Did a prophet write the Holy Qur’an?

No. No prophet wrote the Holy Qur’an, not even the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw). It is the word of God, revealed to him, and he passed it on exactly as he received it.

Some think a prophet wrote the Holy Qur’an. But no prophet of God composed it. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) was not its author either. He was the one to whom it was revealed.

The Holy Qur’an says so itself. What the Holy Prophet (saw) recited was pure revelation and not his own speech. He could neither read nor write and had recited no book before. He had already lived a whole lifetime among his people before revelation began. They knew him well, and none of them had ever heard anything like it from him.

The way revelation came also shows this. In the hadith above he describes how it sometimes came like the ringing of a bell, and how sometimes an angel in the form of a man spoke to him. He took in what was said to him. Whatever he heard, he passed on exactly as it was, adding nothing of his own.

That is why Muslims call the Holy Qur’an the word of God. A prophet is a messenger. He delivers the message, but he does not invent it.