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Recordings › Dr. Shehzad Saleem | the Preservation of the Quran & the Problem of Qira'at | MindTrap with Mufti#26 · 19 Jun 2020 › Segment 1 of 25

Opening: audio check and introducing Dr Shehzad Saleem

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Housekeeping before the conversation: an audio check, then the introduction of the guest, Dr Shehzad Saleem, a specialist on the compilation and variant readings of the Quran from Ghamidi's institute.

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Mufti Abu Layth opens the MindTrap episode and says an esteemed guest will shed light on a matter that has been disturbing many people recently: the controversy over the nature of the Quran, the variant readings and the ahruf. After an audio check with viewers on YouTube and Facebook, he brings up the profile picture of Dr Shehzad Saleem, whom he describes as a master of Quranic sciences, a specialist on the variation and compilation of the Quran, known in Arabic as jam' al-Quran, a fellow of Javed Ahmad Ghamidi's institute and someone close to Ghamidi himself. He greets the guest, who says it is an honour to be with him.

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[Music] oh hi folks of in al hamdulillah wa kafa salat wa salam o allah rasool allah mustafa ala ideality notable remember who donated what beatiful were bad for salam allahi allah o allah wa sallim become a marhaban once again to mindtrap with most evil aids we've got an awesome spectacular show for you tonight in Sharla an esteemed guest I'll be bringing on

shortly that will shed some light some tranquility on a matter that's being disturbing quite a few people recently with the whole controversy that has been aroused on the nature of the Quran what is what is the what is the actual the existential nature the metaphysical nature of the Quran what about these variations the ire of the pinna at all of these things people are asking these questions time and time again so before anything I'm just doing an audio check to make sure that the sound is coming through fine if there are any issues I

will just amend the imminently but I take it that the sound I'm just checking with me Facebook sent there right I'm if I just get it I'm just getting a clearance there ok excellent I can see that right all right audio is all going through fine excellent excellent people so bringing up first of all for you a profile picture that before you people you can see is the legendary doctor Shahzad Salim and absolute master in this field

a specialist on Quran Sciences on the variation and the compilation of the Quran what is called Jamal Quran in Arabic a fellow of comedy subs married Institute and center of teaching and somebody who's very close to comedy saab himself right any delayed lets us Salam aleikum was that a llama settling and welcome to my trap well it was salam it's an honor to be with you right I'm really grateful that

you've taken out this time to really enlighten us so I have to from the bottom on my heart first and foremost sugar and sugar and I deeply appreciate I can imagine only how busy you are folks I've reached out to dr. Shahzad Salim after watching some amazing lectures on this topic and I to be fair I thought you know what I wasn't expecting you to to get I thought you know my message might be totally drowned out and it'll take forever up so I was so glad I was over the moon when dr.

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Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 2020-06-19-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f2bcgwatu5g/s/1/ (accessed 1 November 2026)

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2020, June 19). Opening: audio check and introducing Dr Shehzad Saleem [Video, segment 2020-06-19-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f2bcgwatu5g/s/1/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2020. "Opening: audio check and introducing Dr Shehzad Saleem." Video, segment 2020-06-19-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded June 19, 2020. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f2bcgwatu5g/s/1/

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@misc{abulayth-2020-06-19-S01,
  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Opening: audio check and introducing Dr Shehzad Saleem}},
  year = {2020},
  month = {6},
  date = {2020-06-19},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f2bcgwatu5g/s/1/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/f2bcgwatu5g/s/1/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2020-06-19-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}

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