Al-Mufid refutes the lie that no Shiite believes in the falsification of the Qur’an

Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Al-Mufid writes:

وَأَمَّـا الـزِّيَـادَةُ فِـيـهِ فَـمَـقْـطُـوعٌ عَـلَـى فَـسَـادِهَـا مِـنْ وَجْـهٍ وَيَـجُـوزُ صِـحَّـتُـهَـا مِـنْ وَجْـهٍ فَـالْـوَجْـهُ الَّـذِي أَقْـطَـعُ عَـلَـى فَـسَـادِهِ أَنْ يُـمْـكِـنَ لِأَحَـدٍ مِـنَ الْـخَـلِـقِ زِيَـادَةُ مِـقْـدَارِ سُـورَةٍ فِـيـهِ عَـلَـى حَـدٍّ يَـلْـتَـبِـسُ بِـهِ عِـنْـدَ أَحَـدٍ مِـنَ الْـفُـصَـحَـاءِ

“As for the addition to it, in one way it is not possible with certainty, while in another way it may be true. As for the way of which I am certain that it is not possible, consists in that one of the people should add to it a whole chapter to the extent that not one of the linguists would realize it.”

وَأَمَّـا الْـوَجْـهُ الْمُـجَـوَّزُ فَـهُـوَ أَنْ يُـزَادَ فِـيـهِ الْـكَـلِـمَـةُ وَالْـكَـلِـمَـتَـانِ وَالْـحَـرْفُ وَالْـحَـرْفَـانِ وَمَـا أَشْـبَـهَ ذَلِـكَ مِـمَّـا لَا يَـبْـلُـغُ حَـدَّ الْإِعْـجَـازِ وَيَـكُـونُ مُـلْـتَـبِـسًـا عِـنْـَدَ أَكْـثَـرِ الْـفُـصَـحَـاءِ بِـكَـلِـمِ الْـقُـرْآنِ

“As for the way in which it is possible, it consists in adding a word or two words or a letter or two letters and the like to it, which does not reach the degree of inimitability and which leaves the majority of the linguists in the dark about the words of the Qur’an.”

غَـيْـرَ أَنَّـهُ لَا بُـدَّ مَـتَـى وَقَـعَ ذَلِـكَ مِـنْ أَنْ يَـدُلَّ الـلَّـهُ عَـلَـيْـهِ وَيُـوَضِّـحَ لِـعِـبَـادِهِ عَـنِ الْـحَـقِّ فِـيـهِ وَلَـسْـتُ أَقْـطَـعُ عَـلَـى كَـوْنِ ذَلِـكَ بَـلْ أَمِـيـلُ إِلَـى عَـدَمِـهِ وَسَـلَامَـةِ الْـقُـرْآنِ عِـنْـهُ وَمَـعِـي بِـذَلِـكَ حَـدِيـثٌ عَـنِ الـصَّـادِقِ جَـعْـفَـرِ بْـنِ مُـحَـمَّـدٍ عَـلَـيْـهِـمَـا الـسَّـلَامُ

“However, it is unavoidable that as soon as this happens, God will draw attention to it and inform His servants about the correct way to do it, and I have no certainty about it. Rather, I have sympathy for its non-existence and the intactness of the Qur’an, and I have a saying on this from Ja’far Ibn Muhammad As-Sadiq (a.).”

وَهَـذَا الْـمَـذْهَـبُ بِـخِـلَافِ مَـا سَـمِـعْـنَـاهُ عَـنْ بَـنِـي نَـوْبَـخْـتٍ رَحِـمَـهُـمُ الـلَّـهُ مِـنَ الـزِّيَـادَةِ فِـي الْـقُـرْآنِ وَالـنُّـقْـصَـانِ فِـيـهِ وَقَـدْ ذَهَـبَ إِلَـيْـهِ جَـمَـاعَـةٌ مِـنْ مُـتَـكَـلِّـمِـي الْإِمَـامِـيَّـةِ وَأَهْـلِ الْـفِـقْـهِ مِـنْـهُـمُ وَالْاِعْـتِـبَـارِ

“And this doctrine is contrary to what we heard from the children of Nawbakht about the addition and incompleteness of the Qur’an, may God bless them, and a group of imamitic theologians and understanding ones (Fuqaha’) and honorable ones of them believed in it.” [Awa’il-ul-Maqalat, page 81 – 82]

Comment:

The scholars are the heirs of the prophets? Representatives of the Imams? Follow them?