This expansive book provides unique insights into the Quranic text’s immaculate preservation. It also explores many of the accusations levelled against it.
The reception of divine revelations, Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ role in disseminating and compiling these verses and the setting of the text’s final external shape are scientifically examined alongside such topics as the origins of Arabic, the so-called Mus'haf of Ibn Masud and the strict methodology employed in assembling textual fragments.
By way of comparison, the author investigates the histories of the Old and New Testaments, relying entirely on Judeo-Christian sources, and uncovers a startling range of alterations in the biblical scriptures. Using this as a springboard, he illustrates convincingly that some Western research into the Qur'aan is motivated by more than mere curiosity and has no scientific bearing on the Quran’s integrity.
This monumental effort, a scholarly work composed in an impassioned tone, provides a welcome foundation for sincere study at a time when assailing the Quran has become all too common.
Reviews:
It is to be hoped that this book will be circulated and studied widely among all Muslims engaged in Da'wah, dialogue, education and research and seen as a truly essential tool. For Muslims, this is easily the most important book of recent times.
- Murad Wilfried Hofmann, The Muslim World Book Review
Professor Azami's book constitutes a major contribution to Qur'aanic studies in English... The result is superb.
Author: Professor Mohammad Mustafa al-Azami
Format: Paperback
Pages: 424
Publisher: Turath
Published: 2011
ISBN: 9781926620091
Dimensions: 24 × 15 × 2 cm