Oldest fragments of Islam's sacred book Koran were found by University of Birmingham radiocarbon dating back less than 1,370 years old and speculations said that it might be from Muhammad's time from AD570 and AD632. Now its parchment fragments are in the University's Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern manuscript kept in Cadbury Research Library.
From The Guardian, the results from Oxford testing of the two preserved parchments are dating back between AD568 and AD645 and which has 95.4% accuracy.
Still from the article, Cadbury Library Director of Special Collections Susan Worall said that, "We knew it was going to be a good date, but when we actually got the dates it was just an 'oh my goodness' moment." "You don't get very many days like that in a career."
From the article of BBC, the text/ scriptures might be from a person alive at the time of Prophet Muhammad. University Professor of Christianity and Islam David Thomas said in the article "The person who actually wrote it could well have known the Prophet Muhammad. He would have seen him probably, he would maybe have heard him preach. He may have known him personally - and that really is quite a thought to conjure with."
He also said in the article, "These portions must have been in a form that is very close to the form of the Koran read today, supporting the view that the text has undergone little or no alteration and that it can be dated to a point very close to the time it was believed to be revealed."
These findings are momentous for the Islam community and for the world's history.
Worall also said regarding the findings in the article of CNN that it is "a treasure that is of global significance to Muslim heritage and the study of Islam, as well as being a source of great pride to the local community."
The preserved parchment fragments can be seen by the public on a free display in October at the University's Barber Institute of Fine Arts and might also be featured in Birmingham's city museum according to The Guardian.
