The Living Qur’ān

Ali J. Hussain

Published by De Gruyter 2023

The Living Qur’ān

Ali J. Hussain

Volume 3 in the series IQSA Studies in the Qurʾan

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110795011

Overview
Contents

About this book

This work aims to distill the findings of a wide variety of scholarly disciplines into a coherent narrative of the Qur’ān’s history, from the first oral recitation to the four published Variants in active circulation today. In the process of unraveling the complicated relationships between the oral Qur’ān and the written Qur’ān, it becomes clear that there are, in fact, two histories of the Qur’ān and that the overall history of the Qur’ān cannot be appreciated without understanding the interactions between these two occasionally intertwined but often independent component histories. Discrepancies between the four qur’ānic Variants that are in active use today are indexed and analyzed. While most scholarship views the Qur’ān either in relation to its past and its possible origins, or in relation to its contemporary status as a static, fixed text, this work adopts an organic, developmental approach recognizing that the Qur’ān is a living text that continues to evolve.

Author / Editor information

Ali J. Hussain, Chicago IL, USA.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations for Commonly Cited Sources Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Note on Definitions, Conventions, Style, and Aims Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: The Written Qur’ān
The Qur’ān’s Origins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Semitic Precursors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
The Arabic Language and Its Script Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
The Paper Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Verse, Chapter, and Other Divisions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
Part II: The Oral Qur’ān
The Inherent Orality of the Qur’ān Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Interactions Between the Written and Oral Qur’ān Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
Versions of the Oral Qur’ān Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
The Qur’ānic ‘Cambrian Explosion’ and the Seven Aḥruf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Delimiting the Proliferation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
Part III: The Qur’ān Today
Transmission Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Canonization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
Four Active Qur’āns in Print Today Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Methodology and Statistical Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Timeline Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Appendices
Appendix A Underrepresented and Misrepresented Qur’ānic Minorities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Appendix B Plates/Images Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Appendix C Discrepancy Indexes – Scans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Appendix D Discrepancy Indexes – Patterns and Categories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of qur’anic studies, Islamic studies, history of the Qur’an
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 362
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
- Coloured Illustrations: 149
Keywords: Qu'ran; variants; recitation; history

eBook

Published: June 6, 2023
ISBN: 9783110795011

Hardcover

Published: June 6, 2023
ISBN: 9783110794946