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  2. History of the Quran - Wikipedia

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    According to the Muslim belief and Islamic scholarly accounts, the revelation of the Quran to the Islamic prophet Muhammad began in 610 CE when the angel Gabriel (believed to have been sent by God) appeared to Muhammad (a trader in the Western Arabian city of Mecca, which had become a sanctuary for pagan deities and an important trading center) in the cave of Hira.

  3. Abd Allah ibn Sa'd - Wikipedia

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    Abd Allah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi al-Sarh (Arabic: عبد الله ابن سعد ابن أبي السرح, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Saʿd ibn Abī al-Sarḥ) was an Arab administrator, scribe, and military commander, who was an early convert to, then later apostate from Islam [2] He was a scriber of the Quran (كاتب الوحي) and governor of Upper Egypt for the Muslim caliphate during the ...

  4. Early Quranic manuscripts - Wikipedia

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    Sura al-Baqarah, verses 282–286, from an early Quranic manuscript written on vellum (mid-late 7th century CE). In Muslim tradition the Quran is the final revelation from God, Islam's divine text, delivered to the Islamic prophet Muhammad through the angel Jibril (Gabriel).

  5. List of translations of the Quran - Wikipedia

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    Mawlana Muhammad Ilyas (Akhunzada): The most first translation of Quran as well as Fakhr-ut-Tafseer was written by him in the 18th century in Afghanistan (original versions are placed in Kandahar), He then came to Peshawar (warsak road mathra kochian) & wrote many more Islamic books as well as search prescription of different kind of diseases ...

  6. Zayd ibn Thabit - Wikipedia

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    Zāyd bin Thābit bin al-Ḍaḥḥāk (Arabic: زيد بن ثابت, romanized: Zayd ibn Thābit) was the personal scribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, serving as the chief recorder of the Quranic text. [1] He hailed from the ansar (helpers), later joined the ranks of the Muslim army at age 19. After Muhammad's passing in 632, he was ...

  7. Quran - Wikipedia

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    Another translation of the Quran was completed in 884 in Alwar (Sindh, India, now Pakistan) by the orders of Abdullah bin Umar bin Abdul Aziz on the request of the Hindu Raja Mehruk. [246] The first fully attested complete translations of the Quran were done between the 10th and 12th centuries in Persian.

  8. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab - Wikipedia

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    Praising Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab's efforts, Muhammad Rashīd Ridá wrote: "Muhammad bin Abd al-Wahhab al-Najdi was one of those Mujaddids, [who] called for the upholding of Tawhid and the sincerity of worship to God alone with what He legislated in His Book and on the tongue of His Messenger, the Seal of the Prophets; ... abandoning heresies and ...

  9. Uthmanic codex - Wikipedia

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    When he finished he asked : “Who is the best writer among the people?” They said: The writer of the Muhammad, Zayd bin Thabit. He said: Which of the people good in pronunciation? They said: Sa'id bin Al-Aas. Uthman said: Let Sa'id dictate and let Zayd write. He wrote Zayd. He wrote copies of the Quran and dispersed them in the people.