While the religious scholars say that the Holy Quran was revealed to the Prophet, when he was forty. “Here they are wrong”. Christians say that their Prophet came and brought the book with himself. Now if we accept the Ulema's proposition, Jesus Christ emerges as a greater Prophet than our Prophet. But this is certainly not the case.
The Quran was already there treasured in the blessed heart of the Prophet at his birth but the divine decree for its revelation/proclamation to the people came 40 years later.
How? Allah says' "My Messenger, every Prophet before you proclaimed his Prophethood as soon as he came to the world and was therefore denied by the people. But first you tarry among your people for forty years and demonstrate your trustworthiness (or integrity), honesty, nobility and truthfulness while conducting the affairs of the world so that they are convinced that there is none like you in the world."
When the people were thus convinced, the Prophet gathered them together and asked: "How did you find me in all respects during these forty years?"
They all replied, "We found you highly reliable and very truthful." Then the Prophet asked; "Do you see this Mount Uhad"? All of them said; "Yes, we do." He asked "What is it composed of?" They replied." Of stones" He asked "If I say it is composed of gold, would you believe me?" They all said, "Although our eyes can see it to be a mass of stone, we would, relying on you, believe it to be made of gold because we have never heard you tell lies."
The Prophet again asked "If I say there is an army marching behind this mountain which is about to attack you, will you believe it also?" To it they replied "Yes" He asked; "O People, if you know me to be truthful, accept me as the Prophet and Messenger of Allah." Some accepted, while others did not.
“Messenger he was at his very birth but the prophethood was declared after forty years”.
The mode of the Revelation of the QURAN
If we say that the Quran was revealed through Gabriel, then let us look at Moses, with whom God spoke directly without the intervention of an angel. Did this enhance the status of Moses? No. This is not so. It was rather the manifestation of God Almighty on Mount Sinai. Now let us take a look at the prestige of the Holy Prophet.
The revelation was brought to the Holy Prophet wherever he was. For Moses Mount Sinai was chosen as the site of divine revelation whereas the revelation reached the Holy Prophet through divine refulgence where he was.
Since God is above the need of using the medium of language, therefore we shall first explain how the Holy Prophet understood/grasped the intent of revelation through divine refulgence/Light.
For Instance:
In a dark night a person sitting in a bush directs a beam of torch at us which draws our attention. When the light falls on us it neither pricks nor touches us, nor does it write any word across our body. It only draws our attention instantly to where it emanates from.