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Jun 25, 2026
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Revelation and Falsification (Tanzīl wa Taḥrīf) of Qur'an in Shī'ī Corpus:
From the earliest times, Shī'īs held the view that there were multiple readings of Qur'an and the Qur'anic message had been altered. The later Shī'īs denied this view but in the early Shī'ī milieu...
From the earliest times, Shī'īs held the view that there were multiple readings of Qur'an and the Qur'anic message had been altered. The later Shī'īs denied this view but in the early Shī'ī milieu...
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this view was commonly held. A very important work which was recently rediscovered is Tanzīl wa Taḥrīf of al-Sayyārī, a companion of Imām Ḥassan al-Askarī and a narrator for al-Kulaynī as well.
This book collects many traditions on Taḥrīf.
This book collects many traditions on Taḥrīf.
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A good modern work that tries to study this text along with other early Shī'ī exegetical works is the study of early Qur'anic attitudes by Amir al-Moezzi called The Silent Quran and the Speaking Quran.
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The most famous book in the modern times that came out of traditional scholarship is Fasl al-Khattab Fi Tahrīf Kitāb Rab al-Arbāb by Mirza Nuri Tabrisi (d.1902)
This book takes much from Sayyari and attempts to prove that the early Shī'īs affirmed Taḥrīf of the Quran.
This book takes much from Sayyari and attempts to prove that the early Shī'īs affirmed Taḥrīf of the Quran.
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All three personalities - Sayyari, Tabrisi, and Moezzi come to the same conclusion which might be substantiated by modern critical Qur'anic studies as well. When did Qur'an become a stable text? The question remains open.