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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
When did the consonantal skeleton of the Quran reach closure? Part II
Contributor:
Sinai, Nicolai
imprint:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2014
Published in:Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/s0041977x14000111
ISSN:
0041-977X;
1474-0699
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The Islamic tradition credits the promulgation of a uniform consonantal skeleton (<jats:italic>rasm</jats:italic>) of the Quran to the third caliph ʿUthmān (r. 644–656). However, in recent years various scholars have espoused a conjectural dating of the Quran's codification to the time of ʿAbd al-Malik, or have at least taken the view that the Islamic scripture was open to significant revision up until<jats:italic>c</jats:italic>. 700<jats:sc>ce</jats:sc>. The second instalment of this two-part article surveys arguments against this hypothesis. It concludes that as long as no Quranic passages with a distinct stylistic and terminological profile have been compellingly placed in a late seventh-century context, the traditional dating of the standard<jats:italic>rasm</jats:italic>(excepting certain orthographical features) to 650 or earlier ought to be our default view.</jats:p>