The Oldest Non-Islamic Writings on Islam And Quran

The historical quest for Prophet(pbuh) in the west contemporary literature , began from the mid-nineteenth century with the writings of Muir , Sprenger and Goldziher. These said that the many of Islamic traditions related to the life of the Prophet(pbuh), was fabricated . Wansbrough continued this road, who believed that the rise of Islam way same "salvation history" in Judaism, that occurred in middle of the second century onwards . Crone and Cook also, in Hagarism, said that to determine the accuracy of the historical events of Islam, should be explored the external sources of realm of Islam (external evidences). Some "modern skeptics" like Nevo and Ohlig have very extreme comments; they suppose the historical prophet completely false. The purpose of this paper is about the part of the non- Islamic evidences on the rise of Islam in the Middle East, that has gathered by some western scholars such as Hoyland, written in Greek, Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, Latin, Hebrew, Persian and Chinese. The outcome of this article about the image of Islam in non-Islamic sources, often agrees with Islamic sources. In the present article, have been introduced some of the oldest non-Islamic Writings, dating from 634 to 700 AD, inclusive of a point for the rise of Islam, the Prophet(pbuh), Islamic ideas or Koran.