Birmingham Quran

[PyariCgudia]

So the UK has found that they have two leaves of apparently the oldest Quran known to date, based on carbon dating.

The carbon dating gives a RANGE of dates to which you can pinpoint the parchment, not necessarily the writing on it. The parchment was made on an animal, so dates it to when the animal died.

This puts the dating just around the time of Abu Bakr or Uthman R’s caliphates, but the date range overlaps Muhammad’s life.

But since the early part of the date range PREDATES Muhammad (SAW)'s birth, prominent publications like the Business Insider for example, are using it to argue that this proves these verses were already in publication, and that Muhammad cherry picked writings of that time to justify his agenda, rather than actually getting revelations from God.

Anyway, finding a lot of these kinds of links on facebooks, and just wanted to put it out there that the carbon dating fixes the date of the pages at best to a RANGE, and that any date within that range could be possible. To cherry pick the earliest date and use it against Muhammad and Islam is using the same argument used against Muhammad (SAW).

Annoyed with the Business Insider at this point. News is spreading on various publications that this Quran actually DISPROVES Islam and Muhammad (SAW)…

Unbelievable people don’t know what the heck a “range” even means.

[Monk]

Re: Birmingham Quran

So the UK has found that they have two leaves of apparently the oldest Quran known to date, based on carbon dating.

The carbon dating gives a RANGE of dates to which you can pinpoint the parchment, not necessarily the writing on it. The parchment was made on an animal, so dates it to when the animal died.

This puts the dating just around the time of Abu Bakr or Uthman R's caliphates, but the date range overlaps Muhammad's life.

But since the early part of the date range PREDATES Muhammad (SAW)'s birth, prominent publications like the Business Insider for example, are using it to argue that this proves these verses were already in publication, and that Muhammad cherry picked writings of that time to justify his agenda, rather than actually getting revelations from God.

Anyway, finding a lot of these kinds of links on facebooks, and just wanted to put it out there that the carbon dating fixes the date of the pages at best to a RANGE, and that any date within that range could be possible. To cherry pick the earliest date and use it against Muhammad and Islam is using the same argument used against Muhammad (SAW).

Annoyed with the Business Insider at this point. News is spreading on various publications that this Quran actually DISPROVES Islam and Muhammad (SAW)...

Unbelievable people don't know what the heck a "range" even means.

Well if a theory pose tons more issue, then what it resolve. Then there is some problem with the theory.

1-Prophet(saw) did not know how to read or write.
2-Who then is messenger of those verses ? its not bible verse is it?
3-Who puts his life in danger over forgery, and establish such results?
4-Quran at times say some thing and they say "you did not know this before"
How come on one came forward in makkah and said "oh we know it from those skins"

To justify point 4, you have to make a claim "all the history of prophet(saw) was fabricated"

Which would pose an other million issues... etc etc..

[Doppleganger]

Re: Birmingham Quran

They tested the parchment, not the ink. As we all know, paper doesn't expire and considering the fact that it was probably expensive compared to now to make paper, people probably stored some paper.