{"product_id":"before-the-quran-suleyman-dost-9781399528641","title":"Before the Qur'an: Material Sources at the Advent of Muslim Scripture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe question of the Qur'an's geographical and cultural context has been hotly debated in the last few decades. Several authors have proposed that its place of origin may be somewhere other than the Hijaz in Western Arabia, the location stated within Islamic literary sources. Yet these theories have not engaged with the resources provided by numerous inscriptions in a wide range of ancient languages in the Arabian Peninsula and its environs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBracketing theological claims about Qur'anic provenance and relying solely on securely datable material evidence from before the rise of Islam, this book shows that the Qur'an emerged from the Hijaz and addressed a Late Antique Arabian audience. Suleyman Dost argues for significant religious, cultural and linguistic continuities between pre-Qur'anic Arabian sources and the Qur'an, especially highlighting underappreciated parallels with religious idioms in South Arabia and Ethiopia. This book thus challenges revisionist perspectives that situate the Qur'an outside a Western Arabian milieu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suleyman Dost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399528645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399528641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Suleyman Dost","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47473754767615,"sku":"9781399528641","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce28a758-aa2c-4a97-8b20-bf92bab506dd.jpg?v=1762312732","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-the-quran-suleyman-dost-9781399528641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}