quran and Caliph Uthman was afraid the confusion arising from it would lead to distortion of the quran. The quran was revealed in seven dialects (saba’ ahruf), hence Uthman (r.a) acquired the copy of quran held by Hafsa (r.a) and ordered Zaid ibn Thabit as well as other Sahaba to make copies of the original book in Quraishi dialect as it was the dialect of the Prophet and the most prominent one during that time. He sent each copy of the quran to major provinces of islam and all the fragments and parchments or items on which quranic verses were written, were ordered to be collected and burnt in order to avoid confusion and eliminate(finish) the differences as …show more content…

Therefore to eliminate the wrong pronunciation of quran ‘tashkeel’ or symbols which would aid phonetics were invented.
They were invented for the first time by Abu al Aswad who invented the dot system Abu al-Aswad devised a system of dots to signal the three short vowels (along with their respective allophones) of Arabic. His students went one step forward by improving and improving and finally it is as we know today.
The following are some diacritical marks used in

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