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Ibn Mas'ud's arrangement

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Ibn Mas'ud's arrangement is a purported mushaf of the Quran that differs from the established mushaf of Uthman and is attributed to Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud, a companion of Muhammed.[1]

This variant has not been definitively found in any existing early Quranic manuscript, but details about it are found in literary references and historical accounts.[2] Codex Mashhad is thought to be a combination of the canonized mushaf of Uthman with Ibn Mas'ud's arrangement.[3]

Historical accounts are inconsistent regarding the details of Ibn Mas'ud's version.[4][5] However, the reports indicate that Ibn Mas'ud's mushaf arranges the chapters differently from the canonical version and excludes the first chapter, as well as the two chapters known as Al-Mu'awwidhatayn.[6][7] It is also believed that Ibn Mas'ud had a special reading that is now forgotten.[8]

This mushaf is reported to have supporters as late as the 9th century,[9] specifically in the city of Kufa.[2][10]

See also

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Citations

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  1. ^ Sadeghi & Bergmann 2010, p. 344.
  2. ^ a b Sadeghi & Bergmann 2010, p. 390.
  3. ^ Karimi-Nia 2019, p. 325.
  4. ^ Karimi-Nia 2019, p. 319.
  5. ^ Harvey 2017, p. 74.
  6. ^ Sadeghi & Bergmann 2010, p. 391.
  7. ^ Harvey 2017, p. 73.
  8. ^ Harvey 2017, p. 72.
  9. ^ Sadeghi & Bergmann 2010, p. 414.
  10. ^ Karimi-Nia 2019, p. 322.

References

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  • Sadeghi, Behnam; Bergmann, Uwe (2010). "The Codex of a Companion of the Prophet and the Qurʾān of the Prophet". Arabica. 57 (4). Leiden: Brill Publishers: 343–436. doi:10.1163/157005810X504518. JSTOR 25782619.
  • Karimi-Nia, Morteza (2019). "A New Document in the Early History of the Qurʾān Codex Mashhad, an ʿUthmānic Text of the Qurʾān in Ibn Masʿūd's Arrangement of Sūras". Journal of Islamic Manuscripts. 10 (3). doi:10.1163/1878464X-01003002. S2CID 211656087.
  • Harvey, Ramon (2017). "The Legal Epistemology of Qur'anic Variants: The Readings of Ibn Masʿūd in Kufan fiqh and the Ḥanafī madhhab". Journal of Qur'anic Studies. 9 (1). doi:10.3366/jqs.2017.0268.