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Authors: Mondher Sfar

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

1. THE KORAN IS NOT THE ORIGINAL ONE

Transmission of Meaning

The Theory of Variants

The Variants of the Koran

From Variation to Manipulation

The Satanic Revelations

By the Prophet's Side

The Whole Revelation?

Lost or Unretained Texts

Two Brief Prayers Removed from the Koran

On Interpolation

2. THE COMPONENTS OF THE KORAN

The Surahs

The Preambles

The Mysterious Letters

The Division of Surahs

The Basmala and al-Rahman

The Titles of Surahs

3. WRITINGS OF THE KORAN

The Difficulties of the Writing

The Myth of "Uthman"

The Manuscript of Samarkand

The Myth of Authenticity

The Scribal Function

Stereotypes and Phraseology

The Practice of Recomposition

Al-qur'an, a Scribal Work

4. MYTHS AND PREJUDICES

The Myth of Originality

From the Kitab to the Qur'an

The Myth of the Collection

The Myth of Perfect Transmission

The Myth of Inimitability

Authenticity of the Wahy

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX: THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF JANUARY 27, 632 CE

A Great Enigma

A Conjugal Psychodrama

The Eclipse and the Farewell Pilgrimage

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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