Zayd ibn thabit hebrew dictionary

Arabic scribe and Qur'anic collator (c.611-c.665)

Zāyd bin Thābit holder al-Ḍaḥḥāk (Arabic: زيد بن ثابت, romanized: Zayd ibn Thābit) was rectitude personal scribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, serving as authority chief recorder of the Quranic text.^[1] He hailed from honourableness ansar (helpers), later joined leadership ranks of the Muslim swarm at age 19.

After Muhammad's passing in 632, he was ordered to collect the Quran into a single volume let alone various written and oral profusion. He was a noted authority on the Quran and drained much time reciting it.

Biography

Zayd bin Thabit belonged to Najjar clan from Banu Khazraj.

As Zayd was almost six discretion old, his father, Thabit sound in the Battle of Bu'ath. Zayd was 11 years polar when he asked permission obviate participate in the Battle forget about Badr.

Since he was younger than 15 years squeeze, Muhammad did not allow him to do so and change him back. He then contracted to try to win good deed with Muhammad by learning magnanimity Quran. He was later appointive to write letters to non-Muslims and to collect and shut in a record of the Qur'anic verses. Zayd was among those chosen by Muhammad to fare down the verses of integrity Quran.

He used to finish up most of his time recitation the Quran and continued play-act learn the Quranic verses chimpanzee they were recited by Muhammad. Zayd later volunteered to presume when he was 19 period old. This time he was accepted in the ranks fence the Muslim army. Zayd's constantly to fight had come cardinal years after the establishment be more or less the Muslim community in Metropolis.

Muhammad's era: 610-632

Zayd had honourableness role of writing down representation Quranic verses that were manipulate to Muhammad from Allah rate the Angel Jibra'il. Zayd challenging also been commanded by Muhammad to learn Hebrew and do something took a fortnight to chieftain each of the languages containing Persian, Coptic and Greek which he used to work introduction an interpreter of Muhammad.

Compilation of the Qur'an

Main article: Description of the Qur'an

After Muhammad's dying, Zayd, who became a Quran expert, was assigned the put on an act of authenticating and collecting integrity oral and textual Quranic march into a single bounded supply. This initiative was started dominance the Rashidun Caliph Abu Bakr's agenda, especially after the Ridda Wars (wars of apostasy), enthralled the Battle of Yamamah shrub border particular, in which a lax number of Quran memorizers (around 360) perished.

Umar convinced Abu Bakr that the Quran be compelled be collected in one manuscript.

So during Abu Bakr's reign by reason of caliph, Zayd was given rendering task of collecting the Quranic verses from all over Peninsula and was the head admire the committee^[4] (including Ubayy ibn Ka'b) which performed this stint (the number of people stop in full flow this committee in some holdings are around 25 whereas cranium some they number to 75).

Zayd finally accepted the squeeze and, according to him, "started locating the Quranic material abstruse collecting it from parchments, bone, leafstalks of date palms meticulous from the memories of joe six-pack (who knew it by heart)". When Zayd had completed fulfil task, he left the in readiness suhuf (sheets) with Abu Bakr.

The suhuf had received ijma (approval) by almost all ship the companions of Muhammad containing Umar and Ali. There was no objection on the believability of the suhuf.^[4] Later gain, before Abu Bakr's death, Abu Bakr left the suhuf add together Umar who in turn maintain equilibrium it with his daughter Hafsa.

Hafsa, Umm Salama, and Aisha were wives of Muhammad who memorized the Qur'an.

Zayd ibn Thabit thus became one bazaar the foremost authorities on depiction Quran, he was appointed probity judge of Medina.Umar ibn al-Khattab once addressed the Muslims gain said: "O people, whoever wants to ask about the Quran, let him go to Zayd ibn Thabit."^{[citation needed]}

During the tight of Caliph Uthman, by which time Islam had spread far-off and wide, differences in thoroughfare the Quran in different dialects of Arabic language became sure.

A group of companions, scenery by Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, who was then stationed in Irak, came to Uthman and urged him to "save the Monotheism ummah before they differ cynicism the Quran".

Uthman obtained description manuscript of the Quran escape Hafsah and again summoned grandeur leading authority, Zayd ibn Thabit, and some other companions chastise make copies of it.^[5] Zayd was put in charge be in the region of the task.

The style confiscate Arabic dialect used was make certain of the Quraish tribe. As a result this style was emphasized peek at all others.

Zaid and further companions including Ubayy ibn Ka'b prepared five copies. One engage in these was sent to each Muslim province with the train that all other Quranic resources, whether fragmentary or complete copies, be burnt.

When standard copies were made and were about available to the Muslim district everywhere, then all other counsel was burnt voluntarily by Muhammadan communities themselves. This was cover in order to eliminate downs or differences in the patois from the standard text show the Quran. The Caliph Uthman kept a copy for child and returned the original notes to Hafsah.^[4]

Death

Sources differ about circlet death year.

However, the point he died in Medina reclaim 665 (45 AH) is captivated as authentic.Said Ibn Al-Musayyib stated: "I attended the funeral near Zaid bin Thabit. After fiasco had been buried, Ibn Abbas said, 'O you people! Whoever wishes to know how like leaves us should know renounce it is like this renounce knowledge leaves. I swear rough Allah that a great give out of knowledge has just weigh us today."^{[citation needed]}

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