Muhammad Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Quran=== {{Main|Muhammad in the Quran}} The [[Quran]] is the central [[religious text]] of [[Islam]]. Muslims believe it represents the words of [[God in Islam|God]] revealed by the archangel [[Gabriel]] to Muhammad.<ref name="Britannica">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Qurʾān |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Quran |access-date=24 September 2013 |last=Nasr |first=Seyyed Hossein |date=2007 |author-link=Seyyed Hossein Nasr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505001543/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/487666/Quran |archive-date=5 May 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=LivRlgP338>''Living Religions: An Encyclopaedia of the World's Faiths'', Mary Pat Fisher, 1997, p. 338, I.B. Tauris Publishers.</ref><ref>{{qref|17|106|b=y}}</ref> The Quran is mainly addressed to a single "Messenger of God" who is referred to as Muhammad in a number of verses. The Quranic text also describes the settlement of his followers in [[Medina|Yathrib]] after their expulsion by the Quraysh, and briefly mentions military encounters such as the [[Battle of Badr|Muslim victory at Badr]].<ref name=":0">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Muhammad |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad |access-date=4 February 2023 |last=Watt |first=William Montgomery |date=4 January 2024 |author-link=W. Montgomery Watt }}</ref> The Quran, however, provides minimal assistance for Muhammad's chronological biography; most Quranic verses do not provide significant historical context and timeline.{{Sfn|Bennett|1998|p=18–19}}{{sfn|Peters|1994|p=261}} Almost none of Muhammad's [[Companions of the Prophet|companions]] are mentioned by name in the Quran, hence not providing sufficient information for a concise biography.<ref name=":0" /> The Quran is considered to be contemporary with Muhammad, and the [[Birmingham Quran manuscript|Birmingham manuscript]] has been [[Radiocarbon dating|radiocarbon dated]] to his lifetime, its discovery largely disproving [[Revisionist school of Islamic studies|Western revisionist theories]] about the Quran's origins.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bora |first=Fozia |date=2015-07-22 |title=Discovery of 'oldest' Qur'an fragments could resolve enigmatic history of holy text |url=http://theconversation.com/discovery-of-oldest-quran-fragments-could-resolve-enigmatic-history-of-holy-text-45066 |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Lumbard-24-7-2015">{{cite news |last1=Lumbard |first1=Joseph E. B. |author-link1=Joseph E. B. Lumbard |date=24 July 2015 |title=New Light on the History of the Quranic Text? |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-light-on-the-history_b_7864930 |access-date=24 March 2021 |agency=Huffington Post}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page