Zayd ibn Thabit (611–665)

Born 611 CE, died 665 CE.

Zāyd bin Thābit (Arabic: زيد بن ثابت, romanized: Zayd ibn Thābit) was the personal scribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, serving as the chief recorder of the Quranic text. He was an ansar (helper), and later joined the ranks of the Muslim army at age 19. After Muhammad's passing in 632, he was ordered to collect the Quran into a single volume from various written and oral sources during the time of Caliph Abu Bakr. He was a noted expert on the Quran and spent much time reciting it.

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