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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Foreword to the Second Edition
Introduction
1. The Qur’ān and Revelation
Revelation and Scripture before the Qur’ān
The Qur’ān, Ḥadīth and Ḥadīth Qudsī
Revelation and how it came to the Prophet Muḥammad
Beginning of the Revelation
2. Transmission of the Qur’ānic Revelation
Memorisation and Oral Transmission
Transmission of the Written Text
The Maṣāḥif of the Companions
The Muṣḥaf of ‘Uthmān
3. The Qur’ān in Manuscript and Print
The Qur’ānic Script
Early Manuscripts
Old Manuscripts of the Qur’ān
The Qur’ān in Print
4. Form, Language and Style
Divisions of the Text
Language and Vocabulary
Literary Forms and Style
Style
Muḥkamāt and Mutashābihāt
5. Understanding the Text
Makkan and Madinan Revelations
Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Al-Nāsikh wa al-Mansūkh
Variety of Modes
The Various Readings
6. Interpreting the Text
Tafsīr, its Kinds and Principles
The Tafsīr Literature
Translation of the Qur’ān
7. Some Related Issues
The Qur’ān as a Miracle
The Qur’ān and Science
The Qur’ān and the Orientalists
8. Reading and Studying the Qur’ān
Etiquette with the Qur’ān
Reciting the Qur’ān
Memorisation of the Qur’ān
The Qur’ān on Records, Tapes and Cassettes
How to Study the Qur’ān
Reference
Select Bibliography
Supplementary Select Bibliography
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