Contents Translators Introduction.....1 al-Khui and the Twelver Shiites.....3 The Prolegomena.....23 Introduction.....25 1-The Inimitability of the Quran.....39 2-Erroneous Impressions Concerning the Miraculous Inimitability of the Quran-—69 3-Concerning the Prophets Other Miracles.....82 4-Insight about the Readers of the Quran.....92 5-An Examination of the Readings.....105 6-Was the Quran Revealed According to Seven Harfs?.....119 7-The Protection of the Quran from Alteration.....135 8-The Collection of the Quran.....163 9-Evidence Based on the Literal Sense of the Quran.....178 10-Abrogation in the Quran186 11-Modification in the Creation-—254 12-The Principles of the Exegesis-—262 13-The Quran: Created or Eternal with God?-—268 Index.....277