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Our Publications’ databank / collection

‘Our Publications’ collection is a bibliographic database of the Foundation's own publications. These works are the outcome of prominent research projects and events carried out by the three centres of the Foundation, i.e. the ‘Manuscripts Centre’, the ‘Mawsoa Centre’ and the ‘Maqasid Centre’.

This collection was added to the ‘Al-Furqan Digital Library’ to enrich the user research experience. The collection is continuously updated, and currently contains over 200 works in over 400 volumes. These cover both introductory and advanced topics discussed and presented by distinguished scholars in the field of Islamic written heritage.

It also includes many popular and heavily cited publications, as well as award winning works, such as the critical edition of al-Isfizāri’s book which deals with the field of mechanics, known as “the sciences of weights and mechanical devices” (‘Ilmay al-Athqāl wal-Ḥiyal). Other popular items include works by the late famous scholar Annemarie Schimmel, such as The Secrets of Creative Love (1998) and Islam and the Wonders of Creation(2003); and many other highly demanded references, including the unique Encyclopaedia of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Al-Madīnah Al-Munawwarah.

The Book of Quranic Verses’ Number (agreed & disputed) according to Makki, Madani, Kufi, Basri and Shami by: Abū al-Ḥassan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Bishr al-Tamīmī al-Anṭākī (299-377 A.H.)

Edited by Mohammed al-Tabarani
2011
Arabic
Edited text
1
9781905122417
1905122411
Book
Hardback
1
771
1.338 kg

“The Book of Qurʾānic Verses’ Number (agreed & disputed) according to scholars from Makkah, Madīnah, Kūfah, Baṣrah and the Shām countries” deals with the punctuation demarcating the Qurʾānic verses based on the method in force in Andalucía. The book also deals with the issue of whether the Qurʾānic chapters (surahs) are Makkan or Madinan revealed, provides a word, letter and verse count for these chapters, and mentions the differences of opinion amongst scholars on the number of verses. The book was written by the Shaykh of the Recites in Andalucía, Abū al-Ḥassan ʿAlī bin Muḥammad bin Ismāʿīl bin Bishr al-Tamīmī al-Anṭākī, who is considered to be the first to have initiated publishing in this field. The book is a rare and very early manuscript.