Muhammad, the Qur'an and Islam
GQ, pp. 140 f., n. 5; Horovitz, Untersuchungen, pp. 111 f) and whose pre-
Islamic version is only known from Nestorian sources; see Andrae, Ur-
sprung, p. 197. It is moreover obvious that Muhammad made some
modifications of his own (e.g. 18:85-86, 94, 97f, cf. Nicetas of Byzantium,
ECMD, p. x.). Cf. Dan. 8:20f; SEI, pp. 76, 176, 637.
11:44f 11:44f 11:44f 11:44f One of Noah's sons drowned. One of Noah's sons drowned. One of Noah's sons drowned. One of Noah's sons drowned.This idea seems to be alien to Jewish and Christian sources. Geiger,
WMJA, p. 109, thinks that Canaan was probably meant, and this is the
position taken by Islamic scholars also; cf. Tabari, History, vol. 1, p. 368. It
is also possible that the following lines of the first Nisibene Hymn by
Ephraem the Syrian (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, vol. 13, p. 167,
Carm. Nisib. I, 4) were misunderstood: "... Noah overcame the waves of
lust, which had drowned in his generation the sons of Seth."
11:46 11:46 11:46 11:46 The ark rested on al-Judi. The ark rested on al-Judi. The ark rested on al-Judi. The ark rested on al-Judi.Horovitz, Untersuchungen, pp. 107 f, as most after him, cites Nöldeke in
the opinion that Muhammad actually meant a mountain in Arabia. Horovitz
(Ibid.) thinks Muhammad may have done this just to make it local to
Arabia. However, this notion may have originally come from some Jewish
and Christian sources, which, contrary to the Biblical account, but in
harmony with Babylonian tradition, maintain that the ark rested on the
Gordyene (Qardu) Mountains in Mesopotamia. Later Islamic scholars then
presumably found the Jewish and Christian sources, and held that the
Gordyene Mountains were meant in this passage. See Gen. 8:4; Speyer,
Erzählungen, p. 107; Jeffery, Vocabulary, pp. 106 f.
12:4f 12:4f 12:4f 12:4f Story of Joseph is related. Story of Joseph is related. Story of Joseph is related. Story of Joseph is related.Geiger, in WMJA and Speyer, in Erzählungen show the heavy dependency
of the Qur'anic narration on Jewish tradition: