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If the Prophet ﷺ wrote the Quran, how did he ﷺ know that early versions of the 7 sleepers story don't agree on the number of sleepers?
🔸The Jews & the Christians of Najran say 3 [1]
🔸The East Syriac Church says 5 [1]
🔸Most Syriac accounts have 8 [2,3]
If the Prophet ﷺ wrote the Quran, how did he ﷺ know that early versions of the 7 sleepers story don't agree on the number of sleepers?
🔸The Jews & the Christians of Najran say 3 [1]
🔸The East Syriac Church says 5 [1]
🔸Most Syriac accounts have 8 [2,3]
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Keep in mind that Surat al-Kahf (#18 The Cave) was revealed in Mecca, where there were no Jewish or Christian communities.
So, who told the Prophet ﷺ that the different versions of the story report different number of sleepers?!
So, who told the Prophet ﷺ that the different versions of the story report different number of sleepers?!
References:
[1] "The Legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in Syriac and Arab Sources: A Comparative Study", Orientalia Christiana Cracoviensia 2 (2010): 45–59.
[1] "The Legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in Syriac and Arab Sources: A Comparative Study", Orientalia Christiana Cracoviensia 2 (2010): 45–59.
[2] "Sleepers of Ephesus, Legend of the", in Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition, edited by Sebastian P. Brock, Aaron M. Butts, George A. Kiraz and Lucas Van Rompay (Gorgias Press, 2011; online ed. Beth Mardutho, 2018).
[3] "The Quran in its Historical Context - Reynolds et al". academia.edu. p. 127-128.
BTW, the Hadeeth where some Jews came to the Prophet to ask him about the story of the sleepers is weak.
Details:
islamqa.info
Details:
islamqa.info
And even if the Hadeeth was Saheeh, it doesn't include anything about a dispute over how many they were.
So the question still remains, how did the Prophet ﷺ know:
1⃣ There was a dispute over their number?!
2⃣ The numbers reported in the different versions of the story?
So the question still remains, how did the Prophet ﷺ know:
1⃣ There was a dispute over their number?!
2⃣ The numbers reported in the different versions of the story?
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