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ARABIC PALAEOGRAPHY AND ORTHOGRAPHY IN THE QUR'AN 149
over time; do they believe that, after the passing of a few centuries, others
would not step forward to denounce their efforts as the work of illiterates?
A Book that has resisted any universal alterations for fourteen centuries
is living proof that the text within belongs to Allah, Who has appointed
Himself as Guardian. The inviolability of the original, immaculately pre-
served for so long, is not to be suffered the tampering and adjustments
meted out to the Biblical Scriptures.f
65 The full scope of these tamperings will become evident in Chapters 15 and 17.
