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- Some Old Manuscripts of the Holy Qur'an
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- Compilers of the Qur'an
- The 'Uthmani Codices
- The Codex of 'Ali (A)
- Codices Attributed to 'Ali (A)
- The Egyptian Codex
- The Najaf Codex
- The Codex at al-'Imam al-Rida's Shrine
- The Codex at Topkapu Sarayi Collection
- Script of Early Qur'anic Manuscripts
- The Naskhi Script
- Manuscripts Ascribed to the Imams, Sahabah and Tab'iun
- Codices Attributed to al-'Imam al-Hasan (A)
- The Codex of al 'Imam al-Husayn (A)
- The Codex of 'Aqabah ibn 'Amir
- The Codex of Khadij ibn Mu'awiyah
- The Codex of al 'Imam Zayn al 'Abidin (A)
- The Codex of al Imam al-Sadiq (A)
- The Codex of al-'Imam Musa ibn Ja'far (A)
- The Codex of al-'Imam al-Rida (A)
- Specimens in Kufic Pertaining to the 2nd to 4th Centuries
- The Old Dated Codices
Some Old Manuscripts of the Holy Qur'an
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Title: Some Old Manuscripts of the Holy Qur'an
Authors(s): Kazim Mudir Shanehchi
Translator(s): Mujahid Husayn
Category: Qur’anic Sciences
Journal: Vol. 8 No.4
Topic Tags: Quran Compilation
Person Tags: Imam Ali
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Language
English
Compilers of the Qur'an. The 'Uthmani Codices. The Codex of 'Ali. Codices of various cities. Script of early manuscripts. Codices of the Imams.
Some Old Manuscripts of the Holy Qur'an
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This article appeared in the journal Mishkat (No 4, Spring 1363 H. Sh.), published by Idareh-ye Umur-e Farhangi, an academic and research institution attached to Astaneh-ye Quds-a Radawi, that is, Imam Rida's Shrine at Mashhad. The author is a well-known Iranian scholar.
Undoubtedly, no other book has been the subject of discussion to the extent of the Qur'an, the number of treatises, books and exegeses written on which far exceeds those written about any other book. Although the Torah and the Gospel have been translated into more languages, the Qur'an has a lead over other scriptures in respect of the variety of studies, the number of exegeses and the various aspects of it that have since long been the topic of discussion and writing.
Even in respect of the number of copies circulated the Qur'an has a lead over all other books. Muslims believe that a spiritual reward (thawab) lies in not only writing and reciting the Qur'an but even in looking at its sacred script. Accordingly, as we know, there have been Muslims who in their lifetime produced more than a hundred hand written copies of the Qur'an for the sake of thawab. Many others have bought hundreds
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