The transmission of the variant readings of the Qurʼān : the problem of tawātur and the emergence of shawādhdh / by Shady Hekmat Nasser.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Machine generated contents note: Collection and the Codification of the Qur'an -- al-ahruf al-Sab'ah (The Seven Modes) -- Dating the Tradition of the sab'at ahruf -- Analysis of the Traditions of the sab'at ahruf -- Some Possible Clues on the Meaning of harf -- shi'is' Views towards the Qur'an, the Variant Readings, and the sab'at ahruf -- Conclusion -- Qira'at Collections pre-Ibn Mujahid -- al-Tabari (d. 310/923) -- Ibn Mujahid and Kitab al-Sab'ah -- Qira'at as Legal Rulings (ahkam) -- Ibn Mujahid's Criteria behind the Selection of the Seven Readers -- Selection of the Seven Readers -- Qira'at post Ibn Mujahid -- tawatur of the Canonical Readings -- Tawatur according to the usulis -- Tawatur according to Hadith Theoreticians (al-muhaddithun) -- Tawatur between Usual al-Fiqh and Hadith -- Conclusion -- al-Dabbusi (d. 430/1038) -- Ibn Hazm (d. 456/1063) -- al-Bazdawi (d. 482/1089) and al-Sarakhsi (d. 490/1096) -- al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111) -- al Amidi (d. 631/1233) -- Ibn al-Hajib (d. 646/1248) -- al-Shawkani (d. 1250/1834) -- Summary and Observations -- al-Basmalah -- al Baqillani (d. 403/1012) -- Ibn Mas'ud's (Q. 5:89) -- Summary and Observations -- Tawatur al-Qira'at al-Sab'al-'Ashr -- Ibn al-Hajib and His Commentators: al-Subki and al-Iji -- al-Zarkashi (d. 794/1391) -- Abu Bakr b. al-Arabi (d. 543/1148) -- al-Shawkani (d. 1250/1834) -- al-Zuhayli and the Modern usulis -- Summary and Observations -- Shi'is and the Seven/Ten Readings -- Conclusion -- Background -- Farsh and usul -- Transmission of the Eponymous Readings -- Immediate Transmitters of the Seven Readers -- Authentication of the Canonical Readings and the Emergence of the Irregular shawadhdh -- Summary and Observations -- Shawadhdh through SSTs (Single Strands of Transmission) -- Summary and Conclusion -- Variant Types -- Concordances of Qur'anic and Poetic Variants -- Part 1: Qur'anic Variants -- Part 2: Poetry Variants -- Summary and Analysis -- Summary and Observations.

In The Transmission of the Variant Readings of the Qur??n Nasser studies the canonization of the system Readings, the theories of taw?tur, and the emergence of the non-canonical shaw?dhdh readings.

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