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Authors: Mondher Sfar
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In Search of the Original Koran: The True History of the Revealed Text
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MONDHER SFAR
TRANSLATED BY EMILIA LANIER
INTRODUCTION
9
CHAPTER
1. THE KORAN IS NOT THE ORIGINAL ONE
15
From Variation to Manipulation
26
Other Ambiguities of the Mode of Revelation
31
Two Brief Prayers Removed from the Koran
39
CHAPTER
2. THE COMPONENTS OF THE KORAN
49
The Verses: A Late Invention
49
CHAPTER
3. WRITINGS OF THE KORAN
69
The Difficulties of the Writing
75
The Practice of Recomposition
84
CHAPTER
4. MYTHS AND PREJUDICES
87
From the Kitab to the Qur'an
90
The Myth of Perfect Transmission
95
CONCLUSION
101
APPENDIX: THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF JANUARY 27, 632 CE
105
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