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Scripture and its sciences

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The Golden Age was the centuries of scientific flourishing from Abbasid Baghdad to al-Andalus and Fatimid Egypt. Heritage was translated in them, and scholars produced work in medicine, astronomy and mathematics. ¹

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The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

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The seven ahruf

The Prophet's saying 'the Qur'an was revealed in seven ahruf, so read of it what is easy' — narrated through Umar's dispute with Hisham ibn Hakim over Surat al-Furqan; its exact meaning is one of the widest debates in Qur'anic sciences.