The Arabic text in eight transmissions, how it was compiled, and what the classical authorities said about it. Every figure cited.
There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth distinct from error. And he who rejecteth false deities and believeth in Allah hath grasped a firm handhold which will never break. Allah is Hearer, Knower. — Marmaduke Pickthall
Each authority's count is being checked against its printed Arabic edition. When published, every authority appears here side by side with its citation — never as one number.
How the figures are sourced →Traditional classification, as printed in the Cairo 1924 edition. Order of revelation →
Same words, divided differently: where one tradition ends a verse, another runs on. Compare →
Years after 632 CE, on one linear scale.
Differences
191items Linguistic, historical, scientific and internal questions raised about the text. Analysis, with sources and responses.
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Different Readings
5,783variant spots The recorded variant readings, and where seven other transmissions differ from Hafs word by word.
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Abrogation
in review Which verses were held abrogated, by whom, citing which edition.
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Repetitions
464patterns Identical and near-identical verses, refrains and shared passages.
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Chronology
2orderings The order of revelation, and the schemes that try to recover it.
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Compilation
17dated events From recitation to print: what is attested, and what is reported later.
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