﴿ فِى لَوْحٍۢ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ ﴾

“upon an imperishable tablet [inscribed].”

in a Preserved Tablet. He said:That which is preserved (maḥfūẓ) is the breast (ṣadr) of the believer. It [the Qurʾān] is protected from being reached by anyone who is not of its people (ahlihi), for the people of the Qurʾān are the people of God and His elite. But God knows best.His words, Exalted is He: