Prolegomena to the Qurʼan / Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khuʼi ; translated with an introduction by Abudlaziz A. Sachedina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khūʼī, Abū al-Qāsim ibn ʻAlī Akbar, 1899- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Standardized Title:

Bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurʼān. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Koran--Commentaries.

Local Subjects:

Koran--Commentaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents; Translator's Introduction; Al-Khu'i and the Twelver Shī'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;

Notes:

Translated from the Arabic

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774055-3

1-280-47028-3

0-19-535373-0

0-585-32638-X

OCLC:

476011154