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📖 What Ibn Mas’ud Refused to Recite — and Why That Matters

The Prophet’s Favorite Reciter Rejected Today’s Qur’an

🧭 Introduction: The Man Muhammad Trusted Most

Islam teaches that the Qur’an was:

Memorized,
Transmitted flawlessly,
Protected by those closest to Muhammad.

And no one was closer to that transmission than:

Abdullah ibn Mas’ud — one of the earliest converts, a Qur’an expert, and personally endorsed by Muhammad.

❝ If you want to learn the Qur’an, learn it from four: Abdullah ibn Mas’ud... ❞
— Sahih al-Bukhari 4999

But here’s what Muslims won’t tell you:

Ibn Mas’ud rejected the official Qur’an compiled by Uthman.

He didn’t include three surahs found in every Qur’an today.

Let that sink in.

📜 The 3 Surahs Ibn Mas’ud Left Out

Ibn Mas’ud’s mushaf did not contain:

Surah Al-Fatihah (1)
Surah Al-Falaq (113)
Surah An-Nas (114)

These are:

Recited daily in prayers,
Memorized by every Muslim child,
Considered essential Qur’an.

But Ibn Mas’ud — the Prophet’s own reciter — said:

❝ They are not part of the Qur’an. ❞

According to early sources, he refused to include them in his codex.

🔥 Why This Destroys the Preservation Claim

Islam says the Qur’an has:

Never been changed,
Never been added to,
Never been lost.

But Ibn Mas’ud proves:

There were textual disagreements,
There was conflict over inclusion,
And the Qur’an we have today was not accepted by all of Muhammad’s closest companions.

That’s not perfect preservation.
That’s editorial disagreement.

🧠 Let’s Break It Down Logically

🔹 Premise 1:

Islam claims the Qur’an is unchanged since Muhammad’s time.

🔹 Premise 2:

One of Muhammad’s most trusted companions, Ibn Mas’ud, rejected 3 surahs found in the current Qur’an.

🔹 Premise 3:

He refused to conform, and his version was discarded.

✅ Conclusion:

The Qur’an today is not the exact Qur’an of the early companions.
It is Uthman’s edited canon — not Muhammad’s universally agreed text.

😮 More Than Just a Missing Verse

This isn’t about minor pronunciation differences.

This is about:

Entire surahs missing from a senior companion’s Qur’an.
A foundational prayer (Al-Fatihah) not accepted as revelation.
A reciter hand-picked by the Prophet being overruled and erased.

And Uthman’s response?

Burn the rest — and force his version across the empire. (Bukhari 4987–88)

That’s not preservation.
That’s censorship.

🛑 Muslim Rebuttals — and Why They Collapse

❌ “He was just wrong — the other companions agreed on the final version.”

Then Muhammad’s handpicked reciter was wrong about revelation?

That undermines the entire transmission chain.

❌ “Surahs 1, 113, and 114 are still recited — so they must be Qur’an.”

Circular logic.
They’re recited because they’re in the Uthmanic canon — not because all companions agreed.

❌ “The differences weren’t serious.”

Removing the opening chapter of the Qur’an isn’t serious?
That’s theological amnesia — not scholarship.

📉 What This Means

You can’t claim:

The Qur’an is perfectly preserved,
While ignoring the fact that key companions disagreed on what was in it.

Ibn Mas’ud’s refusal is:

Historically documented,
Theologically devastating,
And utterly ignored in modern Dawah.

Because it shatters the illusion.

💬 Mic-Drop Closer

“The Prophet said to learn the Qur’an from Ibn Mas’ud.
Ibn Mas’ud said 3 surahs in today’s Qur’an weren’t part of it.

So who got it wrong?
The Prophet’s top student — or the Qur’an you’re holding today?”