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Collection of the Quran, Part 3 - Ibn Kammuna

In  this series of articles, we have investigated the making of the Qur’an from the time of Prophet Muhammad to the times of Rightly Guided caliphs Abu Bakr, Omar and Uthman. We talked about the Uthmanic version of the Qur’an, and compared that to what was available of other “Qur’ans”. We also

Collection of the Qur’an, Part 2 -- Ibn Kammuna

Introductory Notes: The first part of this study opened our eyes to the fact that the Qur’an was not collected as “one unit” during the time of Muhammad (PBUH). The prophet himself allowed tampering with Qur’anic wording. This was evident when he changed some of the words in the Qur’an as suggested by one of his scribes. Also, the scandal of satanic verses revelations casts doubts on any and all of the Qur’an. How are we to judge which verses are satanic and which are not? When Muhammad (PBUH) died, the Qur’an has already been changed with Muhammad’s approval. It was also not collected as one unit, thus, allowing varieties of claims about which writings belong to the “revealed” Qur’an, and which do not.

Collection of the Qur’an, Part 1 - Ibn Kammuna

Introductory Notes
Because the Qur’an is considered of vital importance to Muslims, I will discuss the events regarding its collection in this series of articles. Let me mention beforehand that the Qur’an itself, I believe, will end up as a book having no real utility or value. So, I am embarking on a journey aimed at showing that we, in all honesty, have no clue which parts of the Qur’an are Muhammad’s and which are some “additions” or “changes” that took place sometime during early Islam’s history. Some changes took place during Muhammad’s life. Salomon Reinach writes:
“….the Koran has little merit. Declamation, repetition, puerility, a lack of logic and coherence strike the unprepared reader at every turn.”[1]
So, from a literary point of view, the Qur’an is worthless. It is awfully boring to read, lacks logical sequencing in its verses. It is also full of historical and grammatical errors as pointed out by many researchers who contribute to this site (i.e. Ali Sina, Mumin Salih).
Tradition tells us that the Qur’an was “revealed” to Muhammad (PBUH) over many years. It is not clear how much of the Qur’an was written down during Muhammad’s (PBUH) time. Ibn Warraq writes:

When the Arab Intellectuals Debated Muhammad - Mumin Salih

When the Arab Intellectuals Debated Muhammad

Mumin Salih

Fourteen hundreds years ago, the most important debate in the history of Islam took place publicly in Mecca between Mohammed and a panel of Arab intellectuals. We probably will never know the full details of that debate because Muslims have heavily censored the history of Arabia. But there is enough information between the lines of these heavily censored documents that point to Mohammed’s appalling performance. The debate had disastrous consequences on Islam and silenced Mohammed for years. Islam was destined to vanish in its infancy.This article is a byproduct of my search to find any shred of evidence to the Muslims’ claims that the Quran stunned the early Arabs. This is another topic, which, hopefully will be the subject of another