The ascetic Qur'an and its Kharijite readers / by Nora K. Schmid.

Author/creator Schmid, Nora K. author.
Format Book
PublicationBoston ; Leiden : Brill, [2026]
Copyright Date©2026
Descriptionxiv, 415 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesTexts and studies on the Qurʼān, 1567-2808 ;
Texts and studies on the Qurʼān ; v. 24. ^A1125800
Contents Part 1. Ascetic Reading/Recitation in the Qur'an -- Part 2. The Kharijites Reading/Reciting the Qur'an.
Abstract "Research on Islamic asceticism frequently highlights practices and ideas described in premodern Islamic literature on renunciation ( zuhd). This study redirects our attention to the Qur'an's ascetic dimension and its reception in the poems and sermons of the Kharijites, an early Islamic group known for extreme piety. It sheds light on the Qur'an's engagement with late antique ascetic ideas, notably regarding scriptural reading and recitation. In their reception of the Qur'an, the Kharijites developed practices of reading and recitation characterized by the interiorization and enactment of scripture. This book offers a new view of the religious culture of the first and early second centuries of Islam through the lens of an understudied group and its attempts to put the Qur'an into practice"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [358]-396) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Schmid, Nora K. Ascetic Qur'an and its Kharijite readers Leiden : Brill, [2025] 9789004547988
LCCN 2025019089
ISBN9789004547971
ISBN9004547975
ISBNebook

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