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Salam HealerofWorlds,
Sometimes, 'because God/Quran says so' is the only answer to a question.
On this basis it is not necessary to our belief in God that the Quran have a traceable isnad. Even if such a thing were to be established it should not matter to us.
As-salamu alaykum "HealerofWorlds" *I asked this person about the isnad of the Qur'an as they were claiming that denying hadith is denying the Qur'an. They told me about the "isnad of the recitation warsh 'An nafii'" and a diagramm of the chain.
For one to believe this argument, one would have to believe in the authority and authenticity of the Ahadith corpus in the first place. This is because it is potentially a 'hadith' or 'ahadith' (with its own isnad(s)) that inform us that Quran had an isnad or a particular recitation was attributed to a particular recitor. Thus the argument becomes 'circular'.
The Quran makes no claim of such a transmission. Rather, the Quran's own testimony appealed to the whole community to spread the message en masse as witnesses from the source which was God who transmitted the words from the mouth of His chosen prophet (22:78 et al).
Therefore, do we believe the Quran's testimony or an allegation based on other ahadith?
Furthermore, I have cited in the detailed article [1] below:
"Little significance, however, should be attached to the Qur'an being known according to transmitters belonging to a century and a half after the Prophet..." [2]
I know of no comprehensive Ahadith corpus that lists each and every isnad of every verse of the Quran. Therefore, to suggest that the Quran was transmitted in the same manner with 'isnad' would require the claimant to produce the evidence of an isnad for every verse which carries the 'matn' (content) for scrutiny.
Finally, as I have shared a number of times and as other respected members of the forum have already kindly shared in this thread as well: The veracity of the Quran is not founded on the claim that the faithful claim that the scripture was ‘preserved’. After all, the scripture could simply lead back to a false prophet and thus, its preservation would be meaningless as would it's content. Blind acceptance is what many faithful do with the religions they were born into. Rather, one should accept the truth of a claim by the arguments it presents.
I also have an illustration which may assist to demonstrate that the two transmissions (The Quran and the Ahadith corpus) are not alike [3].Maybe I should research more about these "different recitations of the Qur'an."
I trust that the reference already shared as [1] below kindly assists.
* Finally, may I kindly, humbly and respectfully request that you consider changing your Username please? For all intent and purposes, your Username could read ‘God’ or ‘Allah’ as it is a powerful description which in my humble view is only befitting the Almighty God and not one that should be used for oneself without context. For example, ‘Allah is the HealerofWorlds’ may be better. Therefore, when I have greeted you, I have used inverted commas as it is not an attribution I am assigning to you (of course). I trust that you will take my humble request with the sincerity with which it is imparted
With respect and warm regards,
Your brother in faith,
Joseph
REFERENCES:
[1] THE SEVEN AHRUF, RECITATIONS (QIRAAT), HAFS AND WARSH
http://quransmessage.com/articles/seven%20readings%20FM3.htm
[2] BROCKETT. Adrian Alan, Studies in Two Transmissions of the Qur'an, University of St. Andrews, Department of Arabic Studies. PhD Thesis 1984, Part Two, The First Century and a Half, Page 93
[3] WAS THE QURAN REALLY TRANSMITTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE HADITH
http://quransmessage.com/charts%20and%20illustrations/en%20masse/enmasse%20FM2.htm
The Quran does not give religious authority to any other source other than itself when it comes to religious guidance of believers.
