some questions

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A few questions please, since I have read and heard different opinions on the following: 
1.Is it correct to say that each word in the Quran was told to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel, who received the words from God? And that Muhammad received these message at different times, and being illiterate, he passed them on to someone who could write?
2. Is the Quran compiled according to some particular order? If the order is not according to when it was received, has this order ever been determined .... in other words, is there an index according to when the verses were received?
3. How is the Quran supposed to be read as relating to the existing scriptures of the Jews and Christians? Does the Quran supersede, amend or in some other manner link itself to those writings? Where can this be found in the Quran?
4. A question I asked in another post but have not received an answer .... what is meant by "the Book" and "people of the Book", in the Quran?
Being unfamiliar with this forum's etiquette, is it preferable to post one question at a time, or is a multiple questions post acceptable?

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	A few questions please, since I have read and heard different opinions on the following: 1.Is it correct to say that each word in the Quran was told to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel, who received the words from God? And that Muhammad received these message at different times, and being illiterate, he passed them on to someone who could write? 2. Is the Quran compiled according to some particular order? If the order is not according to when it was received, has this order ever been determined .... in other words, is there an index according to when the verses were received? 3. How is the Quran supposed to be read as relating to the existing scriptures of the Jews and Christians? Does the Quran supersede, amend or in some other manner link itself to those writings? Where can this be found in the Quran? 4. A question I asked in another post but have not received an answer .... what is meant by "the Book" and "people of the Book", in the Quran? Being unfamiliar with this forum's etiquette, is it preferable to post one question at a time, or is a multiple questions post acceptable?
	joe