[Machine] O Commander of the Faithful, understand this nation before they differ in the book as the Jews and Christians have differed. Uthman sent to Hafsah saying, "Send the scriptures to be copied in the Qur'ans, then return them to you." So she sent them to him, and he called Zaid bin Thabit, Abdullah bin Zubair, and Sa'id bin Al-As, and commanded them to copy the scriptures in the Qur'ans. He said to them, "Whatever you and Zaid bin Thabit differ in, write it in the dialect of the Quraysh, as it was revealed in their language." He wrote the scriptures in the Qur'ans and sent a copy to every region from what they had copied. He also commanded that any other copies of the Quran, in any paper or book, should be erased or burned.  

يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَدْرِكْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْتَلِفُوا فِي الْكِتَابِ كَمَا اخْتَلَفَ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى فَبَعَثَ عُثْمَانُ إِلَى حَفْصَةَ أَنْ أَرْسِلِي الصُّحُفَ لِنَنْسَخَهَا فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ ثُمَّ نَرُدُّهَا إِلَيْكِ فَبَعَثَتْ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَدَعَا زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ وَعَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ وَسَعِيدَ بْنَ الْعَاصِ وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَنْسَخُوا الصُّحُفَ فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ «مَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فِي شَيْءٍ فَاكْتُبُوهُ بِلِسَانِ قُرَيْشٍ فَإِنَّهُ نَزَلَ بِلِسَانِهِمْ» وَكَتَبَ الصُّحُفَ فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ وَبَعَثَ إِلَى كُلِّ أُفُقٍ بِمُصْحَفٍ مِمَّا نَسَخُوا وَأَمَرَ مِمَّا سِوَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فِي كُلِّ صَحِيفَةٍ أَوْ مُصْحَفٍ أَنْ يُمْحَى أَوْ يُحْرِقَ  

Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman came to ʿUthman at the time when the people of Sham and the people of Iraq were Waging war to conquer Arminya and Adharbijan. Hudhaifa was afraid of their (the people of Sham and Iraq) differences in the recitation of the Qur'an, so he said to ʿUthman, "O chief of the Believers! Save this nation before they differ about the Book (Qur'an) as Jews and the Christians did before." So ʿUthman sent a message to Hafsa saying, "Send us the manuscripts of the Qur'an so that we may compile the Qur'anic materials in perfect copies and return the manuscripts to you." Hafsa sent it to ʿUthman. ʿUthman then ordered Zaid bin Thabit, ʿAbdullah bin AzZubair, Saʿid bin Al-As and ʿAbdurRahman bin Harith bin Hisham to rewrite the manuscripts in perfect copies. ʿUthman said to the three Quraishi men, "In case you disagree with Zaid bin Thabit on any point in the Qur'an, then write it in the dialect of Quraish, the Qur'an was revealed in their tongue." They did so, and when they had written many copies, ʿUthman returned the original manuscripts to Hafsa. ʿUthman sent to every Muslim province one copy of what they had copied, and ordered that all the other Qur'anic materials, whether written in fragmentary manuscripts or whole copies, be burnt. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4987)   

أَنَّ حُذَيْفَةَ قَدِمَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ وَكَانَ يُغَازِي أَهْلَ الشَّامِ مَعَ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ فِي فَتْحِ أَرْمِينِيَةَ وَأَذْرَبِيجَانَ فَأَفْزَعَ حُذَيْفَةَ اخْتِلَافُهُمْ فِي الْقُرْآنِ فَقَالَ لِعُثْمَانَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ «أَدْرِكْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْتَلِفُوا فِي الْكِتَابِ كَمَا اخْتَلَفْتُ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى فَأَرْسَلَ عُثْمَانُ إِلَى حَفْصَةَ أَنْ أَرْسِلِي إِلَيْنَا بِالصُّحُفِ نَنْسَخُهَا فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ ثُمَّ نَرُدُّهَا إِلَيْكِ فَأَرْسَلَتْ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَأَمَرَ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ وَعَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ وَسَعِيدَ بْنَ الْعَاصِ وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ أَنْ يَنْسِخُوا الصُّحُفَ فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ فَإِنِ اخْتَلَفُوا وَزِيدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَاكْتُبُوهُ بِلِسَانِ قُرَيْشٍ فَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ نَزَلَ بِلِسَانِهِمْ فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ حَتَّى إِذَا نَسَخُوا الصُّحُفَ فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ رَدَّ عُثْمَانُ الصُّحُفَ إِلَى حَفْصَةَ وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى كُلِّ أُفُقٍ مُصْحَفًا مِمَّا نَسَخُوا»  

[Machine] Hudhaifah heard about their differences regarding what they claimed, so Hudhaifah rode until he reached Uthman. He said, "O Commander of the Faithful, reach this nation before they differ in the Quran like the Jews and Christians differed in the books." Uthman was alarmed by that, so he sent a message to Hafsa bint Umar, saying, "Send us the manuscripts in which the Quran was collected." Hafsa sent them to him, and Uthman ordered Zaid ibn Thabit, Sa'id ibn al-As, Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr, and Abdurrahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham to rewrite them in the manuscripts. He also said to them, "If you differ, you and Zaid ibn Thabit, in any Arabic dialect of the Quran, then write it in the dialect of the Quraysh, for the Quran was revealed in their language." They did as told until the manuscripts were written. Uthman then sent the manuscripts back to Hafsa and sent a copy to each military corps of the Muslim army, ordering them to burn any manuscript that differs from the one he sent. This happened at the time when manuscripts were burned with the text of Shu'aib ibn Abi Hamzah and the text of Ibrahim ibn Sa'd, except that he mentioned in the narration of Abu al-Walid ibn al-Harith that the manuscript was sent back to Hafsa, and he mentioned it in the narration of Ibn Hamzah and said at the end, "So they wrote the manuscripts in the mus'hafs. He then sent to every region a mus'haf and ordered that anything besides that from the Quran in every mus'haf should be erased or burned."  

سَمِعَ حُذَيْفَةُ ؓ مِنَ اخْتِلَافِهِمْ فِيهِ مَا ادَّعُوهُ فَرَكِبَ حُذَيْفَةُ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَدْرِكْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْتَلِفُوا فِي الْقُرْآنِ اخْتِلَافَ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى فِي الْكُتُبِ فَفَزِعَ لِذَلِكَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ عُمَرَ أَنْ أَرْسِلِي إِلَيْنَا بِالصُّحُفِ الَّتِي جُمِعَ فِيهَا الْقُرْآنُ فَأَرْسَلَتْ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ حَفْصَةُ فَأَمَرَ عُثْمَانُ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ وَسَعِيدَ بْنَ الْعَاصِ وَعَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ أَنْ يَنْسَخُوهَا فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فِي عَرَبِيَّةٍ مِنْ عَرَبِيَّةِ الْقُرْآنِ فَاكْتُبُوهَا بِلِسَانِ قُرَيْشٍ فَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ بِلِسَانِهِمْ فَفَعَلُوا حَتَّى كُتِبَتِ الْمَصَاحِفُ ثُمَّ رَدَّ عُثْمَانُ الصُّحُفَ إِلَى حَفْصَةَ وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى كُلِّ جُنْدٍ مِنْ أَجْنَادِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِمُصْحَفٍ وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَحْرِقُوا كُلَّ مُصْحَفٍ يُخَالِفُ الْمُصْحَفَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ بِهِ وَذَلِكَ زَمَانَ أُحْرِقَتِ الْمَصَاحِفُ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ وَحَدِيثُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ بِمَعْنَاهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ وَقَالَ فِي رِوَايَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ رَدَّ الْمُصْحَفِ إِلَى حَفْصَةَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ وَذَكَرَهَا فِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ حَمْزَةَ وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ فَكَتَبُوا الصُّحُفَ فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ فَبَعَثَ إِلَى كُلِّ أُفُقٍ بِمُصْحَفٍ وَأَمَرَ بِمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فِي كُلِّ صَحِيفَةٍ أَنْ تُمْحَى أَوْ تُحْرَقَ  

" عَنِ الزُّهرِى، عَنْ أنَسِ بْنِ مَالِك أنَّ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنَ الْيَمَانِ قَدِمَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، وَكَانَ يُغَازِى أهْلَ الشَّامِ في فَتْحِ أرْمينيَّةَ وَأَذْرِبيجَانَ مَعَ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ، فَرَأى حُذَيْفةُ اختلاَفَهُمْ في الْقُرآنِ، فَقَالَ لِعُثمَانَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنيِنَ أَدْرِكْ هَذهِ الأمَّةَ قَبْلَ أنْ يَخْتَلفُوا في الْكِتَابِ كَمَا اخْتَلَفَ الْيَهُودُ والنَّصَارَى، فَأرْسَلَ إِلَى حَفْصَةَ أَنْ أرْسِلِي إِلَىَّ بِالصُّحُفِ نَنْسَخُهَا في

الْمَصَاحِفِ ثُمَّ نَرُدُّهَا عَلَيْك، فَأرْسَلَتْ حَفْصَةُ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ بِالصُّحُفِ، فَأرْسَلَ عُثْمَانُ إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاص، وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ وَعَبْدِ الله ابْنِ الزُّبيْرِ أنْ انْسَخُوا الصُّحُفَ في الْمَصَاحِفِ، وَقَالَ لِلرَّهْطِ الْقُرَشِيِّين الثَّلاَثَةِ: مَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ أنْتُمْ وَزَيْدُ ابْنُ ثَابتٍ فَاكْتُبُوهُ بِلِسَانِ قُرَيْشٍ: فَإِنَّمَا نَزَلَ بِلِسَانِهَا، حَتَّى إِذَا نَسَخُوا الصُّحُفَ في الْمَصَاحِفِ بَعَثَ عُثْمَانُ إِلَى كُلِّ أفُقِ بِمُصْحَف مِنْ تِلكَ الْمَصَاحفِ الَّتِى نَسَخُوا وَأمَرَ بِسوى ذَلِكَ في صَحِيفَةٍ أَوْ مُصْحَفٍ أن يُحَرَّقَ، قَالَ الزُّهْرِى: وَحَدَّثَنِى خَارِجَةُ بْنُ زَيْد أنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابتٍ قَالَ: فَقَدْتُ آيَةً مِنْ سُوَرةِ الأحْزَابِ كُنْتُ أسْمَعُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ يَقْرَأُهَا: {مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَضَى نَحْبَهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُ} فَالْتَمَسْتُها فَوَجْدُتُها مَعَ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ أوْ ابْنِ خُزَيَمْةَ، فَألْحَقْتُهَا في سُورَتِهَا، قَالَ الزُّهْرِىُّ: فَاخْتَلَفُوا يَوْمَئِذٍ في التَّابُوتِ والتَّابُوه، فَقَالَ النَّفَرُ القُرَشِيُّونَ: التَابُوتُ، وَقَالَ زَيْدٌ: التَّابُوهُ، فَرُفِعَ اخْتِلاَفُهُمْ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ، فَقَاَل: اكتُبُوهُ (التَّابُوتُ) فَإِنَّهُ بِلِسَانِ قُرَيْشٍ نَزَلَ ".