The Holy Quran says...
The Holy Quran says: وَ لَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَباً فِى قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِنْ هَذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ “And if We had sent to you a writing on a paper, then they had touched it with their hands, certainly those who disbelieve would have said: This is nothing but clear enchantment.” (6:7) We learn from history that paper was already in existence during the time of the Prophet. In China it was manufactured from grass.
In India, they wrote on pieces of white silk. In Iran they wrote on thin tanned leather, which was called Adeem. White and thin slabs of stone, copper sheets, iron and zinc, and barks of date trees, shoulder bone of the camel and goat; pieces of wood were all used as writing surfaces.[^8] Scribes of revelation wrote down the verses of Quran on the above mentioned objects and handed them over to the Holy Prophet (S).
His Eminence stored them in a special place in his house so that at the time of his passing away, a complete copy of Quran would be available with him. Probably at the time of his passing away, the Prophet of Islam entrusted this same copy to Imam Ali (a.s.), who was himself a scribe of revelation. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (
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