Something from Shaykh Gibril Haddad on the subject: http://web.archive.org/web/20050226072821/www.mawlid.net/all_Quran_honors_Prophet.htm
That's an interesting discussion really. The Quran is from start to finish the words of Allah(jalla jallaluhu). The Prophet(sallallaho alayhis was sallam)'s character is the Quran from start to finish.
I think there is a difference The Qur'an is nothing but praise of the Prophet from start to finish The Qur'an is praise of the Prophet from start to finish
"As the Ahle Sunnat believe the whole of the Qur'an, from Al-Hamd to W'al-Naas is nothing but laudation [naat] of the Beloved of Allah. " --I made this claim on another forum (no, not YN.com) and someone on their said that this makes me a kafir!!! It is actually a paraphrase of a statement made by mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan sahib alayhirahmah, in his book Shan Habib al Rahman min Aayaatul Qur'an.