History of the Qur'an

Auteur

Dr F. Redhwan Karim is a Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education, as well as the Course Leader for the B.A Islamic Studies program. He completed his PhD under Professor M.A.S Abdel Haleem at SOAS, University of London. His thesis examined the concept of gender relations in the Qur’an. Prior to this, he obtained an M.A in Islamic Studies and a B.A in Arabic and Islamic Studies. He has also studied at various capacities in Egypt, Jordan, and Oman. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Texte du rabat

The Qur'an is the sacred religiousbook of Muslims around the world. Yet its history, from its inception inseventh-century Arabia to its transmission in the modern world, remainsunderstudied. The twelve chapters in this book address this lacuna by examiningmultifaceted stages in the Qur'an's history and transmission through a broadrange of methodological and theoretical approaches. The volume examines theearliest material evidence of the Qur'an through its manuscript tradition andexplores their content and form. This includes a focus on the Qur'an's uniqueorthography and insights into the Sanaa manuscripts. Additionally, this work providesnew insights by broaching upon critical moments in the Qur'an's history, suchas the codification of Abu Bakr. A crucial component of the book deals withapproaches to the variant readings of the Qur'an, understood as beingsanctioned through narrations on the a?ruf. It explores freshinsights into how Muslim scholars theorised such variances and the way theyrelated them to the qira'at, including how they approached thevariant codices of prominent companions. Furthermore, this work exploresunderstudied non-Qur'anic transmissions of the Qur'an alongside the historicaldevelopment of Qur'an translations. This volume advances the field of Qur'anicstudies and Qur'anic history.

Contenu

Acknowledgements v

Stylistic Conventions vii

List of Contributors ix

1. Towards a History of the Qur’ān

F. Redhwan Karim 1

2. Early Qur’ānic Manuscripts: An Overview

François Déroche 27

3. Ancient Scribes and Qur’ānic Manuscripts:

Uncovering Scribal Practices in the Ṣanʿāʾ Palimpsest

Éléonore Cellard 65

4. Writing About the Qur’ān: Scribal Practices of

Qur’ānic Studies Manuscripts from the Fourth/

Tenth century

Yousry Elseadawy 89

5. The Compilation of the Qur’ān during

the Reign of Abu Bakr

Ammar Khatib and Nazir Khan 121

6. Rasm (Qur’ānic Orthography): The Written

Representation of the Recited Text of the Qur’ān

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem 163

7. The View of ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd on the

‘Uthmānic Qur’ān Compilation

Zahed Fettah 193

8. An Alternative Opinion on the Reality of the

‘Seven Aḥruf’ and Its Relationship with the Qirāʾāt

Yasir Qadhi 221

9. The Multifaceted Sanad Traditions of Extra-Muṣḥaf Qur’ānic Transmission

Khairil Husaini Bin Jamil 281

10. Multivocality, Variegation, and the Trajectories

of “Text”: Ausgangstexte as an Approach to

Qur’ānic Pluriformity

Stephen Cúrto 307

11. The Recitations of the Shīʿah Imams and its

Role in the History of the Qur’ān

Meysam Kohantorabi 355

12. Shaping the Qur’ān’s Journey:

A Global History of Translation

Afsan Redwan 381