Checking the Mushaf attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib (PBUH)

The first Imam of Shia and the fourth of Rashidine Caliphs and one of the ten persons to him has been given the paradise promise. He was the cousin, son-in-law and the student of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), his caliph on the earth, one of the eldest of Sahabeh, brave warriors, preachers, judges and oracles. He was the first of men who joined the Prophet and was born on Friday, the thirteenth of Rajab 12 years before the mission in the Sacred House and was raised under the support of the Prophet. He was always at the forefront in most wars and because the made brotherhood among his companions therefore, chose him as his brother. As far as one day Umah Aiman had told him jokingly "you call him brother and give him your daughter. In 35 AH Imam Ali (PBUH) nominated for the caliphate that some under the pretext of outman's vengeance began to a big conspiracy and the event of Jamal broke out and deposed Muawiyah from Sham's government. Muawiyah became an outlaw; the accident Safin occurred and finally the issue of judgment were raised as it is known Amr ibn al-Aas played a trick and Abu Musa Ash'ari was deceived. Khawarij escaped from both sides and censured him. The event of Nahrawan occurred between him and the Kharijites (38 e). Since then, Ali (PBUH) stayed in Kufa. Until in the 17 (or 19) of Ramadan in 65 of Hijrah by Abdul Rahman Ibn Muljam Moradi with a poisoned sword was cut and on the night of the twenty-first (or 19) the same month in Najaf (the famous) was buried. The Sunnites have narrated 856 hadith from him and the duration of his apparent caliphate was four years and nine months; his Sermons and statements have been gathered in Nahj al-Balagha, but some persons doubted him concerning some of his sermon. He has also a collection and some have overstated about him. He was the knowledgeable of his time about the Koran. He said: "there was not a verse to be sent down, and I do not know where and when has come. God has given a reasonable heart and language to me and said: "I was every day and night before the Prophet (PBUH). I went sometime to his house and sometime he came to mine. I was with him all the time and everywhere. When I asked, he answered and when I kept silent he began to speak. He left 28 children (11 sons and 17 daughters). His work in the life is very famous and pompous and many books have been written praising him.
Mushaf of Ali (PBUH):
In some narrations, it has been mentioned that the first person who after the death of the Prophet strived to gather Quran of any change, he was Ali ibn Abi Talib (PBUH), Muhammad Ibn Sirin says: once the caliphate of Abu Bakr began, Ali ibn Abi Talib (PBUH) sat in his home and Abu Bakr was told he is reluctant to swear allegiance to you. It was then that he met Ali Ibn Abi Talib (PBUH) and said, 'Do you hate to swear allegiance to me? Ali (PBUH) replied "I swore not to wear my clothes unless Friday so that I can collect God's book and after that Imam Ali went and swore to Abu Bakr.
The other category describes the task sequence as follow: then wrapped it in a fabric (yellow silk) and put it on a camel and came into the Prophet's Mosque before Sahabeh and said: This is Quran what I have collected. I saw this book and over time some papers had fallen, and this is the order of the chapters in this book but, now in the available versions, the list of this part has totally disabled and it is not known which hand has eliminated these pages. So, one of the most credited documents in this regard has been destroyed that if had not shattered, would entirely help illuminating Quran history and evolutionary flow of laws and many other important tips. Another source we have is Jacob history; this book includes events until 252 AD. The book is very valid. But alas, the quote narrating does not match with any narration and insight. It reports that Ali (AS) had divided Quran into seven parts.
But the fact is that this Jacobi description and division into seven parts is very eccentric. What historians and narrators have said is a process based on the descent and includes the revelation and explaining many obscurities of the Quran but this description scrambles all the words. It is natural that such a division seems very artificial and seems a work remembering the work of the third century when there have been much strive to number Quranic verses and words. So, this type of narrations about a Scientist such as Ibn Wazeh in such an important case is really unlikely. Much of news and reports indicate that Mushaf of Ali (PBUH) had collected in descending order for example, first Surah Al-Iqra 96, then 74 Al modasir, then Noon and the Pen 68 and then Almozamel 73 up to end. However, concerning the fact that what contained and if contained the Quran text and so on, has been much reported.
Versions of this Mas'haf
We have said that unfortunately of none of codices of Sahabeh, a version has been left so far, but among these various codices, the Mushaf of Imam Ali (PBUH) due to its certain value and respect to its owner over the centuries Fame has enjoyed much fame. This reputation has led to a lot of people say copies of the Quran is seen with handwriting of Ali ibn Abi Talib (PBUH). Of course, some of these testimonies are valid enough that there is no room for discussion about them. Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (PBUH) said: there is a book before us written by the Prophet and handwriting of Imam Ali. But it is not clear that this book has been a Mushaf that Imam Ali (PBUH) wrote or has been another one because; different books attributed to Ali (PBUH) like scripture Alfraez, Al-Adab book, Jafr and society. Are these books that contained different contents or several books? So, what a group of general artists say, it has been a book containing rules , ethics and predictions and Ibn Abi Hadid sees different varieties in its contents.
