{"id":18548,"date":"2022-07-03T17:09:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T22:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/?p=18548"},"modified":"2024-08-29T11:45:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T16:45:10","slug":"who-wrote-down-the-quran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/who-wrote-down-the-quran\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Wrote Down The Quran?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>The Holy Quran is The Direct, Literal Word of God, and it was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him) through the Angel Gabriel. But how was The Quran written down if Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him) was illiterate? Muslims believe that Angel Gabriel recited The Quran to Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him), and the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him) recited The Quran to his companions, and his companions are the ones who wrote it down. Many companions wrote it down at once, making sure that the transmission of The Quran was recorded accurately between all of them and there were no differences or mistakes between them. There are also biographies about who these companions are, what they did, if they were trustworthy or not, etc.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>And Allah Knows best.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Holy Quran is The Direct, Literal Word of God, and it was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him) through the Angel Gabriel. But how was The Quran written down if Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him) was illiterate? Muslims believe that Angel Gabriel recited The Quran to Prophet &#8230; <a title=\"Who Wrote Down The Quran?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/who-wrote-down-the-quran\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Who Wrote Down The Quran?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[119,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misconceptions","category-responses-to-allegations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ask A Muslim","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/author\/fulan\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Holy Quran is The Direct, Literal Word of God, and it was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him) through the Angel Gabriel. But how was The Quran written down if Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him) was illiterate? Muslims believe that Angel Gabriel recited The Quran to Prophet&hellip;","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcT0IL-4Pa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18754,"url":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/how-many-qurans-are-there-what-are-the-ahruf-and-qiraat\/","url_meta":{"origin":18548,"position":0},"title":"How Many Qurans Are There? What Are the Ahruf and Qiraat?","author":"Ask A Muslim","date":"07\/20\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"There is only one Noble Quran out there. Many enemies of Islam will make outrageous claims of there being many different Qurans, however, all of these accusations are completely baseless. 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