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earliest available edition of his work dates from 1602 and may have been altered in translation)
691: Dome of the Rock inscription declares that “Muhammad is the servant of God and His messenger”
and that “the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only a messenger of God,” and features an
amalgamation of Qur'an quotes
696: First coins appear that do not feature an image of the sovereign and do feature the Islamic confession
of faith (shahada)
690s: According to a variant Islamic tradition, Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, governor of Iraq, collects the Qur'an,
standardizes its text, has variants burned, and distributes his version to all the Islamic provinces
690s: Hajjaj ibn Yusuf introduces into mosque worship the practice of reading from the Qur'an, according
to a later Islamic tradition
690s: Hajjaj ibn Yusuf adds diacritical marks to text of the Qur'an, enabling the reader to distinguish
between various Arabic consonants and thereby make sense of the text
711–718: Muslim conquest of Spain
730: Christian writer John of Damascus refers to Islamic theology in detail, and to suras of the Qur'an,
although not to the Qur'an by name
732: Muslim advance into western Europe is stopped at the Battle of Tours
750s–760s: Malik ibn Anas compiles the first Hadith collection circa 760 Ibn Ishaq collects biographical
material and publishes first biography of Muhammad
830s–860s: The six major Hadith collections are compiled and published, providing voluminous detail
about Muhammad's words and deeds