We have news of Najaf that is not known relating to this version or the like. The late Mujtahid Zanjani says I saw, in month of Dhu al-Hijjah 1353 AH, in Alavi library of Najaf a Quran written in Kufic that at the end of it was written" the books of Ali Ibn Abi Talib in the forty year of Hijrah.
Unfortunately, the late Zanjani has not stated more details about this Mushaf and enough to prove the authenticity of the claim that this Quran is written by Imam Ali (PBUH) and it is not known how really this version is old or not. Coincidentally, another version attributed to Ali (AS) in Museum of Ancient Iran, but, this one lacks writing date.
Decorations and characteristics of Mushaf indicate that this version can not be earlier than the third or fourth centuries AD. But the debate over "the interpreter" and "author" has increased and even the signature is also needed. As far as Ibn Kathir (d. 774), known commentator and historian, says: Sometimes codices found that are similar to those of the Ottoman and it is said that it is by handwriting of Imam Ali. In some of them mentioned "the books of Ali ibn Abu Talib (PBUH)" and this is a wrong tone in the Word, and Ali (AS) is pure of these errors. As it is known, and in what Zalem Ibn Amr has quoted from him, he was the first one who imposed syntax, and he was who divided the words into three categories of nouns, verbs and words and others words that then, Abu Al Asvad ended it, and then people learned, developed and explained it, and it became an independent science. The commentator of the book also adds in the footnote: "It is wrong that implies its writer is a Persian and apparently he has been the Gulf heretic, as we shall see, along with other commenter. I do not know this margin belongs to Muhammad Rashid Reza or the other. But in any case, not more explanation is mentioned in another margin. But such excuses and without direction and reason fighting the armies of the Persian heretic, is away from the men of science and of virtue. Here, it could be raised researching way for such a shared copy with the Ottoman Mas'haf to be the greatest attack to the enemy. Rather than consistently being opened and clearly and indisputably said that it is the work of that Persian heretic Gulf, with what evidences? But, we leave the response of Ibn Kathir to Dr. Hamidullah Heidarabadi. He writes in the introduction to his valuable book" But, in some letters at the time of the Prophet such a thing is mentioned. Bala Zari also " in Futoh Al Baldan, when narrates the Prophet conditions (PBUH) writes: "Yahiya ibn Adam said I saw a writing before Najranyan that was very similar and it was written bellow and books of Ali ibn Abi Talib (PBUH) "and I do not know what to say about it. Above all, in Muharram 1358, Dr. Hamidullah, in the southern mountains of Madina found an old inscription written by Ali ibn Abi Talib (PBUH) who wrote: "this is Ali ibn Abu Talib (PBUH. They demonstrate that in the first century AD, Some of the compound nouns such as singular ones have been used. Such as "Ali ibn Abu Talib (PBUH)" and in the course of time people have forgotten this and now, considers it wrong and correcting it. However, with this statement the problem of signing the Mushafs is being solved. So, we can guess that if it has been the signatures of Ali ibn Abu Talib (PBUH), a mistake by the author of Mushafs have occurred nor a heretic Persian that just the Quran write truly and wrongly attributes it to Ali (PBUH)! But of course, still nothing is proved yet and we know that there has been Mushafs with such signatures. Shah Abbas donated this version to the library and Sheikh Baha'i besides, wrote this version in the year 1008 AD and has confirmed the correctness of its attribution to Imam Ali (PBUH). So, this version is written in Kufic and on the deer skin; each pages includes 15 lines with the all punctuations.
It is clear that with such characteristics, this version can not be so old that backs to the time of Ali (PBUH). Therefore, Mr. Golchinhas has considered the meaning of this writing in the third century), but apparently, we should step in a century earlier. It seems that the other two versions will also be preserved in the library of Astaneh.
In short, as we saw some narrations are not by any means as an ordinary writing so that the claim of being as miracle is never true with that moreover, claiming about distortion in the Quran is not specific to a group of the Shiite exaggerators. So, this claim among the population and people of the Khawarij and all other sects is not unprecedented.
So, being a Shi'ite does not cause such reports to happen and, as oft-quoted by Shia scholars from Saduq (RA) to Mr. Khoi and Tabatabai , all believing that the Quran is just this { what we see} between two covers in Muslim's hands and nothing else.