What! No Aramaic Qur'an Lectionaries in Merv?

If the Qur'an came from Merv, Todd Beamer asks, then where are the Aramaic Lectionaries from which it was derived in that city? Certainly, if this city was that important to the final rendition of the Qur'an, there should be something there for us to look at? So, how does Thomas respond to this question? Since, he believes, the Qur'an was indeed possibly compiled in Merv (Turkmenistan) from earlier Christian Aramaic Lectionaries, then we would not expect to find much of anything, especially Aramaic Lectionaries, since the city was completely destroyed in 1221 AD by the Mongols, and almost everyone was killed. Thus, there are only ruined buildings which remain of what had been one of the largest cities of its day, boasting almost 1 million inhabitants. What's more, Thomas continues, Christians would not have preserved any early Sectarian Lectionaries from that time because the Qur'an itself was deemed a heretical piece of literature, and thus, not worthy of preservation. What Lectionaries we do have are mostly created by Nestorians, Jacobites and Malechites from that area, and from that time. © Pfander Centre for Apologetics - US, 2021 (59,400) Music: "Travels" by Aleksound, from filmmusic-io