Exploring the Many Arabic Versions of the Qur'an and Their Variant Manuscripts
To educate Muslims and others that throughout history there is no Uthmanic edition of the Qur'an; that there have been and still are multiple versions of the Arabic Qur'an in circulation, not to mention significantly different English versions; that they have never been and still are not uniform because existing manuscripts reveal hundreds of variants many of which affect the meaning of the text.
Short book by Dr. Dan Brubaker based on his dissertation
Full Dissertation by Dr. Dan Brubaker
Short book by Dr. Keith Small
A longer book by Dr. Keith Small
Uncovers the complex history of the Qurʾān including early man-uscripts that reveal the variants of this book whose text, content, and literary forms changed continu-ously over the period of the first 23 years of Islam and beyond.
Dr. Brubaker has analyzed approximately 10,000 early Qur'an manuscript folios in over a dozen institutions and libraries worldwide and has catalogued some 4000 corrections, variants, and other textual features.
If you grew up Muslim, you know how tight an Islamic community is. If you change to any other religion, your relatives will hound and pursue you to “revert” back to Islam. This quide will help you.
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