Zxzyx
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Why dont we (the world) have in our possession, a massive number (say 100,000 copies) of the Quran today, which date to Muhammads lifetime?
I see the way the Quran is held in reverence today and can imagine that it has always been that way since the beginning of Islam. Surely then the first Muslims would have copied it and distributed it to bring the truth to all peoples.
By the end of Muhammads life there was no threat from invaders who might have put a stop to this. Muhammad would have been told by Allah that his death was near and the Quran needed to be compiled in a complete book to avoid any bits being left our or extra bits added and sent to all the people so they might be rightly guided. We know they knew the importance of written copies since when Muhammad recited others wrote it all down.
Im wondering where these early copies are today since the earliest I can find dates to at least 150 years after Muhammads death.
I see the way the Quran is held in reverence today and can imagine that it has always been that way since the beginning of Islam. Surely then the first Muslims would have copied it and distributed it to bring the truth to all peoples.
By the end of Muhammads life there was no threat from invaders who might have put a stop to this. Muhammad would have been told by Allah that his death was near and the Quran needed to be compiled in a complete book to avoid any bits being left our or extra bits added and sent to all the people so they might be rightly guided. We know they knew the importance of written copies since when Muhammad recited others wrote it all down.
Im wondering where these early copies are today since the earliest I can find dates to at least 150 years after Muhammads death.