QUR’ANIC RECITATION
QUR’ANIC RECITATION. The name for the Islamic revealed scripture, al-Qur’an, means “the recitation,” in both informative and performative senses. With respect to the first, the Qur’an is a “message” (risalah) that has been communicated to humankind through Muhammad, the “Messenger” (rasul). But the recitation is also oral performance of the text in worship, meditation, and
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