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I Introduction Certain narratives recorded in both Sunnī and Shiite sources report that right after the death of the Prophet (sws), ‘Alī (rta) collected the Qur’ān. Both the Sunnī and Shiite accounts...
II Representative Texts: Sunnī Sources Four people report these narratives: i. ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (rta) ii. Al-Yamān iii. ‘Ikramah mawlā Ibn ‘Abbās (rta) iv. Muhammad ibn Sīrīn Following are the detai...
II Representative Texts: Sunnī Sources Four people report these narratives: i. ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (rta) ii. Al-Yamān iii. ‘Ikramah mawlā Ibn ‘Abbās (rta) iv. Muhammad ibn Sīrīn Following are the detai...
IV Analysis of Existing Interpretations and Narratives A. Analysis of the Matn An analysis of the opinion of the scholars shows that their comments are not available on all the four representative nar...
V Representative Texts: Shiite Sources We now take a look at some of the representative narratives about the collection of ‘Alī (rta) recorded in Shiite Sources. i. فلما رأى علي ع غدرهم و قلة وفائهم ل...
VI. Existing Interpretations The Shiite authorities are divided into two groups regarding the contents of the Qur’ān collected by ‘Alī (rta). Al-Majlisī (d. 1110 AH) has summarized these two views in...
VII Analysis of Existing Interpretations and Narratives A . Analysis of the Matn As far as the existing interpretations are concerned, some narratives 79 cited earlier do suggest that the contents of...
VIII. Overall Analysis and Conclusion In this article, Sunnī and Shiite sources regarding the collection of the Qur’ān by ‘Alī (rta) have been analyzed separately. While each of the narratives cited s...
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I Introduction To the Muslims, the Qur’ān is the final of the series of divine scriptures revealed by the Almighty; after the Old and New Testaments, it is the Final Testament. As the ipsissima verbum...
Traditional Muslim scholars are of the view that the Qur’ān was preserved both through memorization and in writing as soon as its revelation began. The Prophet (sws) himself would be the first to comm...
The past two centuries have also witnessed intense research activity by western scholars on the origins, provenance and collection of the Qur’ān. Their views have been subject to various approaches de...
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