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12 The Hindu religion has Vedas which
were written by saints. But how did

Islam originate? How did Muhammad
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connect to Allah as there was no
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proof of Allah s existence during

that time? How did he start this new
religion?

he Veda is supposed to have been transmitted as Shruti
T(oral tradition). That is, the one who wrote the Vedas
was not the ‘author’ of the scripture, instead he wrote
what he had heard from others. Before being written, the
Vedas existed only as oral tradition.
According to Islam, the Quran is the revelation from
God that came down to the Prophet Muhammad by
means of the angel Gabriel. Whenever the Prophet
received a revelation which the angel Gabriel brought
to him, he would immediately recite it to one of his
companion scribes. These scribes would write down the
words recited by the Prophet on leaves, pieces of paper
and other material. Many of the Companions of the
Prophet also committed the entire Quran to memory.
The Quran was not revealed all at once in the form of
a book, rather it was revealed in parts depending upon
the circumstances and the situations faced by the Prophet
and Muslims. Towards the end of the life of the Prophet,
the Quran, in written form, was compiled together in its
current form. So the whole of the Quran was preserved

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