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The Transmission of the Variant Readings of the QurʾÄn
The Problem of TawÄtur and the Emergence of ShawÄdhdh
Series: - Texts and Studies on the QurʾÄn, Volume: 9
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This work is a study of the transmission of the variant readings of the QurʾÄn, the canonization of the system Readings, and the emergence of the non-canonical shawÄdhdh readings. Nasser argues that Ibn MujÄhid and the early Muslim scholars viewed the variant readings as legal rulings aḥkÄm and that the later generation of QurrÄʾ were responsible for moving the discipline of QirÄʾÄt from the domain of fiqh to the domain of ḤadÄ«th. After studying the theories of tawÄtur in detail, Nasser shows that the transmission of the system Readings of the QurʾÄn failed to meet the conditions of tawÄtur set by the UṣūlÄ«s, thus creating a paradox between the transmission of the physical text, the muṣḥaf, and the transmission of its oral recitation, the âQurʾÄnâ.
Shady Hekmat Nasser, Ph.D. (2011), Harvard University, is a senior Lector of Arabic at Yale University.
ââ¦a detailed and well written study.â
Shahrul Hussain in The Muslim World Book Review34.4 (2014).
âNasserâs work is thorough and thought provoking; his efforts to understand the history of the transmission of the variant readings of the QurʾÄn have surely paid off.â
Ghassan el Masri in Al-Abhath 62-63 (2014-2015), 170-173.
"Cet ouvrage important souligne la nécessité dâune édition véritablement critique du Coran, contenant des variantes de lecture, en même temps quâil en fournit des éléments, théoriques et empiriques, indispensables à sa réalisation."
J. Dean in: REVUE DâHISTOIRE ET DE PHILOSOPHIE RELIGIEUSES, 2014, Tome 94 n° 4.
Shahrul Hussain in The Muslim World Book Review34.4 (2014).
âNasserâs work is thorough and thought provoking; his efforts to understand the history of the transmission of the variant readings of the QurʾÄn have surely paid off.â
Ghassan el Masri in Al-Abhath 62-63 (2014-2015), 170-173.
"Cet ouvrage important souligne la nécessité dâune édition véritablement critique du Coran, contenant des variantes de lecture, en même temps quâil en fournit des éléments, théoriques et empiriques, indispensables à sa réalisation."
J. Dean in: REVUE DâHISTOIRE ET DE PHILOSOPHIE RELIGIEUSES, 2014, Tome 94 n° 4.
Introduction
Chapter 1: The variant readings and the sabcat aḥruf of the QurâÄn
Chapter 2: Ibn MujÄhid and the canonization of the seven
Chapter 3: Ḥadd al-QurâÄn and the tawÄtur of the canonical Readings
Chapter 4: The transmission of the canonical Readings and the emergence of ShawÄdhdh
Chapter 5: The Nature of the QurâÄnic variants
Conclusion and future Research
Bibliography
Chapter 1: The variant readings and the sabcat aḥruf of the QurâÄn
Chapter 2: Ibn MujÄhid and the canonization of the seven
Chapter 3: Ḥadd al-QurâÄn and the tawÄtur of the canonical Readings
Chapter 4: The transmission of the canonical Readings and the emergence of ShawÄdhdh
Chapter 5: The Nature of the QurâÄnic variants
Conclusion and future Research
Bibliography
Professors and graduate students of Arabic and Islamic studies especially those interested in the QurʾÄn, early Arabic poetry, and textual variants.