RS 200A Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Radiocarbon Dating, King James Version, Basmala

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RS 200A
• Professor: Boyarin Shamma

Document Summary

This lecture had three parts: what is the qur"an, on the process of the formation of the qur"an. The names of the suras: al-baqarah = (the cow in english) 20 ta-ha = broken letters" 29 suras begin with broken letters" not all are named for them. The order of the suras: the qur"an does not present a contiguous story, with a beginning a middle and a ending, nor are the chapters ordered according to the order they come to muhammad (earliest, first, etc. ) All suras are preceded by: the bismallah in the name of allah, lord of mercy, giver of. Mercy: expect for the ninth surah: at-tawba, two reasons provided why not. The sura was viewed as actually being a continuation of the previous one. First revelation (at the age of 40) traditionally believed to be the first five verses of 96. Read! (iqra) in the name of your lord who created: 2.