Learn the significance of the compilation of the Qur’an, its recitations, transmission, and whether any verses have been abrogated.

The course intends to answer the significance of knowing when a verse was revealed, whether ahadith (Prophetic traditions) are reliable and how we understand them.

Learning Outcomes

• The history of Qur’ānic revelation and its compilation
• The themes of revelation during the Makkan & Madinan periods
• The relevance of revelatory causes and scriptural abrogation
• The qir’aat, riwayaat and ahruf of the Qur’an
• How to look at decisive and indefinite verses
• The miraculous nature of the Qur’an