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The world’s oldest Koran is older than the Prophet Muhammad-Oxford experts- by Simolicatalano: 10:03pm On Aug 19, 2015
Fragments of the manuscript, found within
the pages of another Koran from the late
seventh century, is believed to be between
1,448 and 1,371 years old. The carbon-dating
tests showed that the pages of the holy
book was written in ink in an early form of
Arabic script on sheep skin and were among
the very oldest surviving texts of the Koran.
The pages contain parts of the Suras, or
chapters, 18 to 20
The pages contain parts of the Suras, or
chapters, 18 to 20. And the scholars
believe that those fragments may have been
written after the death of Prophet
Muhammad, as they were produced between
568AD and 645AD, while the dates usually
given for the founder of Islam are between
570AD and 632AD
Historian Tom Holland, commented on the
discovery: “It destabilises, to put it mildly,
the idea that we can know anything with
certainty about how the Koran emerged – and
that in turn has implications for the history
of Muhammad and the Companions.”
The pages are believed to be among the very
oldest surviving texts of the Koran
Keith Small, from the University of Oxford’s
Bodleian Library, added: “This gives more
ground to what have been peripheral views of
the Koran’s genesis, like that Muhammad and
his early followers used a text that was
already in existence and shaped it to fit their
own political and theological agenda, rather
than Muhammad receiving a revelation from
heaven.”
The Prophet Muhammad is thought to have
founded Islam sometime after 610AD and the
first Muslim community was founded in
Medina in 622AD. During this time the Koran
was memorised and recited orally but Caliph
Abu Bakr, the first leader of the Muslim
community after Muhammad’s death, ordered
the Koranic material to be collected into a
book. The final authoritative written form was
not completed until 650AD under the third
leader Caliph Uthman.
source: https://www.naij.com/536099-worlds-oldest-koran-older-prophet-muhammad-possible.html
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Re: The world’s oldest Koran is older than the Prophet Muhammad-Oxford experts- by Simolicatalano: 10:04pm On Aug 19, 2015
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Re: The world’s oldest Koran is older than the Prophet Muhammad-Oxford experts- by ladyF(f): 10:07pm On Aug 19, 2015
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Re: The world’s oldest Koran is older than the Prophet Muhammad-Oxford experts- by vizkiz: 10:16pm On Aug 19, 2015
ladyF:
27?

rabbit = 3kg
Cat = 7kg
Dog = 17kg...that is your calculation right?
Re: The world’s oldest Koran is older than the Prophet Muhammad-Oxford experts- by ladyF(f): 10:19pm On Aug 19, 2015
vizkiz:


rabbit = 3kg
Cat = 7kg
Dog = 17kg...that is your calculation right?
Yep

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