: History and Traditions on the Earliest Copy of the Quran
\ Seyfeddin Kara; with a foreword by James Piscatori
Berlin, Germany
: Gerlach Press
, 2018
xiii, 278 p.
:ill.
Islamic studies at Gerlach Press
Bibliography
Index
"The history of the text of the Qur'an has been a longstanding subject of interest within the field of Islamic Studies, but the debate has so far been focused on the Sunni traditions about the codices of Caliphs Abu Bakr and 'Uthman b. 'Affan. Little to no attention has been given to the traditions on 'Ali b. Abi Talib's collection of the Qur'an. This book examines both Shi'i and Sunni traditions on the issue, aiming to date them back to the earliest possible date and, if possible, verify their authenticity. To achieve this, the traditions are examined using Harald Motzki's isnad-cum-matn method, which is recognised as an efficient tool in dating the early Islamic traditions and involves analysis of both matn (text) and isnad (chain of transmission) with an emphasis on finding a correlation between the two"--back cover.
Ali ibn Abi-talib, Imam I, 600-661
علیبن ابیطالب (ع)، امام اول، ۲۳ قبل از هجرت - ۴۰ق .