The text of the Koran has been edited by G. Flügel, Leipzig, various
dates; and by G. M. Redslob, Paris, 1868 and 1880. There are also
hundreds of Eastern editions. Concordances have been published by G.
Flügel, Leipzig, 1842 (several times reprinted), also in Egypt,
Palestine and India. A dictionary and glossary were published by J.
Penrice, London, 1873. English translations have been made by G. Sale,
London, 1734 (the fullest edition is that with notes by E. M. Wherry,
4 vols., London, 1882-1886); by J. M. Rodwell with notes, London, 1861
and 1876; and by E. H. Palmer in vols, vi. and ix. of the "Sacred
Books of the East," Oxford, 1880-1882. Among the best or best-known
Arabic commentaries are those of Tabari (q.v.), Zamakhshari (q.v.),
Baidhawi (q.v.), the Jalalain (see SUYUTI), and such later ones as the
Mafatih ul-Ghaib of ar-Razi (d. 1210). The composition and theology of
the Koran are treated in the works of Nöldeke and Grimme referred to
above.
On the eschatology of Islam see M. Wolff, _Muhammedanische
Eschatologie_ (Leipzig, 1872); and on the doctrine of revelation. Otto
Pautz, _Muhammeds Lehre von der Offenbarung_ (Leipzig, 1898).
(G. W. T.)
FOOTNOTES:
[1] See also KORAN.
[2] Underlined = with interpolations.
[3] For the doctrines of these two sects see Shahrastani's _Book of
Sects_, and for the Qadarites, A. de Vlieger's _Kitab ul-Qadr,
matériaux pour servir à l'étude de la doctrine de la prédestination
dans la théologie musulmane_ (Leiden, 1903).
[4] For the origin and significance of this number see M.
Steinschneider, "Die kanonische Zahl der muhammedanischen Secten und
die Symbolik der Zahl, 70-73," _in Zeitschr. d. deutschen morgenl.
Gesellschaft_, iv., 145-170 (1850); and I. Goldziher, "Le
Denombrement des sectes mohamétanes" in _Revue de l'hist. des
religions_, xxvi. 129-137 (1892).
[5] The names are given throughout in the anglicized form on the
analogy of Shi`ites, which is recognized in common usage. The strict
termination according to the scheme of transliteration adopted in
this work is _iyya_, or _iya_, e.g. Hishamiyya for Hishamites. For
information regarding the important sects see separate articles and
the preceding portion of this article.
[6] All these names are alternatively spelt Mo- instead of Mu-.
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