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One fundamental problem pointed out with accurately dating the contents of the Qur'an is that the verses, even by traditional Muslim accounts, were not collected and put together into a single book during the lifetime of Muhammad. They were put together at least a decade after his death through a process of gathering and recording verses that had been etched upon scraps of papyrus, bone, and wood along with interviewing members of the early community who had committed parts of the Qur'an to memory. | One fundamental problem pointed out with accurately dating the contents of the Qur'an is that the verses, even by traditional Muslim accounts, were not collected and put together into a single book during the lifetime of Muhammad. They were put together at least a decade after his death through a process of gathering and recording verses that had been etched upon scraps of papyrus, bone, and wood along with interviewing members of the early community who had committed parts of the Qur'an to memory. | ||
If this narrative of the Qur'an's formation is true then it raises | If this narrative of the Qur'an's formation is true then it raises questions about how accurate was the collection of the book, and if the current version of the [[Corruption of the Qur'an|Qur'an reliably Muhammad's]]? It is possible that parts of the originally recited Qur'an were not included in the book or entire passages were included that came from an author other than Muhammad. There were countless [[Legends|legends]] and stories circulating at this time in the Middle East, many, many of which show up in the Qur'an. Combined with relative paucity of eye witness attestation of Muhammad's contemporaries these facts suggest that our knowledge of the original contents of the Quran may be suspect. | ||
===Earliest Manuscripts=== | ===Earliest Manuscripts=== | ||