Q?
When did
Muhammad write
the Koran?
A!
Muhammad
did not write
the Koran.
The book "Inside
Islam: A guide
for Catholics.
100 Questions
and Answers"
by Daniel
Ali and Robert
Spencer, does
a great job
of answering
this question
between pages
40 - 51.
- "although
Muhammad
himself
did not
write any
of it, the
Koran very
much reflects
the concerns
of the Prophet
and his
seventh-century
community.
During his
lifetime,
his followers
recorded
his revelations
on any material
they had
handy, but
most of
all they
committed
them to
memory in
what was
primarily
an oral
culture.
The collection
of all of
Muhammad's
alleged
revelations
into on
volume only
began in
earnest
when the
ongoing
holy wars,
or jihad,
being waged
by Muslims
raised the
real possibility
that the
only person
who had
committted
an important
revelation
to memory
might be
killed in
battle,
and the
revelation
would be
lost forever."
- "According
to Islamic
tradition,
the prophet
Muhammad
(AD 570
- 632) began
receiving
revelations
(Wahy) from
Allah through
the angel
Gabriel
in the city
of Mecca...These
revelations
continued
until his
death"
- There
were Christian
communities
in the region
where Muhammad
lived. "Few
of these
Christian
communities,
however,
were orthodox;
most advocated
one or more
of the heresies
of the time,
including
Arianism,
Monophysitism,
and Nestorianism.
All of these
heresies
held false
or incomplete
views of
the nature
of Christ.
Muhammad's
exposure
to Christianity,
therefore,
seems to
have been
limited
to contact
with Heretical
Christian
groups."
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