▁certain ▁that ▁the ▁G ospel ▁was ▁present ▁in ▁the ▁He j az , ▁but ▁it ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁likely . ▁However , ▁according ▁to ▁Islam ic ▁sch ol ars ▁the ▁G ospel ▁was ▁translated ▁into ▁Arab ic ▁in ▁the ▁post - I sl am ic ▁period ▁due ▁the ▁difficulty ▁that ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁Europe ans ▁would ▁have ▁in ▁transl ating ▁early ▁Arab ic ' s ▁defect ive ▁script ▁into ▁Latin ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁extreme ▁r ar ity ▁of ▁written ▁texts ▁in ▁Pre - I sl am ic ▁Arab ia . ▁Most ▁recent ▁research ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁Islam ic ▁studies ▁by ▁Sydney ▁Griff ith ▁et ▁al . ▁( 2 0 1 3 ), ▁David ▁D . ▁G raft on ▁( 2 0 1 4 ), ▁Cla ir ▁Wil de ▁( 2 0 1 4 ) ▁& ▁ML ▁H j äl m ▁et ▁al . ▁( 2 0 1 6 ▁& ▁ 2 0 1 7 ) ▁assert ▁that ▁" all ▁one ▁can ▁say ▁about ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁a ▁pre - I sl am ic , ▁Christian ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁G ospel ▁in ▁Arab ic ▁is ▁that ▁no ▁sure ▁sign ▁of ▁its ▁actual ▁existence ▁has ▁yet ▁emer ged ." ▁Additionally ▁ML ▁H j äl m ▁in ▁her ▁most ▁recent ▁research ▁( 2 0 1 7 ) ▁inser ts ▁that ▁" man us cript s ▁containing ▁transl ations ▁of ▁the ▁g osp els ▁are ▁encountered ▁no ▁earlier ▁than ▁the ▁year ▁ 8 7 3 ". ▁ ▁Q ur an ic ▁par