"It provided tantalizing clues to help settle a scholarly dispute about whether the holy text was actually written down at the time of the prophet, or compiled years later after being passed down by word of mouth. The discovery also offered a joyful moment for a faith that has struggled with internal divisions and external pressures."
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Dan Bilefsky, âA Find in Britain: Quran Fragments Perhaps as Old as Islam,â New York Times, July 22, 2015., quoted in Did muhammad exist? : an inquiry into islamâs obscure origins. (2012). . ISI Books. March 1 2024
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