{"id":6578,"date":"2024-07-10T07:43:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/why-holy-quran-was-not-written-on-paper\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:36:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:36:37","slug":"why-holy-quran-was-not-written-on-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/why-holy-quran-was-not-written-on-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Holy Qur&#8217;an Was Not Written On Paper?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>It  is believed that the previous divine books i.e. Psalms and Bible were  recorded in book form. If paper had been invented before the revelation  of the Holy Qur&#8217;an then why was it written on leaves of date-palms and  stones rather than paper? <\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>There  is no doubt that paper had been invented before the Holy Qur&#8217;an. There  is sound evidence to prove that the Arabs used paper. It seems that it  was not easily available to the Arabs. The reason is clear. Very few  people knew the art of writing. The people who liked to write were  forced to write on the material available to them. However, during the  reign of the rightly guided caliphs the writing of the Holy Qur&#8217;an on  was possible. <\/p>\n<div><em>(Translated into English by Abid Mahmood)<\/em><\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Talib Mohsin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-01-30<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6578\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It  is believed that the previous divine books i.e. Psalms and Bible were  recorded in book form. 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