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The Hijazi Arabic text of the Qur'an was analyzed and read well outside of the Hijaz after Muhammad and his companions died, particularly in areas covered by modern-day Iraq (where most early Islamic texts (including Quranic exegesis, historical chronicles, genealogical works, and legal texts) emerge from between 750-1000 BCE | The Hijazi Arabic text of the Qur'an was analyzed and read well outside of the Hijaz after Muhammad and his companions died, particularly in areas covered by modern-day Iraq (where most early Islamic texts (including Quranic exegesis, historical chronicles, genealogical works, and legal texts) emerge from between 750-1000 BCE)<ref>Miller, Nathaniel A. (2024). ''The Emergence of Arabic Poetry: From Regional Identities to Islamic Canonization. pp. 7.'' Kinde Edition. United States: University of Pennsylvania Press, Incorporated.</ref>, where Nadji linguistic influence reshaped these traditions, transforming a Hijazi text into what became known as “Classical Arabic,” based on grammatical norms developed in Southern Mesopotamia rather than its original environment. | ||
{{Quote|Miller, Nathaniel. (2024). <i>The Emergence of Arabic Poetry: From Regional Identities to Islamic Canonization (pp. 35-36).</i> Kindle Edition. United States: University of Pennsylvania Press, Incorporated.|The Quran likely formed the first object of study in the early conquest garrison towns. The establishment of a definitive text initially preoccupied Muslims, rather than interpretation per se. <sup>103</sup> According to tradition, the third caliph ʿUthmān had established the consonantal skeleton of the Quranic text and distributed copies to the garrison towns. <sup>104</sup> | {{Quote|Miller, Nathaniel. (2024). <i>The Emergence of Arabic Poetry: From Regional Identities to Islamic Canonization (pp. 35-36).</i> Kindle Edition. United States: University of Pennsylvania Press, Incorporated.|The Quran likely formed the first object of study in the early conquest garrison towns. The establishment of a definitive text initially preoccupied Muslims, rather than interpretation per se. <sup>103</sup> According to tradition, the third caliph ʿUthmān had established the consonantal skeleton of the Quranic text and distributed copies to the garrison towns. <sup>104</sup> | ||
This did not settle disagreements, since alternative readings remained in circulation, like those of the blind Quran specialist Ibn Masʿūd (d. ca. 653), who settled in Kufa in 642 and spent most of the rest of his life there. <sup>105</sup> | This did not settle disagreements, since alternative readings remained in circulation, like those of the blind Quran specialist Ibn Masʿūd (d. ca. 653), who settled in Kufa in 642 and spent most of the rest of his life there. <sup>105</sup> | ||