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|f The researcher Noldeke and his scholars adherence to the word constitutes a topic and a pillar to the research at the same time without giving attention other criteria, such as those which usually play an important role in dealing with the holy books. Thus, Noldeke and his followers of the Quran do not evaluate the Quran as a revealed book, but rather a text that the Prophet Muhammad put as a result of inspiration, interacting with the religious, social and political events and developments he faced during the years of his mission.\nIndeed, they recognized the Prophecy of the Prophet and considered him a true prophet. There is no doubt about the truthfulness of the special religious experience that he lived which the Holy Quran has expressed in the best way. They stressed in more than one context in the book that the Prophet was fully immersed in the call that he believed that God had selected him for the purpose of disseminating it, and that he was too enthusiastic to guide his people to faith in the One and Only God, but they gave the prophethood and the Message a positive interpretation considering it as a (Human trait) and not divine.\nIn the first part, Noldeke adopts the traditional division of the Quran into Makki and Madni. But he distributes the Makki surahs at three intervals, relying on stylistic and Implicatory characteristics that combine the surahs of one group. He describes the surahs of the first Makki period as characterized by its shortness, its poetic language and praise of Allah, and the mention of many sections (plural of section) aims to confirm the content of the message and convince the polytheists. The surahs of the second Makki period is characterized by a shift in style: it is predominantly preaching and warning; in this period, lengthy passages are presented, recalling events and personalities from the Bible, illustrating them as examples of God's truth in His promise and menace . The surahs of the third period is not very different, in style, from the surahs of the previous period, but they are characterized by a strong tone of menace and threats against the unbelievers. The transformation that took place in the message of the Prophet Muhammad after emigrating to Madinah remains without a clear effect on the surahs that emerged there. They are characterized by their commitment to the affairs of the emerging community of believers and its promulgation of laws and regulations to lay the foundations of the new society.\nNoldeke's arrangement of the Quranic surahs is still adopted in most Western specialized scientific milieux, although other two researchers, such as the Englishman and even the Frenchman Blachère, has made similar attempts, which are not as obnoxious and fortified.\nThe second part of the book deals with the issue of collecting the Holy Quran, relying on the inherited narratives, comparing each other in accuracy, and drawing conclusions from them. He discusses the issue of the first collection by Zayd ibn Thabit and other of the Mus'haf that preceded the Mus'haf of Uthman. Then he deals with the emergence of the Mus'haf of Uthman detailing the narratives, presenting his order, and addressing Basmala and disjoined letters. Also, he deals with what is said about the distortion of some of the positions, and then mention (surah of Al- Nurayn ) the apocryphal, discussing its content.\nThe last part deals with the history of the text of the Quran, discussing the most important characteristics of the calligraphy in the Mus'haf of Uthman, and comparing it to non- Uthman formations and readings. Then he discusses in detail the systems of reading and the most famous readers, and presents the original sources that deal with this subject. The book ends with a presentation of the most important manuscripts of the Quran, which were known to researchers at the time.\nThe research is characterized by hard deep work, according to the historical critical approach, but it involves many misrepresentations on Islam and its prophet.\nThe book, particularly in its second part, contains a polarity that must be mentioned here. He, according to the custom of his age, describes the scientific researches produced by European researchers as "Christian" researches, comparing them to the (Muhammadiyah) or (Islamic) researches . He explicitly mentions the superiority of European researches in terms of methodology, while at the same time noting that the Arab Muslim researchers have distinguished themselves in other areas which their peers in the West can not imitate.\nThis abstract translated by Dar AlMandumah Inc. 2018
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