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introduction to Qur'anic sciences ('ulum al-Qur'an)
Studies of the Qur'anic sciences have either been partial, brief, or sectarian. In the main, such works have more or less ignored the contribution of the great Shia scholars to our understanding of the Qur'anic sciences. This book presents a fresh view of this important topic. It is of interest to undergraduate students who are studying Islam
1. The Qur'annic sciences -- 2. The Qur'an -- 3. Revelation (wahy) -- 4. The revelation of the Qur'an -- 5. Occasion of revelation: asbab al-Nuzul -- 6. Verses and chapters of the Qur'an -- 7. The compilation of the Qur'an -- 8. The absence of distortion (tahrif) in the Qur'anic -- 9. Abrogation (naskh) and the Qur'an -- 10. Definite and indefinite verses in the Qur'an: muhkamat and mutashabihat -- 11. The recital of the Qur'an: al-Qira'a -- 12. The miracle of the Qur'an ijaz al-Qur'an -- 13. The Qur'an as a literary text -- 14. The Qur'an in translation
Abbas Jaffer and Masuma Jaffer; with foreword by Mohammad Saeed Bahmanpour
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-292) and index