Is the Original Qur'an Preserved?

By: Joseph Lumbard   Source: Bayan Islamic Graduate School Apr 27, 2021 No Comments

Category: Featured, Life & Society, Videos Topics: History, Preservation Of The Quran, Quran Views: 708
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Orientalist scholarship since the 19th century has proposed various theories that seek to disqualify the Muslim narrative on the authenticity of the Qur'anic compilation and the preservation of the text.

The discovery of early Qur'an manuscripts in San'a has reinvigorated the issue, and skeptics have hoped for evidence to support their assertions. Bayan Islamic Graduate School's visiting faculty member Dr. Joseph Lumbard sheds some light on this issue.

 

  Category: Featured, Life & Society, Videos
  Topics: History, Preservation Of The Quran, Quran
Views: 708

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