Who are the writers of the Qur'an?

Answer 1

Quran is the sacred book of Muslims. Muslims believe that the Quran was given by God to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel over a period of 23 years. According to the Islamic literature Muhammad recited the Arabic Quran before his followers between 610-632AD. When Muhammad first recited the various parts of the Quran regularly before his followers they in turn recorded those words on parchments, scapula, leaf-stalks of date palms etc. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 60, Number 201). However, these materials on which the Quran originally was written down do not exist now.

There were around forty scribes who made the recordings of the Qurnic recitations of Muhammad during his life time. Although the names of these forty individuals are mentioned in some hadith literature it is not specified which scribe wrote which sura or ayas of the Quran.

After the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's death in 632AD, under the command of the first Muslim Kaliph Abu Bakr one of Muhammad's followers Zayd ibn Thabit complied the Quran into one book. It was later underwent at least one more codification under the third Kaliph Uthman. At that time the official version of the Quran was prepared and all the previous copies were burnt (Sahih Bukhari 6:61:510). The present day Quran, which Muslims believe is the same as the original one, comprises of 114 suras or chapters and 6236 verses in Arabic language.

Answer 2

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