Reference: Rev. W. St. Clair-Tisdall,
The
Sources of Islam: A Persian Treatise,
translated and abridged by Sir William Muir,
T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1901, xiii, 102 pages.
Background: This book
presents the original sources from which
Muhammad obtained the various stories and
myths that
appear in the Qur'an.
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Additional References:
1. William St. Clair Tisdall,
The Original Sources of the Qur'ān,
Imprint London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge,
E.S. Gorham, New York, 1905. pp.287, illus. 18 cm.
[Online edition]
2. The Sources of the Qur'an
