The Qur'ān literally "the recitation" is the central religious text of Islam. Muslims believe the Qurʾān, in its original Arabic, to be the literal word of God that was revealed to Muhammad over a period of severals years until his death, and believe it to be God's final revelation to humanity. Muslims are directed to follow the Qurʾān — the last and final, completely untainted (with God promising to protect it). This is Islamic belief.
The Qurʾanic verses were originally memorized by Muhammad's companions as Muhammad recited them, with some being written down by one or more companions on whatever was at hand, from stones to pieces of bark. The collection of the Qur'ān compilation took place under the Caliph Abu Bakr, this task being led by Zayd ibn Thabit Al-Ansari. "The manuscript on which the Quran was collected, remained with Abu Bakr till Allah took him unto Him, and then with 'Umar till Allah took him unto Him, and finally it remained with Hafsa bint Umar (Umar's daughter)."
2007-02-16 09:36:01
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answered by Seamless Melody 3
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Prophet Muhammad
Wrote God's Revelations
With His Own Hand
The first revelation was "Read," and included the statement "God teaches by means of the pen" (96:1-4), and the second revelation was "The Pen" (68:1). The only function of the pen is to write.
Ignorant Muslim scholars of the first two centuries after the Quran could not understand the Quran's challenge to produce anything like it. They had no idea about the Quran's mathematical composition, and they knew that many literary giants could have composed works comparable to the Quran. In fact, many such literary giants did claim the ability to produce a literary work as excellent as the Quran. The latest claim came from Taha Hussein, the renowned Egyptian writer.
The ignorant Muslim scholars then decided to proclaim Muhammad an illiterate man! They figured that this would make the Quran's extraordinary literary excellence truly miraculous. The word they relied on to bestow illiteracy upon the Prophet was "UMMY." Unfortunately for those "scholars," this word clearly means "Gentile," or one who does not follow any scripture (Torah, Injeel, or Quran) [see 2:78, 3:20 & 75, 62:2]; it does NOT mean "illiterate."
The Prophet was a successful merchant. The "Muslim scholars" who fabricated the illiteracy lie forgot that there were no numbers during the Prophet's time; the letters of the alphabet were used as numbers. As a merchant dealing with numbers every day, the Prophet had to know the alphabet, from one to one-thousand.
The Quran tells us that Muhammad wrote down the Quran - Muhammad's contemporaries are quoted as saying, "These are tales from the past that he wrote down. They are being dictated to him day and night" (25:5). You cannot "dictate" to an illiterate person. The Prophet's enemies who accuse him of illiteracy abuse Verse 29:48, which relates specifically to previous scriptures.
On the 27th night of Ramadan 13 B.H. (Before Hijerah), Muhammad the soul, the real person, not the body, was summoned to the highest universe and the Quran was given to him (2:97, 17:1, 44:3, 53:1-18, 97:1-5). Subsequently, the angel Gabriel helped Muhammad release a few verses of the Quran at a time, from the soul to Muhammad's memory. The Prophet wrote down and memorized the verses just released into his mind. When the Prophet died, he left the complete Quran written down with his own hand in the chronological order of revelation, along with specific instructions as to where to place every verse. The divine instructions recorded by the Prophet were designed to put the Quran together into the final format intended for God's Final Testament to the world (75:17). The early Muslims did not get around to putting the Quran together until the time of Khalifa Rashed `Uthmaan. A committee was appointed to carry out this task.
and for illiterate peoples who answer before Mohamed is a prophet if you agree or not so stop insulting him and i have proves if you need to know just ask in respective way and he also have miracles
2007-02-16 11:50:18
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answered by Anonymous
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That is a sensitive question. The answer is that Muhammad recited the words that God said to him, but someone else actually wrote down what Muhammad said. I don't believe there are any originals left.
The devout would say that God "wrote" the Koran when he gave the words to Muhammad.
Some Western scholars have taken to studying the Koran like they have studied the Bible. They start with the premise that it is a man-made book and go from there. This has angered many of the faithful.
2007-02-16 09:33:36
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answered by marcosarroyos2003 2
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Muhammad received the revelations from Allah. Muhammad himself was an illiterate camel trader so just like the Bible and the Gita, the Koran was written much later by people who did not know the Prophet. The Koran was subject to just as much editing to make it suitable for the people as both the Bible and the Gita.
2007-02-16 09:40:25
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answered by Bruce H 3
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The Holy Qur'an is the sacred book for muslims. What's written in it are God's words that were sent to prophet Mohammed PBUH by an angel Gibril. People at that time used to by-heart it untill they were afraid that it would be lost when they die, so they decided to write it in a book. I think there are ancient manuscirpts in KSA that still exist.
2007-02-16 09:39:12
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answered by Anonymous
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Now the question is, who wrote Quran or who was the author of Quran?
Hadith tells us that Muhammad was illiterate and was unable to read or write. So of course Muhammad did not write Quran. Muslims claim that Muhammad dictated the whole Quran to his followers and many of them memorized the Quranic verses word by word and later they wrote it down. The bottom line is that no one knows for sure who wrote the Quran.
http://bibleandquran.org/quran-word-of-god9.htm
It is believed by some that Muhammad the Prophet wrote the bible http://www.quran.org/ap28.htm
This link is to detailed to put the information here
http://www.islamhouse.com/en/books/pdf/en2297.pdf
2007-02-16 09:38:49
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answered by nowment 2
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the tale is that it become some six hundred plus years after the Resurrection of the Christ. It become transmitted to scribes who took down what Mohammad stated over some two decades. Its been stated that Mohammad could no longer study or write, consequently there is the reliable threat that the scribes who took down the dictation could extremely have replaced the countless stuff Mohammad spewed from his Mouth. How might he comprehend?.. he could'nt study!
2016-09-29 05:15:55
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answered by betker 4
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The first PERSON to compile the Quran was Zayd ibn Thabit Al-Ansari. But the words came from Allah(god) to Muhammed and he told them to anyone of his literate companions. I do think that the first compilation is kept somewhere.
2007-02-16 09:33:21
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answered by Emily and Samara Rose 1
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Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) didn't know how to read and write. So he memorized the verses and cited them to his companions and followers later on.
After he passed away, Imam Ali (alaih salam), who was the Prophet's son-in-law, started gathering the verses and putting them in order so it wouldn't be forgotten.
If I remember correctly, it was finished by one of his companions but I don't know his name.
2007-02-16 10:40:25
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answered by Samantha 6
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Mohammed, the prophet of Islam, wrote it.
2007-02-16 09:33:58
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answered by Pearly Gator 3
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