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Did Prophet Muhammad write the Quran himself as claimed by many non Muslims?
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Muhammad did not write Quran. Whatever stories Muhammad was reciting were recorded by his companions and they themselves were reciting these as a poems. Poem are easy to memorize than regular writings.
During the time of Muhammad, many claimed that Muhammad was just reciting the stories that they heard before. Following are two reasons out of many the non-muslims gives for this argument.
1) Mohammad got Christian and Jewish Scripture details mainly from his Christian wife Kadijah and her cousin Waraqa:Muhammad's first wife was a Christian. Her uncle Waraqa was a monk who spends time at Hira Caves. Mohammad used to visit him to hear Biblical accounts. Mohammad never wrote anything. However, Mohammad retold these biblical incidents to Mohammad's followers as revelations from Allah. This is why Quran contains Biblical accounts. Many times Mohammad messed up the Biblical incidents and told them a distorted version of the true Biblical accounts. This is why Quran contradicts with the Biblical incidents. Mohammad does not have to be a learned person to recite what he heard from Waraqa and others.
2) Mohammad heard fables and tales from others and recited as Allah's revelation: You do not need education to do this. During Mohammad's time, many people accused him of repeating these fables as revelation from Allah (Quran 8:31, 16:24, 25:5, 27:68, 46:17, 68:15). Some of the examples of the fables of that time found in Quran are the following: (None of these are included in the New Testament because they were fables)
1) Quran mentions the story of Satan and his conflicts with Adam and God (7:11-12). This was mentioned in the Gospel of Bartholomew written in 3rd century A.D
2) Quran mentions an altered version of Mary's betrothal to Joseph (3:44). This was mentioned in the gospel of the Birth of Mary written before the 4th Century A.D
3) Quran mentions Jesus speaking from cradle (3:36, 5:110 & 19:29-34). This was written in The First Infacy Gospel Of Jesus Christ (1:1-3)
4) Quran mentions Child Jesus making a clay bird and giving life (3:39, 5:110). This was written in two sources - Infancy Gospel of Thomas (A.D. 150) and Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ (15:1-7).
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