最重要的是,英国广播公司报道(
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33436021)原文摘录如下:
First-hand witness
Prof Thomas says that some of the passages of the Koran were written down on parchment, stone, palm leaves and the shoulder blades of camels - and a final version, collected in book form, was completed in about 650.
He says that "the parts of the Koran that are written on this parchment can, with a degree of confidence, be dated to less than two decades after Muhammad's death".
"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."
它说的是,这部分残本和今天的古兰经非常相似(very close to),而不是完全相同(equal to),不相同的部分,第一篇文章中已经注明。