This is a very old claim, and one of the funniest claims one can ever hear against the Quran. It was adamantly rejected by the Scholars of Hadith.
Such claims were invented by those who were so desperate to discredit the Mother of the Believers “ ‘Aisha,” (رضي الله عنه), so they invented this funny story, and attributed it to ‘Aisha, (رضي الله عنه) although she never kept a goat in her house, and although the Quran was memorized by countless numbers of the Prophet’s companions. Hence it is impossible to lose a single verse of the Quran with so many authentic and trustworthy people who memorized the Holy Book.
This “fairy-tale” keeps being brought up by those who want to discredit the Quran and attacks us authenticity to argue against its preservation. However, here are a few points regarding the Quran:
- Quran was never altered, and will never be altered because Allah Almighty promised to preserve it.
- Nothing was lost from the Quran, and no additions were ever made to it.
- Prophet Mohammed dictated the revelation he received to his companions.
- Many companions memorized the Quran verbatim by heart, and some of them wrote the revelation on various manuscripts.
- Till today, there are Millions of people who memorize the Quran by heart, and it’s normal to see some of them telling the chain of transmission through which they received the Quran.
- The compilation of the Holy Quran was authenticated and documented with extreme details.
- Quran is the only Divine book which was preserved.
- No two copies are different, which proved that the Quran was never corrupted.
- Oldest Quran Manuscript exists at the University of Birmingham. Carbon dating technology proved that the manuscript is 1400 years old.
- The Quran included many scientific facts which were discovered only in recent history, proving its truthfulness and authenticity.
- Those who studied the Quran with the intention to find errors and contradictions ended up embracing Islam. One of them is Mathematics Professor Gary Miller from Canada, who also was a former Theologian.