Moosaa.Richardson
12-30-2012, 02:58 PM
I came across this quick definition of the Quran in the great book of Usool al-Fiqh, Rowdhat an-Naathir (1/267, Rushd printing), by al-Muwaffaq Ibn Qudaamah al-Maqdisee (d.620)
After refuting the innovators who would try to say the Quran is not a book, he cited scholarly consensus that there is no difference between "al-Quran" and "al-Kitaab", and then gave a quick definition of the Quran, saying:
وحده ما نقل إلينا بين دفتي المصحف نقلا متواترًا
"Its definition is: That which has been narrated between the two covers of the mushaf, transmitted by overwhelmingly large numbers of people."
After refuting the innovators who would try to say the Quran is not a book, he cited scholarly consensus that there is no difference between "al-Quran" and "al-Kitaab", and then gave a quick definition of the Quran, saying:
وحده ما نقل إلينا بين دفتي المصحف نقلا متواترًا
"Its definition is: That which has been narrated between the two covers of the mushaf, transmitted by overwhelmingly large numbers of people."