Researchers Ponder World’s Oldest Qur’an – Is It Older Than Mohammad?

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Further testing is planned as well, with a “much more substantial conference” to be held at a later date.

“The person who actually wrote it could well have known the Prophet Muhammad,” Thomas pointed out. He would have seen him probably, he would maybe have heard him preach. He may have known him personally – and that really is quite a thought to conjure with.”