The Qur’ān according to critical research – 8
THERE WAS NOTHING TERMED ‘Islam’ during the reign of John of Damascus. He termed it a heresy or the ‘religion of…
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The beginnings of the printed Qur’ān – 2
IN THE CASE OF readings, discussion about the form of the Qur’ānic text ought to be conducted in the context of…
The beginnings of the printed Qur’ān – 1
INITIALLY, THE PUBLICATION of this edition was a purely Egyptian affair. It was the work of a government-appointed committee led by Muḥammad…
Reflections on the Makkan Qur’ān – 4
ALTHOUGH THE VERSES symbolize Muḥammad as ‘the one enveloped in a cloak, which Muḥammad duly was on the first day that Jibrīl came…
Reflections on the Makkan Qur’ān – 3
The third sūra ‘revealed’ to Muḥammad was Sūrat al-Muzzammil. This sūra came while Muḥammad was still afraid of Jibrīl when he saw him in the…
Jurists: “We must perfect religion” – Qur’an: “We have done that” – 1
DUE TO THE DIFFICULTIES that would be involved in carrying out a statistical analysis of human production from the time…
The Qur’ān according to critical research – 3
HOW DO WE KNOW that the Qur’ānic texts date back to Muḥammad? What sources can the researcher rely on to…
Reflections on the Makkan Qur’ān – 2
NOW IMAGINE MUḤAMMAD, after Jibrīl brought him the first sūra and he stood afraid and trembling, fancied that the devil had touched…
Reflections on the Makkan Qur’ān – 1
HIS SŪRAS HAD TO BE REVEALED in the order in which they were written on the Preserved Tablet (al-Lūḥ al-Maḥfūẓ).…
Is a dating of the Qur’ān and Islam actually possible?
IN ORDER TO FACILITATE the preservation of the Arab, and later the Islamic, heritage the narrators and the author of…