المعنى الاصطلاحي

The Companions whom the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, assigned to write down and record the Qur’an that was revealed to him.

الشرح المختصر

"Kuttāb al-Wahy" (scribes of the revelation): The Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, had "kuttāb" (scribes) who wrote down and recorded the verses of the revealed Qur’an. There were some well-known "kuttāb" among the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, entrusted with this task including: ‘Abdullah ibn Sa‘d ibn Abi as-Sarh al-Qurashi al-‘Āmiri, who was the first to write down the revelation for the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, in Makkah; ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān ibn Abi al-‘Ās al-Qurashi; ‘Ali ibn Abi Tālib al-Qurashi al-Hāshimi; Ubayy ibn Ka‘b ibn Qays al-Ansāri al-Khazraji; Zayd ibn Thābit al-Ansāri al-Khazraji; Mu‘āwiyah ibn Abi Sufyān al-Qurashi al-Umawi. These were not the only "kuttāb" writing down the revelation. There were other Companions as well, such as: Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, Ibn Mas‘ood, Az-Zubayr ibn al-‘Awwām, ‘Āmir ibn Fuhayrah, ‘Amr ibn al-‘Ās, Al-Mugheerah ibn Shu‘bah, ‘Abdullah ibn Rawāhah, Khālid ibn al-Waleed, Thābit ibn Qays, and others.