![]() ![]() Since the Arabs were primarily an illiterate people and had no books, the Qur`an needed to lay out a methodology for writing Arabic books. Over the next 22 years, more scrolls would be added to ultimately compose the first manuscript of the Qur`an. The story of world-renowned Islamic libraries traces its origins to Saturday March 14th 610 CE, when Ali-Muhammad’s first scribe-made history by transcribing the first words of the Qur`an, storing them in a wooden trunk that served as a makeshift library. How did such a linguistic blossoming come about in a time span of six centuries-a relatively brief period in relation to the development of written languages? Hence it may come as a surprise that in 632 CE, the Qur`an made history by being the first book ever composed in the Arabic language. ![]() ![]() It is said that when Baghdad was sacked in 1258 CE, millions of Arabic books were destroyed. ![]()
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