In Search of Ali ibn Abi Talib’s Codex: History and Traditions of the Earliest Copy of the Qur’an

Zusammenfassung

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 Abū Bakr and ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān. Little to no attention has been given to the traditions on ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib’s collection of the Qur’an. This book examines both Shiʿi 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 isnād-cum-matn method, which is recognised as an efficient tool in dating the early Islamic traditions and involves analysis of both matn (text) and isnād (chain of trans-mission) with an emphasis on finding a correlation between the two.

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Bibliographische Angaben

Auflage

1/2018

Copyrightjahr

2018

ISBN-Print

978-3-95994-054-2

ISBN-Online

978-3-95994-055-9

Verlag

Gerlach Press, Berlin

Sprache

Englisch

Seiten

293

Produkttyp

Monographie