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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813001203321

Autore

Khui Abu al-Qasim ibn Ali Akbar <1899->

Titolo

The prolegomena to the Quran / / Al-Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khui ; translated with an introduction by Abudlaziz A. Sachedina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1998

ISBN

0-19-774055-3

1-280-47028-3

0-19-535373-0

0-585-32638-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

297.1/2261

Soggetti

Islam - Doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the Arabic

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Translator's Introduction; Al-Khu'i and the Twelver Shì„'ites; The Prolegomena; Introduction; 1 The Inimitability of the Qur'an; 2 Erroneous Impressions Concerning the Miraculous Inimitability of the Qur'an; 3 Concerning the Prophet's Other Miracles; 4 Insight about the Readers of the Qur'an; 5 An Examination of the Readings; 6 Was the Qur'an Revealed According to Seven Harfs?; 7 The Protection of the Qur'an from Alteration; 8 The Collection of the Qur'an; 9 Evidence Based on the Literal Sense of the Qur'an; 10 Abrogation in the Qur'an; 11 Modification in the Creation; 12 The Principles of the Exegesis 13 The Qur'an: Created or Eternal with God?; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Here al-Khu'i treats many critical and controversial topics associated with the collection and canonization of the text, including the possible alterations to the Qur'an introduced by succeeding generations of reciters.