The Qur'an protected.

Imam al Qurtubi has reported an event from the court of 'Abbasi Khalifah, al-Ma'mun. He was used to patronizing occasional debates from on intellectual issues at his court where all scholars were welcome. It so happened that a jew came to attend one of these debates. By his looks, dress and manners, he seemed to be an elegant person. Then, his address during the debate was eloquent and intellectually bright. When the meeting was over, al-Ma'mun called for him to become a muslim in which he case he could hope to have the best possible treatment from him. He (the Jew) said that he was not willing to leave the religion of his forefathers, which was his religion too. The matter ended there. that person went away.

Then, after a year, the same person returned as a Muslim and made a very distinct contribution in the court meeting on the subject of Islamic jurisprudence. after the session was over al-Ma'mun called for him and asked if he was the same person who had come last year, he said: "Yes. I am." al-Ma'mun asked: "At that time you refused to accept Islam. Tell me what made you accept Islam now." He said: "When I came back from here, I decided to do some research on contemporary religions. I am a scribe. I write books and sell them. They bring good price. This time I wanted to make a test. First, I wrote three manuscripts of the Torah in which I made additions and deletions on my own. I took these manuscripts to the Synagogue. The jews found them interesting and bought them. Then, I did the same things with the Injil. I wrote three manuscripts, complete with my additions and deletions, and took them to the Church where the Christians were pleased with these and brought them from me. After that, I tried the same thing with the Qur'an. I wrote three good looking manuscripts of the Qur'an, of course with the usual additions and deletions of my own. When I went out to sell them, I faced a problem. Every buyer I went to would take the manuscript, look into it to determine if it was correct or not, and when he would notice additions or deletions made into it, he would thrwo it back to me. From this episode, I learnt my lesson that this Book is protected, and protected by Allah ta'ala Himself; therefore I embraced Islam."

Al-Qur'an the last and final revelation from the Lord of the heavens and the earth, The One who we will all stand before to be judged, and Who we shoudl all seek forgiveness from on a daily basis, has been protected. Alhamdulillah for this miracle, 1400 years later and we still have the same Quran that was recited to us, word for word, despite a thousand of efforts made by enemies.

Indeed it was We who sent down the message [the Qur'an], and indeed, we will be it's guardian. (al-Hijr, 15:9)