Elias quoted Life of the Qur'an by Mohamad Jebara
Content warning end of book, more of a tw since it's discussions about *the* Islam divide
With hundreds of copies of the Qur'an in circulation, the Umayyads could not change its words. Instead, they began to redefine their meaning and fabricate a corpus of traditions (Hadith) falsely attributed to Muhammad.
— Life of the Qur'an by Mohamad Jebara (Page 179)
WAIT, the Hadith was written this late into the existence of the Quran? I thought they were written down while Muhammad was still alive. I'm so ???? rn