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Islamic Studies
Ulum al-Qur’an — the Sciences of the Qur’an
How the Qur’an was revealed, preserved, and compiled — five sourced lessons covering revelation, occasions of revelation, the seven Ahruf, abrogation, and the history of its collection.
- Available How the Qur’an Was Revealed How revelation began, and the Makki/Madani classification used throughout Qur’anic scholarship. Read the lesson →
- Available Asbab al-Nuzul (Occasions of Revelation) What this discipline recovers, its limits, and a real sourced example from the Qur’an’s final ruling on alcohol. Read the lesson →
- Available The Seven Ahruf and the Qira’at The hadith behind the Qur’an’s sanctioned recitation variation, and how it relates to the Qira’at used today. Read the lesson →
- Available Naskh (Abrogation) in the Qur’an What abrogation means and its real limits, demonstrated through the unambiguous, well-documented change of the Qibla. Read the lesson →
- Available Jam’ al-Qur’an: How the Qur’an Was Collected The two-stage history of compilation: Abu Bakr’s collection after the Battle of Yamama, and ‘Uthman’s later standardisation. Read the lesson →
Every lesson here is sourced directly from Sahih al-Bukhari, cited by hadith number. Where a topic is genuinely debated among scholars (such as the exact relationship between the seven Ahruf and today’s Qira’at), the lesson says so rather than presenting one view as settled.