One Dot Two Dot Red Dot Blue Dot
journal article
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
, pp. 115-140 (26 pages)
Published By: Edinburgh University Press
https://www. jstor .org/stable/25727947
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In this article, which is divided into Parts I and II, we consider the use of coloured dots — primarily red, green, yellow and blue — to indicate vocalisation in early Qur'anic manuscripts. Hitherto, Western scholars have been confused as to the purpose of these dots: from our researches it is clear that red dots indicate the main reading while dots of other colours illustrate various types of variant, including those which are shādhdh ('irregular'). In this article, we explore the types of variant indicated and their significance for an understanding of the history of the Qur'anic text. Part I consists of a survey of previous literature on this subject, from both European and Arabic sources. This is followed by a detailed examination of the types of variant revealed by fourteen out of twenty-one 'Kufic' manuscript fragments in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. The remaining seven fragments are examined in Part II, which also includes an overall analysis of the different types of variant and a general appreciation of their broader significance. ينقسم هذا البحث ٳلى قسمين. وندرس فيه استعمال النقاط الملوّنة – غالبا باللون الٲحمر ٲو الٲخضر ٲو الٲصفر ٲو الٲزرق – لتدل على تشكيل الكلمات في مخطوطات المصحف في عصر مبكر. وحتى الآن فٳن الباحثين في الغرب قد اختلط عليهم الٲمر في الغرض من استعمال تلك النقاط ، لكن ٲثبتت ٲبحاثنا ٲن النقط الحمراء تدل على القراءة الٲساسية ٲما الٲلوان الٲخرى فتشير ٳلى اختلافات في القراءة بما في ذلك القراءات الشاذة. وفي هذا البحث ندرس ٲنواع الاختلافات المشار ٳليها وٲهميتها في فهم تاريخ كتابة المصحف. ويتناول القسم الٲول عرضاً للدراسات السابقة عن هذا الموضوع في المصادر الٲوروبية والعربية على السواء. ويلي ذلك درس تفصيلي لٲنواع الاختلاف التي تظهر في ٲربعة عشر (من بين واحد وعشرين) قطعة مخطوطات في مكتبة البودليان في ٲكسفورد. ٲما القطع السبع الباقية فنتناولها في القسم الثاني من هذا البحث الذي سيظهر في العدد التالي من المجلة والذي يشمل تحليلا عاما لانواع الاختلاف و تقييما لٲهميتها بشكل عام.
The Journal of Qur'anic Studies is a biannual, bilingual, peer-reviewed journal that aims to encourage and promote the study of the Qur'an from a wide range of scholarly perspectives, reflecting the diversity of approaches characteristic of this field of scholarship. In addition, JQS publishes articles both in English and Arabic, to encourage the bridging of the gap between the two traditions of Muslim and Western scholarship. The Journal of Qur'anic Studies is principally dedicated to the publication of original papers, with a book review section including reviews of new works on the Qur'an in the various languages of the Muslim world, as well as the output of the western academic presses. JQS is published by Edinburgh University Press on behalf of the Centre for Islamic Studies at SOAS.
Edinburgh University Press is the premier scholarly publisher in Scotland of academic books and journals and one of the leading university presses in the UK. Founded over fifty years ago, Edinburgh University Press became a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Edinburgh in 1992. Books and journals published by the Press carry the imprimatur of one of Britain's oldest and most distinguished centres of learning and enjoy the highest academic standards through the scholarly appraisal of the Press Committee. In 2004, EUP was awarded charitable status. EUP has a significant journal and book publishing programme, with 120 new books and more than 30 journals published each year. More information is available at www.euppublishing.com.
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