There’s no such thing as objective history.
History is biased, right?
All of the discussions on this app about who is indigenous,
when did history start? Where is the moment that it matters?
Highlights how history is not objective.
It is subject. It is told and retold to tell a certain narrative.
But with that in mind,
one of the best things about our history to remember is that
even if it might not be verifiable,
even if it’s not your belief,
the belief of faith is palpable.
This is the oldest existing Koran.
It was produced in Tashkent,
in what is now Uzbekistan,
in an extremely beautiful city that was powerful in 6:51
and full of artists and thinker.
And so, 19 years after the death of Muhammad,
this Quran was written.
Given the distance between Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan,
it gives us a good sense of the spread of Islam.
And it highlights how powerful this faith was,
how many people wanted to believe in it so quickly.
And that’s why belief is so important in history.