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from 610 to 632, twenty-three years
three was only the secret phase
forty exceeds the descent's span
a century is far more
it came as recitation, written and memorised
as recitation, not a whole book
revelation, not tablets
came orally, not ready-made
written on parchments, bones and palm fronds
not Chinese paper
skins and bones, not gold
handwritten, not printed
Abu Bakr gathered the text after Yamama
Uthman unified it; Abu Bakr gathered first
Ali did not gather it first
Umar suggested; Abu Bakr ordered
Uthman unified the text in one codex
Abu Bakr gathered, not unified
Mu'awiya came after Uthman
Ali came after Uthman
Zayd, the revelation's scribe, wrote it
Ibn Mas'ud memorised, not the gathering scribe
Ibn Abbas was an exegete, not the gatherer
Bilal was the muezzin, not the scribe
the huffaz's fall at Yamama prompted it
Mecca's conquest was two decades before
the death prompted but Yamama was the trigger
Yamama, not Persia
millions know it by heart
a thousand is far below reality
a hundred is far fewer
ten is far fewer
a book millions keep unchanged by heart
kept by heart, not longest
mass-memorised, not oldest
memorisation, not languages
it stayed one text without variance
unity, not just age
memorisation, not length
unified, not first
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