Wikipedia: History of Quran

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The Qur'an, otherwise spelled Koran, is the book of God for muslims, who believe that it is the eternal, literal word of God, revealed to Prophet Muhammad over a period of 22 years. It consists of 114 suras (chapters) and 6000 ayats (verses).
Muslims believe that the earthly Qur'an is a copy of sections of a series of "well-guarded tablets" in heaven known as the Book of Heaven.

The Qur'an, otherwise spelled Koran, is the book of God for muslims, who believe that it is the eternal, literal word of God, revealed to Prophet Muhammad over a period of 22 years. It consists of 114 suras (chapters) and 6000 ayats (verses). Muslims believe that the earthly Qur'an is a copy of sections of a series of "well-guarded tablets" in heaven known as the Book of Heaven.

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Contemporary Scholarship and the Qur'an

Islamic scholars, on the other hand, have long shown that this is not quite the case. Just as higher biblical criticism revolutionzed Judaism and Christianity by calling into question long held assumptions about the origins of the Bible, similar studies have done the same for the Qur'an. Scholars of Islamic religious literature now agree that much of the Qur'an is a modified composite based on the Tanakh [Hebrew Bible] and the New Testament. It is recognized that many of the pious claims about its composition and content are not historically supportable.

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Scholars of Islamic religious literature now agree that much of the Qur'an is a modified composite based on the Tanakh [Hebrew Bible] and the New Testament. It is recognized that many of the pious claims about its composition and content are not historically supportable.

* Islamic history records that Uthman collected all variants of the Qur'an and destroyed those that he did not approve of

* Islamic history records that Uthman? collected all variants of the Qur'an and destroyed those that he did not approve of

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* The Hadith claims that the Qur'an is defective; the Hadith is the authoritative Muslim understanding of the Qur'an and Islamic law. (It is roughly equivalent to Judaism's oral law in the Mishna and Talmuds.) The Hadiths say that some of the Qur'an was lost, forgotten, or abrogated. It explicitly refers to chapters [suras] in the Qur'an that are no longer extant.

* The Hadith claims that the Qur'an is defective; the Hadith is the authoritative Muslim understanding of the Qur'an and Islamic law. (It is roughly equivalent to Judaism's oral law in the Mishna and Talmuds.) The Hadiths? say that some of the Qur'an was lost, forgotten, or abrogated. It explicitly refers to chapters [suras] in the Qur'an that are no longer extant.

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These issues are discussed on these websites:

External links:

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What is the Koran?
http://theatlantic.com/issues/99jan/koran.htm

The Quran Browser
http://www.stg.brown.edu/webs/quran_browser/pqeasy.shtml

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http://www.math.gatech.edu/~jkatz/Islam/Quran/Text/

http://answering-islam.org/Quran/Text/

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What is the Koran?
http://theatlantic.com/issues/99jan/koran.htm

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