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ISBN10: 0195116755, ISBN13: 9780195116755, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. Ayatollah al-Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al Musawi al-Khui (1899-1992) was one of the most respected and widely acclaimed authorities on Twelver Shi'ite Islam in this century. This book, which was first published in Arabic in 1974, presents al-Khuis comprehensive introduction to the history of the Quran. In it, al-Khui revisits many critical and controversial topics connected with the collection and ultimate canonization of the text that have received little attention incontemporary Muslim scholarship since the classical age. For instance, he tackles what is probably the single most controversial subject in Quranic studies: the question of possible alterations to theQuran as maintained by some succeeding generations of compilers of the Quran. Throughout the volume, al-Khui stresses the importance of understanding the historical setting in which the Quran was revealed; he does this in order to apply its provisions appropriately in contemporary Muslim society, with its ever-expanding legal and ethical requirements. In addition to expounding his own views, al-Khui also has the polemical purpose of refuting Sunni beliefs and conceptsconcerning various matters related to the theories of alteration and abrogation in the Quran. His arguments illuminate some of the substantial yet little-understood and appreciated issues that have beentruly at stake between the ...
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New York : Oxford University Press, Date: 1998. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 280 pp.; 24 cm. Contents; The inimitability of the Qur an -- erroneous impressions concerning the miraculous inimitability of the Qur an -- Concerning the prophet's other miracles -- Insight about the readers of the Qur an -- An examination of the readings -- was the Qur an revea;ed according to seven arfs? -- The protection of the Qur an from alteration -- The collection of the Qur an -- Evidence based on the literal sense of the Qur an -- Abrogation in the Qur an -- Modification in the creation -- The principles of the exegesis -- the Qur an : created or eternal with God? Subjects; Koran Commentaries. Islam Doctrines. Interpretation. 1998. New York : Oxford University Press ISBN 0195116755 9780195116755 [IE]

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ISBN10: 0195116755, ISBN13: 9780195116755, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. Ayatollah al-Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al Musawi al-Khui (1899-1992) was one of the most respected and widely acclaimed authorities on Twelver Shi'ite Islam in this century. This book, which was first published in Arabic in 1974, presents al-Khuis comprehensive introduction to the history of the Quran. In it, al-Khui revisits many critical and controversial topics connected with the collection and ultimate canonization of the text that have received little attention incontemporary Muslim scholarship since the classical age. For instance, he tackles what is probably the single most controversial subject in Quranic studies: the question of possible alterations to theQuran as maintained by some succeeding generations of compilers of the Quran. Throughout the volume, al-Khui stresses the importance of understanding the historical setting in which the Quran was revealed; he does this in order to apply its provisions appropriately in contemporary Muslim society, with its ever-expanding legal and ethical requirements. In addition to expounding his own views, al-Khui also has the polemical purpose of refuting Sunni beliefs and conceptsconcerning various matters related to the theories of alteration and abrogation in the Quran. His arguments illuminate some of the substantial yet little-understood and appreciated issues that have beentruly at stake between the ...
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