Wakati wa Mtume ﷺ, maandiko ya Qur'ani yalihifadhiwa kwenye kumbukumbu na pia yaliandikwa kwenye mawe bapa, mbao, na mifupa.

During the time of the Prophet (saw), the text of the Qur‟an was preserved in memory and also inscripted on flat stones, wood, and bones.

Qur'ani ilikuwa ikiteremshwa kwa Mtume wa Allah ﷺ, naye alikuwa akiwaamuru watu wakihifadhi na kuiandika kwenye vipande vya ngozi, karatasi, mabega ya wanyama, matawi ya mitende, mifupa, mashina ya majani ya mtende na kadhalika. Aya zilipoteremshwa, alikuwa akitoa amri kwamba ziwekwe mahali pake sahihi katika Surah (sura). Hivyo alikuwa akisema: "Weka Aya hii katika Surah fulani baada ya Aya fulani." Basi walikuwa wakiziweka mahali pake sahihi katika Surah. Imepokewa na Uthman (ra) kwamba alisema: "Aya zilikuwa zikiteremshwa kwa Nabii ﷺ, naye alikuwa akisema: 'Weka Aya hizi katika Surah inayotaja jambo fulani.'" (Ibn Majah na Abu Dawud)

The Qur‟an used to be revealed to the Messenger of Allah (saw) and he used to instruct people to memorise it and write it down on pieces of leather, paper, scapula, palm risp, bones, leaf stalks of date palm etc. When the Ayat were revealed he used to give the order that they be placed in their proper place in the Surah (chapter). Thus, he used to say put this Ayah in such and such Surah after such and such Ayah. So they used to put them in their proper place in the Surah. It has been narrated by Uthman (ra) that he said, “The Ayat used to be revealed to the Prophet (saw) and so he used to say: “Put these Ayat in the Surah which mentions such and such thing.” (Ibn Majah & Abu Dawud)