The Qur’an was not written by Muslims — the earliest manuscripts prove it.

In this documentary, Dr Neil Hamson examines the oldest Qur’anic manuscripts, inscriptions, and language to reveal a radically different origin story.

The Qur’an is traditionally believed to be the perfectly preserved word of God, revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.
But when we examine the earliest Qur’anic manuscripts, inscriptions, and linguistic evidence, a very different picture emerges.

In this video, Dr Neil Hamson, critical theologian and historian of religion, analyses the oldest surviving Qur’anic manuscripts, including:

• The Birmingham Qur’an (Mingana 1572a)
• The Ṣanʿāʾ Palimpsest
• Codex Parisino-Petropolitanus
• The Ma’il Qur’an (British Library)
• The Topkapi Qur’an
• The Samarkand (Tashkent) Qur’an
• Codex Mashhad
• Early Qur’anic inscriptions such as the Dome of the Rock (691 AD)

Using manuscript studies, palaeography, archaeology, epigraphy, and historical linguistics, this documentary demonstrates that:

✔ The earliest Qur’anic texts were not fixed or uniform
✔ Early Arabic was not yet a fully developed written language
✔ Qur’anic theology closely mirrors non-Trinitarian Christian beliefs
✔ The Qur’an argues within Christian theology, not against paganism
✔ Islam emerged later through political and theological reinterpretation

This is not a theological polemic.
It is a historical investigation based on evidence.

Next episode: Who Was the REAL Muhammad?
Was he a prophet, a political leader, or a later theological construction?

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