Notre Dame Polyphony in the Library of Pope Boniface VIII

Orientalism on Variant Readings of the Qur'an

“…These dialectal variants of malik have been ascribed to the Prophet, who is reported to have read them. 11 Had these variants been inadmissible, the Companions would not have differed in their recitation of this most-repeated surah.…”

“…As Jeffery says: "It is unfortunate that not sufficient [material] has survived to enable us to get a real picture of the text of any one of them." 11 Nevertheless, "in some cases, Jeffery was able to determine the primary codex from which a secondary one was d • d 1118 enve .…”