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Cows in Mecca? A Problem for the Quran

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Did the Quran Get Mecca Wrong? The Problem With Cows Did Muhammad’s Quran Know What Mecca Was Really Like? The Quran describes rain producing vegetation and spe

Did the Quran Get Mecca Wrong? The Problem With Cows
Did Muhammad’s Quran Know What Mecca Was Really Like?
The Quran describes rain producing vegetation and speaks about cattle, their milk, meat, hides, and grazing. But if these passages are traditionally understood as coming from Muhammad's time in Mecca, does that picture actually fit the environment of 7th-century Mecca?