by John Gilchrist
Introduction 3 Photocopy: As-Suyuti's "Al-Itqan Fii Ulum al-Qur'an" Sources and References 11 Photocopy: Qur'an manuscripts in the early al-Ma'il script 1. THE INITIAL COLLECTION OF THE QUR'AN TEXT. The Qur'an's Development During Muhammad's Lifetime 17 The First Collection of the Qur'an Under Abu Bakr 21 Perspectives on the Initial Collection of the Qur'an 27 The Missing Verses Found with Abu Khuzaimah 31 Photocopy: A contrast in early Qur'an styles in Kufic script 2. THE UTHMANIC RECENSION OF THE QUR'AN. Did Abu Bakr's Codex have Official Status? 39 Uthman's Order to Burn the Other Codices 42 The Revision of Zaid's Codex of the Qur'an 51 The Qur'an Text as Standardised by Uthman 55 Photocopy: Early Qur'an manuscripts written in Kufic script 3. THE CODICES OF IBN MAS'UD AND UBAYY IBN KA'B. Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: An Authority on the Qur'an Text 60 Ibn Mas'ud's Reaction to Uthman's Decree 62 The Variant Readings in Ibn Mas'ud's Codex 67 Ubayy ibn Ka'b: Master of the Qur'an Reciters 72 Photocopy: Pages in traditional Kufic script from early Qur'ans 4. THE MISSING PASSAGES OF THE QUR'AN. The Mushaf: An Incomplete Record of the Qur'an Text 79 Al-Naskh wa Al-Mansukh: The Doctrine of Abrogation 82 The Missing Verse on the Insatiable Greed of Man 89 Umar and the Verses of Stoning for Adultery 91 Photocopy: Qur'an texts in contrasting Kufic and Mashq scripts 5. SAB'AT-I-AHRUF: THE SEVEN DIFFERENT READINGS. The Sab'at-i-Ahruf in the Hadith Literature 101 The Period of Ikhtiyar: The "Choice" of Readings 107 Ibn Mujahid's Final Definition of the Seven Ahruf 113 Reflections on the Unification of the Qur'an Text 115 Photocopy: Different styles in Ninth Century Kufic Qur'an texts 6. THE COMPILATION OF THE QUR'AN IN PERSPECTIVE. The Qur'an's Testimony to its own Compilation 123 A "Master Copy of the Qur'an" in the Masjid an-Nabi? 129 A review of the History of the Qur'an Text 134 Photocopy: Contrasting pages from the Samarqand Kufic Qur'an 7. THE EARLY SURVIVING QUR'AN MANUSCRIPTS. The Initial Development of the Written Text 140 Kufic, Mashq, and the Other Early Qur'anic Scripts 143 A Study of the Topkapi and Samarqand Codices 146 Photocopy: Further pages from the Samarqand Kufic codex
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John Gilchrist
Jam' Al-Qur'an - The Codification of the Qur'an Text
A Comprehensive Study of the Original Collection of the
Qur'an Text and the Early Surviving Qur'an Manuscripts
MERCSA, 1989
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