The History of the Qur'anic Text
Subtitle: From Revelation to Compilation
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9789675062636
Description: The book provides unique insight into the holy text’s immaculate preservation, as well as exploring many of the accusations leveled against it. The reception of the divine revelations, Prophet Muhammad’s role in disseminating and compiling these verses, and the setting of the text’s final external shape, are scientifically examined alongside such topics as the origins of Arabic, the so-called Mushaf of Ibn Mas’ud, and the strict methodology employed in assembling textual fragments. With full colour illustrations throughout.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Part I: The History of the Qur'ānic Text; title: Chapter One: Introduction; title: Chapter Two: Early History of Islam: A Brief Look; title: Chapter Three: Revelations and the Prophet Muḥammad; title: Chapter Four: Teaching the Qur'ān; title: Chapter Five: The Recording and Arrangement of the Qur'ān; title: Chapter Six: The Written Compilation of the Qur'ān; title: Chapter Seven: 'Uthmān’s Muṣḥaf; title: Chapter Eight: The Evolution of Reading Aids Within the Muṣḥaf; title: Chapter Nine: The History of Arabic Paleography; title: Chapter Ten: Arabic Paleography and Orthography in the Qur'ān; title: Chapter Eleven: Studies of Existing Muṣḥaf Ascribed to 'Uthmān; title: Chapter Twelve: Causes of Variant Readings; title: Chapter Thirteen: The Muslim Educational Methodology; title: Chapter Fourteen: The So-Called Muṣḥafof Ibn Mas'ūd; title: Part Ii: The History of the Biblical Scriptures; title: Chapter Fifteen: Early History of Judaism: A Brief Look; title: Chapter Sixteen: The Old Testament and its Corruption; title: Chapter Seventeen: Early History of Christianity: A Brief Look; title: Chapter Eighteen: The New Testament: its Anonymous Authorship and Corruption; title: Part III: An Appraisal of Orientalist Research; title: Chapter Nineteen: The Orientalist and the Qur'ān; title: Chapter Twenty: Orientalist Motivations: A Study of Subjectivity; title: Chapter Twenty One: Epilogue; title: Glossary Terms; title: Bibliography; title: Index