Quran Universe
15:9

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ

Inna nahnu nazzalna alththikra wainna lahu lahafithoona

Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian.

Word by word
  1. إِنَّاIndeed,We
  2. نَحۡنُWe
  3. نَزَّلۡنَاhave sent down
  4. ٱلذِّكۡرَthe Reminder
  5. وَإِنَّاand indeed,We
  6. لَهُۥof it
  7. لَحَٰفِظُونَ(are) surely Guardians
Al-Hijr · 15:9Makkah

Allah sent the Reminder and Allah guards it.

The Quran is protected by its Sender

Who keeps it
We sent itthe Reminder, the Quran
and
We guard itfrom change or alteration
Under attack, yet safe
the mockeryyou are mad
cannot touch
the guarded BookAllah protects it

They mocked the Prophet ﷺ as one who only claimed to receive the Reminder. Allah replies that it is He who sent it down, and Ibn Kathir notes He protects it from being changed or altered.

You hear a clip online claiming the Quran was rewritten, or you feel your own faith wobbling. The Book in your hand is not held up by you. Allah keeps it. Your part is to read it.

I have to defend the Quran or it might be lost.

Allah guards His Book; my job is to live by it.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 15:6)

And they say: "O you (Muhammad) to whom the Dhikr (the Qur'an) has been revealed! Verily, you are a madman (6)"Why do you not bring angels to us if you are of the truthful? (7)We do not send the angels down except with the truth, and in that case, they (the disbelievers) would have no respite (8)Verily, We, it is We Who revealed the Dhikr (i.e. the Qur'an) and surely We will guard it (from corruption)(9)

The Accusation that the Prophet (ﷺ) was a Madman and Demands for Him to bring down Angels

Allah tells us about the disbelief, arrogance and stubbornness of the disbelievers as reflected in their words:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ

(O you (Muhammad) to whom the Dhikr (the Qur'an) has been revealed!) i.e., the one who claims to receive it.

إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ

(Verily, you are a mad man!) i.e., by your invitation to us to follow you and leave the way of our forefathers.

لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِالْمَلَائِكَةِ

(Why do you not bring angels to us) i.e., to bear witness to the accuracy of what you have brought to us is true, if you are really telling the truth? This is similar to what Pharaoh said:

فَلَوْلَا أُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ أَسْوِرَةٌ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوْ جَاءَ مَعَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِينَ

(Why then are not golden bracelets bestowed on him, or angels sent along with him?)(43:53). And Allah said:

وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَنَا لَوْلَا أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَوْ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا ۗ لَقَدِ اسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْا عُتُوًّا كَبِيرًا - يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا بُشْرَىٰ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا

(And those who do not expect a meeting with Us (i. e., those who deny the Day of Resurrection and the life of the Hereafter), say: "Why are not the angels sent down to us, or why do we not see our Lord?" Indeed they think too highly of themselves, and are scornful with great pride. On the Day that they do see the angels - there will be no good news given on that day to the guilty. And they (angels) will say: "All kinds of glad tidings are forbidden for you.")(25:21-22) For this reason Allah said:

مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوا إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ

(We do not send the angels down except with the truth, and in that case, they (the disbelievers) would have no respite!) Mujahid said in this Ayah:

مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ

(We do not send the angels down except with the truth) "[i.e.,] with the Message and the punishment." Then Allah, may He be exalted, stated that He is the One Who revealed the Dhikr to him, which is the Qur'an, and He is protecting it from being changed or altered.