a means of knowing what He had charged them with until the end of time—He preserved the reports of His Prophet, peace be upon him, throughout all ages and prevented doubts from creeping into them. Thus, no one attempts to alter any of them or change the meaning of a word he uttered without Allah Most High exposing him and making his conduct known to the community, so that Arabs and non-Arabs alike refute him, as do those qualified to preserve these reports among the bearers of his knowledge, peace be upon him, and those who transmit it from him.

Likewise, He preserved His Book, so that no person inclined to deviation can pronounce a vowelless letter in it with a vowel, or suppress the vowel of a vowelled letter, without the reciters promptly refuting him, despite their different languages and distant homelands. This is because Allah, Mighty and Majestic, willed that what came from Him should be faithfully conveyed, and that what our Prophet, peace be upon him, brought should reach those who come at the end of time,