1) Why is it important to know that the sources of Islam have been preserved?

1. To increase faith and confidence and repel doubts.
2. To avoid having to turn to scholars for guidance.
3. To see how poorly preserved Islam is.
4. No particular reason.

2) The Quran has been preserved through:

1. writing and memorization.
2. memorization only.
3. sources unknown to us.
4. It has not been preserved.

3) Identify two of the most oldest and important written manuscripts (copies) of the Quran that exist today:

1. Sahifa Humman ibn Munabbih and the Topkapi manuscript in Turkey.
2. The Samarqand Manuscript in Uzbekistan and the Sahifa Humman ibn Munabbih.
3. Hussein Mosque manuscript in Cairo, Egypt, the Topkapi manuscript in Turkey.
4. No such copies exist today.

4) Identify a unique way in which Allah preserved the Quran:

1. Allah says He made Quran easy to memorize and no other scripture has been memorized in human history like the Quran.
2. There is absolutely nothing unique about how Allah preserved the Quran.
3. The Quran is preserved just like any other scripture.
4. Only man deserves credit for his efforts in preserving the Quran, it has nothing to do with Allah.

5) Identify the main steps of Quran’s preservation.

1. the Prophet dictated it to scribes, it stayed with his family and companions till Uthman made official copies which exist today.
2. the Prophet did not dictate it, it was written down hundreds of years after him.
3. the Prophet dictated it, but there was never a standard copy on which everyone agreed.
4. the Prophet did not dictate it, Uthman wrote it down.