The “Origin of Islam” series is intended to provide a big-picture look at how Islam started.

Looking at the corrections made by the scribe who wrote one of the oldest Quranic manuscripts, we can reconstruct the original contents of the Quran. Where Islam came from, how it evolved and how we ended up with the religion we know today. I’m introducing the historical-critical method as it’s applied to the Quran and paint a new narrative based on primary evidence and linguistic analysis.