Adversaries acknowledged Muhammad wrote the Quran

Even the prophet's adversaries among his contemporaries acknowledged that he could read and write. This is stated in the following verse.

[25:5] They also said, “Tales from the past that he wrote down; they were dictated to him day and night.”

(٥) وَقَالُوا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا

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waqālū
وَقَالُوٓا۟
And they said,

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asāṭīru

أَسَـٰطِيرُ

“Tales (of)

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l-awalīna

ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

the former [ones] (people) / past generations

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ik’tatabahā

ٱكْتَتَبَهَا

(which) he wrote it

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fahiya

فَهِىَ

and [it]

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tum’lā

تُمْلَىٰ

it is dictated

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ʿalayhi

عَلَيْهِ

to him

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buk’ratan

بُكْرَةً

morning / day

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wa-aṣīlan

وَأَصِيلًا

and evening / night.”

In another verse, we see a similar claim made against the prophet, but this time, it specifies that they speculated a human was teaching him.

[16:103] We are fully aware that they say, “A human being is teaching him!” The tongue of the source they hint at is non-Arabic, and this is a perfect Arabic tongue.

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُۥ بَشَرٌ لِّسَانُ ٱلَّذِى يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِىٌّ وَهَـٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِىٌّ مُّبِينٌ

Interestingly, the Quran never refutes the claim that the prophet "wrote"; instead, it only refutes the other claims that the Quran was tales from the past or that it was dictated to him by men.

[53:2] Your friend (Muhammad) was not astray, nor was he deceived. [53:3] Nor was he speaking out of a personal desire. [53:4] It was divine inspiration. [53:5] Dictated by the Most Powerful.

(٢) مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ (٣) وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ (٤) إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ (٥) عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ

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