Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Genesis of the Qur’anic Text and the Sources of Variation 21
6. 2. The Qur’an and Orality in the First Decades of Islam 53
7. 3. Muslim Tradition on the Early Stages of the Written Transmission of the Qur’an 99
8. 4. The Lesson of the Manuscripts 141
9. 5. Clausulae and the Hadīth of the Seven Ahruf 199
10. Conclusion 230
11. Glossary 241
12. Notes 249
13. Bibliography 283
14. Illustration Credits 295
15. Index 297