Matters Related to the Rasm in al-Jazari’s Kitab al-Nashr
Matters Related to the Rasm in al-Jazari’s Kitab al-Nashr
Dr Muhammad Yahya walad al-Shaykh Jarullah*
This paper deals with matters related to the rasm in al-Jazari’s Kitab al-Nashr. It is contains the following:
a) Preface which deals with the importance of this subject, the layout and the methodology.
b) Introduction explaining the meaning of the term rasm.
c) Chapter One: The following are some of the important topics dealt with in this this chapter:
1) Introduction to the Science of rasm.
2) Collection of the Quran, and its copying during the caliphates of Abu Bakr and Uthman.
3) Some important features of the rasm Uthmani.
4) Refutation of criticisms levelled against the rasm.
5) Specimens of ibn al-Jazari’s quotations from Uthmani mushafs.
d) Chapter Two deals with the relationship of the qira’at with the science of rasm and other related topics.
e) The epilogue contains the most important results of the research.
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- Member of teaching staff, Dept of Qira’at, Faculty of Da‘wah & Usûl al-Dîn, Umm al-Qura University, Makkah.
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