Wesley Huff

Athlete wannabe? Athlete wannabe. Yeah, that's what you got. So I was really involved in track and field as a kid. And then I ended up competing all throughout high school and went to university and competed varsity track and field.

Athlete wannabe? Athlete wannabe. Yeah, that's what you got. So I was really involved in track and field as a kid. And then I ended up competing all throughout high school and went to university and competed varsity track and field.

And I felt very passionately that that was, and probably to what you're saying, there being a conviction, like this is something that I need to take seriously because A, it gives me a structure for my life, but also I needed to constantly be reminded that, I had been in a situation where this was just a complete impossibility.

And I felt very passionately that that was, and probably to what you're saying, there being a conviction, like this is something that I need to take seriously because A, it gives me a structure for my life, but also I needed to constantly be reminded that, I had been in a situation where this was just a complete impossibility.

I mean, have you ever read the Quran? I've never read the book. Okay, so the Quran is interesting in that when you come to it, especially if you're a Christian and you're expecting things to be chronological and when you open up a Bible, Genesis- Structured. Right, Genesis says in the beginning and that's in the beginning. And by the time you get to the end, Revelation is the end, right?

I mean, have you ever read the Quran? I've never read the book. Okay, so the Quran is interesting in that when you come to it, especially if you're a Christian and you're expecting things to be chronological and when you open up a Bible, Genesis- Structured. Right, Genesis says in the beginning and that's in the beginning. And by the time you get to the end, Revelation is the end, right?

The Quran is structured differently in that the biggest chapters are at the beginning and the smallest chapters are at the end. So there's 114 surahs or chapters in the Quran. And the way that it's been put together and structured is very, very different than something like the Bible in that it's not in a narrative theme or a chronological theme, but it's on the basis of the chapters.

The Quran is structured differently in that the biggest chapters are at the beginning and the smallest chapters are at the end. So there's 114 surahs or chapters in the Quran. And the way that it's been put together and structured is very, very different than something like the Bible in that it's not in a narrative theme or a chronological theme, but it's on the basis of the chapters.

And there are various reasons for that in terms of the overall structure way that the Quran eventually got codified. Because during Muhammad's lifetime, the Quran was oral. And actually there was a hesitancy after Muhammad died in 632, I believe it was. Muhammad dies. I could be wrong on that date. I'm just going off the top of my head.

And there are various reasons for that in terms of the overall structure way that the Quran eventually got codified. Because during Muhammad's lifetime, the Quran was oral. And actually there was a hesitancy after Muhammad died in 632, I believe it was. Muhammad dies. I could be wrong on that date. I'm just going off the top of my head.

Muhammad dies and actually the Muslims who are following him have a hesitancy to write it down because Muhammad never told them to write it down. But there's this process that eventually gets put into place because Muhammad's successors in the caliphs realized that people have memorized the Quran differently.

Muhammad dies and actually the Muslims who are following him have a hesitancy to write it down because Muhammad never told them to write it down. But there's this process that eventually gets put into place because Muhammad's successors in the caliphs realized that people have memorized the Quran differently.

Yeah, so you had these individuals who were following Muhammad around and they were memorizing everything he was saying. And so part of this process is that people were remembering things slightly differently. And I believe it was when, so Abu Bakr, who I think is the second rightly guided caliph,

Yeah, so you had these individuals who were following Muhammad around and they were memorizing everything he was saying. And so part of this process is that people were remembering things slightly differently. And I believe it was when, so Abu Bakr, who I think is the second rightly guided caliph,

in the succession after Muhammad, he's the person who starts the process of kind of bringing together all of these recitations of the Quran. And then that's finalized under a later caliph by the name of Uthman. And Uthman, I... I think when they come to Abu Bakr, the statement literally that they say is, save us before we differ like the Christians and the Jews before us.

in the succession after Muhammad, he's the person who starts the process of kind of bringing together all of these recitations of the Quran. And then that's finalized under a later caliph by the name of Uthman. And Uthman, I... I think when they come to Abu Bakr, the statement literally that they say is, save us before we differ like the Christians and the Jews before us.

And that they saw that there were some things that the Christians and the Jews were disagreeing on between their written texts, and they didn't want that to happen with the Quran. And so there's a period of time under Uthman where it's called the Uthmanic revision, where he gathers all of these...

And that they saw that there were some things that the Christians and the Jews were disagreeing on between their written texts, and they didn't want that to happen with the Quran. And so there's a period of time under Uthman where it's called the Uthmanic revision, where he gathers all of these...

documents together, all of these different recitations, and he codifies it into one document, and he destroys all of the differing ones. So in that sense, you do have a standardized version. But in terms of the history of how texts are produced and disseminated, it's what's called a controlled transmission. And it's essentially a government oversight of it, right?

documents together, all of these different recitations, and he codifies it into one document, and he destroys all of the differing ones. So in that sense, you do have a standardized version. But in terms of the history of how texts are produced and disseminated, it's what's called a controlled transmission. And it's essentially a government oversight of it, right?