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Nearly a fifth of the earth's 5 billion people is Muslim (Bassiouni 1988). These people hold the belief that Muhammad, son of Abdullah, is one of the prophets of God, as Moses and Jesus were before him. They believe that the revelations of God were transmitted to Muhammad through the archangel Gabriel and ultimately recorded in the Qur'an. Because Muhammad was illiterate, the Qur'an was written entirely by his close followers. All the Qur'an's Sûrahs (chapters) were revealed before the prophet's death (some time between 610–632 A.D.) and are consequently believed to be an accurate reflection of his teachings.