What Allah says about the Quran in the Quran: -There is no doubt in this Book (2:2).

-Allah has taken the responsibility to explain it (75:19). -Allah says He has revealed the Quran and He will protect it (15:9). -Allah s revelation to the Prophet (PBUH) is written in the Quran (6:19). There is no verse in the Quran which says that Allah s revelation to the Prophet (PBUH) is outside the Quran. -Momineen are asked to obey the revelation from Allah (7:3). -The Prophet (PBUH) was asked to obey the revelation sent down on him (10:109). -He was asked to follow the Quran (75:18). -Allah required the Prophet (PBUH) to follow the blessed Book sent down on him (6:155). -The Prophet (PBUH) used to judge matters according to the revelation sent down on him (5:48). -Those who do not judge matters according to what Allah has revealed are Kaafirs (5:44). -In the Quran, Allah has completed His message and no one can change anything in it (6:34, 6:115). -The Quran encompasses the message of earlier revelations (5:48). So, the truth of earlier revelations is now contained in the Quran. -In it there are no contradictions (4:82). -Allah has called the Quran "Tibyaanan li Kulli Shaiyin (16:89)". This means it explains everything. -Allah gives many verses on a particular topic over and over again (6:105, 17:41). This means that we have to collect all the verses on a topic in order to understand it fully. This is the Divine method of understanding the Quran. -The Prophet (PBUH) was required to solve all human differences through the Quran (16:64). -The Prophet (PBUH) was required to admonish and remind people through the Quran (50:45). -The Quran itself is light (5:15). So, it is not dependent on another source of light. -This light (i.e., the Quran) has been given so that human beings, using this light, can travel safely on the path of life (6:122). -Allah undertook the responsibility to collect the Quran (75:17). [The logical conclusion from this verse is that the Quran was collected and put together by the Prophet (PBUH). Allah decided the sequence of surahs and verses and no one else besides the Prophet (PBUH) could have received the direction from Allah on how to put them together. There is no verse in the Quran asking the Prophet (PBUH) to delegate this extremely important responsibility to anyone else.] -Whatever difference human beings have, the decision is with Allah (42:10). [Since Allah s decision is contained only in the Quran, it is logical to believe that it has the power to serve as the constitution for the entire world, creating a universal brotherhood. The model implemented by the Prophet (PBUH) is a proof of this.] What do we know about the Quran, and what do we know about Hadith and Sunnah: -The Quran is the final word of God. -It has been preserved exactly as it was revealed to the Prophet (PBUH). -The Prophet (PBUH) left only the Quran in written form since he forbade writing of hadith during his life time (Sahih Al-Muslim). -The Quran was written by very honorable scribes (80:16). -There were many companions who had memorized the entire Quran word by word.

-Unlike the authenticity of hadith, there is no dispute among scholars (Sunni or Shi ia) about the authenticity of the Quranic verses. -There are six Sunni books of hadith which are normally referred to as "sa hha sitta" (six true books). Shi ias have their own four important books of -hadith. These were compiled and written based on (a chain of) oral narration mostly in the third century Hijrah or later. -Scholars agree that the chain of narrators transmitted the meaning of hadith and not the exact words of the Prophet (PBUH). -It is generally agreed that the chain of narrators, no matter how reliable, were humans and subject to human errors. Consequently, their narrations -are subject to errors. The Quran is the only Book beyond error. -As a consequence, ahadith are classified into several categories starting from "correct" on one side to "coined" on the other. (Verses of the Quran do not have such classification.) -Shi ia scholars do not accept Sunni books of hadith. Even among the Sunnis, there are some ahadith which are accepted as correct by one group of scholars (Ahlul-Hadith, for example) but not by other groups (like Ahlul Fiqh and others). -The authenticity of hadith is not equal to the authenticity of the verses of the Quran. -"The sayings of the Prophet (PBUH) and the sayings we find in the books of ahadith are not necessarily one and the same." (Maulana Maududi, Rasayel-o-Massayel, Volume I, 1951 edition, page 270). -Sahih Bukhari: This was compiled by Imam Muhammad Isma il Bukhari. He was born in Bukhara and died near Samarqand in 256 A.H. (or in 260 A.H.). It is said that he collected about 600,000 ahaadith. From these he selected about 7,300 for his book, having discarded the rest. -Sahih Muslim: This was compiled by Imam Muslim Bin Hujjaj. He was born in 204 A.H. in the famous Iranian city of Nishapur and died in 261 A.H. He collected about 300,000 ahaadith and selected 4,348 for his book. -Tirmidhi: This was compiled by Imam Abu Isa Muhammad Tirmidhi. He was born in the Iranian city of Tirmidh in 209 A.H. and died in 279 A.H.. He collected 300,000 ahaadith and selected 3,115. -Abu Daawood: He was born in 202 A.H. in the Iranian city of Sistaan and died in 275 A.H. He collected 500,000 ahaadith and kept only 4,800 in his book. -Ibn Maaja: This was compiled by Imam Abu Abdullah Muhammad Bin Zayd Ibn Maaja. He was from the Iranian city of Qazwin. He was born in 209 A.H. and died in 273 A.H. He collected 400,000 ahaadith and selected only 4,000 for his book. -Nisayee: This was compiled by Imam Abdul Rahman Nisayee. He was born in the village of Nisa in the province of Khurasaan in Iran. He died in 303 A.H. He collected 200,000 and selected 4,321 for his book.

The Quran is Islam, all else is human interpretation and recording of History and understanding and thus can NEVER have authoriy over the Quran, the Quran has the authority over ALL else. 25:1 Most Blessed is He Who has revealed to His servant, the Criterion of the right and the wrong so that it might be a warning to the entire world.