The Historical Background and the Motives of the Orientalists from Addressing the Variant Readings of the Qur'an

Document Type : Research Article

Author

Assistant Professor of Quran and Hadith Sciences of Isfahan University

Abstract

So far orientalists have researched a lot about the Holy Quran and have published very considerable works.But in this case, the essential point is that the purposeful selection of research topics in the Holy Quran. One of the most important issues of the orientalists in his Quranic researches have noted is history of Quran, which the following branches of the subject collection of the Quran, recitation, there are different dialects of the Arabs and the different readings of Quran.
This article will explain the historical background of the issue and introduced the works of orientalists about the variant readings of the Qur'an, and to explain the reasons of entering Orientalists in this special issue

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