History, Qur'an

The History of the Qur’anic Text from Revelation to Compilation by Mawlana Muhammad Mustafa al-A’zami

islamicbookstore-com_2044_159261010 THE HISTORY OF THE QUR’ANIC TEXT FROM REVELATION TO COMPILATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS

By Muhammad Mustafa Al-A’zami. Leicester: UK Islamic Academy,

Review by Murad Hoffman

From its very beginning, Islam has been under attack not only physically but academically. Christian demagogues like John of Damascus, Peter the Venerable, Raymundus Lull, and Martin Luther later were followed by infamous Jewish, Christian or secularist Orientalists like Julius Wellhausen, Gustav Flügel, Theodor Nöldeke, Ignaz Goldziher, Alphonse Mingana, Snouck Hurgronje or Joseph Schacht. They all did their best to prove that Islam was a corrupted Jewish-Christian copy, based on forged ahadith, without any originality or saving grace.

Download rest of review on PDF…

[Thanks to our dear brother, Ali Godil sahib, we were able to acquire the pdf of the actual book. Ali Godil wrote to us: "This book in spite of its value, remains obscure to most Muslim readership and at a steep price of 50 dollars, is perhaps out of reach of some of those who wish to purchase it.  I stumbled across a pdf copy at the following link:  http://individual.utoronto.ca/fantastic/The_History_of_the_Quranic_Text_from_Revelation_to_Compilation.pdf ]

About Bilal Ali

Bilal Ali is a student of the sacred Islamic sciences with a special interest in Hadith, Hanafi law, and Education. He works currently as a researcher, translator, and instructor in Arabic and Islamic studies at Darul Qasim (Lombard, IL) and Darul Hikmah (Westmont, IL).

Discussion

7 Responses to “The History of the Qur’anic Text from Revelation to Compilation by Mawlana Muhammad Mustafa al-A’zami”

  1. Is the entire book available here?

    Posted by Reza | October 1, 2009, 3:02 pm
  2. You might also want to refer to the legendary Uncleji, Mustansir Mir’s rather objective and less forgiving review. I like the line of skepticism he uses.

    Ws.

    Posted by unamazi | October 8, 2009, 1:28 am
  3. We were given a pdf link to the book by brother Ali Godil. We have added the link to the post.

    Posted by at-Tahawi | May 12, 2010, 12:08 am
  4. Bismillah.
    As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh . . .

    An actual copy of the book can be found here (I just ordered it):

    http://www.islamicbookstore.com/b7626.html

    Sincerely your brother,
    khalil abu asmaa

    = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
    http://www.reflectonthis.com/
    http://www.facebook.com/ustadhkhalil
    = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

    Posted by khalil abu asmaa | May 12, 2010, 10:28 am
  5. Jazak Allah

    Would it be ok to place some of the information from the book, with reference on a website, or would there be an issue with copyright?

    Posted by Talib | August 16, 2011, 4:44 am

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