According to tradition, the Quran was composed in the early 7th century CE, but according to historian Tom Holland, "only in the 690's did a Caliph finally get around to inscribing the Prophet's name on a public monument; only decades after that did the first tentative references to him start to appear in private ...

When was the Quran first written?

Two leaves from a Quʾrān manuscript that is believed to be among the oldest Quʾrān texts in the world. Radiocarbon analysis in 2015 dated the parchment on which the text is written to the late 6th or early 7th century ce.

Who wrote the Quran and when was it written?

Muslims believe that the Quran was orally revealed by God to the final prophet, Muhammad, through the archangel Gabriel (Jibril), incrementally over a period of some 23 years, beginning in the month of Ramadan, when Muhammad was 40; and concluding in 632, the year of his death.