ملخص الجهاز:
Coming Soon VARIANT READINGS: A CRITICAL STUDY OF THEIR HISTORICAL AND LINGUISTIC ORIGINS By Ahmad Ali al-Imam -- ----- -------------------- ------- -Pubhshed-by - ---------------------------~--------The International Institute of Islamic Thought, USA (1998) This book is a study of the nature of the seven ahruf in which the Qur'an has been revealed, and the reason for the variations in readings among the Qurra' of the Qur' an.
The subject of this book has a multiple significance and related to diverse fields of interest.
It has occupied a distinctive place in the field of Qur' anic Studies in particular, and Islamic Studies in general.
The importance of the present work stems from its attempt to identify the issues and reopen the door for their examination in the light of new scholarship; thereby to clarify the doubts that have been raised.
This study also draws its importance from the fact that the author is a Muslim Arab scholar whose specialization is Qur' anic Studies.
There are many studies on the subject in English language though rare, which lack the authority of Islamic scholarship.
It is the hope of IIIT that this book will fill animportant void in the current literature on Islam in English.