Discover the oldest Koran text of Islam

British scientists have claimed to have found the oldest Islamic Koran text ever. Even the person who wrote this Koran could know the Prophet Mohammed.

Find the oldest Koran text

The manuscript was discovered by a scientist from Birmingham University (UK). Dr. Alba Fedeli found the manuscript pages and decided to take the test. The result has surprised the scientific community.

Koran manuscript at Birmingham University (UK) - (Photo: Reuters)

The method of analyzing radioactive carbon shows the text written on sheepskin or goat skin. Chronology in the period from 568 to 645 AD.

Meanwhile, this time period is very close to the time of life with the Prophet Mohammed . He is said to live from 570 to 632 AD. The accuracy of the method of analyzing radioactive carbon is about 95%, according to The Telegraph.

These manuscripts were actually stored for nearly 100 years in the school library but no one recognized their value. The Koran pages put together with about 3,000 other books acquired in 1920.
" The man who wrote this manuscript may have known the Prophet Mohammed. He may have seen and heard Mohammed preaching," said Professor David Thomas, a Christian and Muslim expert at Birmingham University. with BBC.

"The text of the Koran written on parchment is indeed a surprising finding, they can provide us with important data to know exactly the year of birth of Islam," he added.