[Machine] "People disagreed about the Quran during the time of Uthman. A man would say to another man, 'My recitation is better than yours.' Uthman heard about this and gathered the companions of the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'The people have differed today in recitation and you are among them. I have seen that they all agree on one recitation.' We all agreed with his opinion on that. Ali also said, 'If I were in his position, I would have done the same.'"  

اخْتَلَفَ النَّاسُ فِي الْقُرْآنِ عَلَى عَهْدِ عُثْمَانَ ؓ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَقُولُ لِلرَّجُلِ قِرَاءَتِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ قِرَاءَتِكَ قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَجَمَعْنَا أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدِ اخْتَلَفُوا الْيَوْمَ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ وَأَنْتُمْ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْهِمْ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ أجْمَعَهُمْ عَلَى قِرَاءَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ قَالَ فَأَجْمَعَ رَأْيَنَا مَعَ رَأْيِهِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ وَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ لَوْ وُلِّيتُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي وُلِّيَ لَصَنَعْتُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