Marijn van Putten (@PhDniX)

The story of Lot and his people in the Quran recurs strikingly often throughout the Quran (Q11:77-83; Q15:51-77; Q26:160-75; Q27:54; Q37:133-8; Q51:24-37; Q54:33-9; Q80:33-42), and finds clear parallels with the story as told in Gen. 19. A thread on a specific reading variant. 🧵 ...

Ibn Muǧāhid is widely regarded as the canonizer of the seven reading traditions, but if you actually look at the ʾIsnāds through which people trace the readings he barely visible. How come? 🧵...