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is there any complete list of sana'a manuscript difference with current Qur'an, in terms of meaning?

The differences between the Sana'a manuscripts and the current Qur'an, particularly in terms of meaning, have been a subject of scholarly interest. However, a comprehensive list detailing each specific variance is not readily available in the sources I can draw upon.

The historic preservation and transmission of the Qur'an are highlighted in various hadiths. Notably, a narration in Sahih al-Bukhari recounts an incident involving Uthman ibn Affan, who took significant steps to unify the Qur'an's recitation and prevent divisions among the Muslim community. It states: "Anas ibn Malik related to me that Hudhaifa ibn al-Yaman came to Uthman while he was campaigning in the conquest of Armenia and Azerbaijan with the people of Iraq. Hudhaifa was concerned by the variations in their recitation. He said to Uthman: 'O Commander of the believers, save this nation before they differ greatly over the Book as Jews and Christians did.' Uthman sent to Hafsa to send the manuscripts of the Quran so that they could be copied into Mushafs and returned. Hafsa sent them to Uthman. He ordered Zaid ibn Thabit, Abdullah ibn Al-Zubair, Saeed ibn Al-As, and Abdurrahman ibn Al-Harith ibn Hisham to copy them in Mushafs. Uthman said to the Qurayshi party, 'If you differ with Zaid ibn Thabit regarding any part of the Quran's Arabic, write it in the dialect of Quraysh, for the Quran was revealed in their language.' They did so, and when they finished copying the Mushafs, Uthman returned the manuscripts to Hafsa and sent a Mushaf to every region and commanded that the other copies or Quranic parchments be burned. Ibn Shihab said: And Khārijah ibn Zaid ibn Thabit told me he heard Zaid ibn Thabit say: 'When we copied the Mushaf, I found a verse missing from the chapter of Al-Ahzab that I used to hear the Prophet (peace be upon him) reciting. We searched for it and found it with Khuzaymah ibn Thabit Al-Ansari. It is "Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah. We included it in its place in the Mushaf.' Sahih al-Bukhari 66:9SunniSAHIH.

This narration indicates that there were concerns about differing recitations and the preservation of the Qur'an's text, leading to Uthman's compilation effort. Still, it does not provide a specific list of differences in meaning between the Sana'a manuscripts and the established text of the Qur'an today.

For a detailed examination of the textual differences, one would typically need to refer to specialized academic studies or texts that focus on the manuscript tradition of the Qur'an, particularly those that analyze the Sana'a manuscripts directly.

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