Development of The Quran's linguistics in Pre-Islam Arabia | Suleyman Dost

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In this episode, we’re looking into one of the central questions in the study of early Islam: where does the Qur’an come from? 📖

This can be approached in a number of ways. Some scholars focus on the later Muslim literary tradition 📝, while others situate the Qur’an within the broader religious and linguistic context of Late Antiquity 🏛️, often drawing on Syriac and biblical parallels ✝️📚.

But another approach is to begin with the material evidence—inscriptions 🪨, archaeology 🏺, and linguistic data 🔤 that can be securely dated to the pre-Islamic period—and ask what that evidence can tell us about the Qur’an’s historical setting.

On the Real Talk Podcast 🎙️ we’re joined by Dr. Süleyman Dost to discuss his book, Before the Qur’an: Material Sources at the Advent of Muslim Scripture, which takes this approach seriously and examines what can (and cannot) be said about the Qur’an’s origins when we prioritise pre-Islamic material sources.

We discuss how this method relates to previous scholarship 🎓, the limitations of relying exclusively on epigraphic and archaeological evidence ⚖️, and what it might reveal about the linguistic and religious landscape of Arabia on the eve of Islam 🌍.

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For those interested, we strongly recommend our audience check out the book for themselves: 🔗 https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-before-the-qur-an.html

For those interested in exploring more of his research, we also encourage our audience to check out Süleyman Dost’s Academia.edu page, where you can find a range of his additional publications and ongoing work 🔗 https://utoronto.academia.edu/SuleymanDost

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