@article{article_1397482, title={What is the Qur’an: A Contemporary Contribution to The History of the Qur’an}, journal={Korkut Ata Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi}, pages={1591–1611}, year={2023}, DOI={10.51531/korkutataturkiyat.1397482}, author={Deliser, Bilal}, keywords={Tarih, Kur’an, tefsir, müsteşrik, Ömer Rıza Doğrul.}, abstract={This study is an attempt to find out the contributions of Ömer Riza Doğrul (1893-1952) to the history of the Qur’an through his work What is the Qur’an. Although the author has many works, God’s Commandment: Translation and Commentary of the Holy Qur’an has not been studied independently. On this occasion, with this work, which is small in volume and large in content, the author has been brought to the attention of contemporary researchers. In Orientalist studies, the debate on the preservation of the Qur’an/the authenticity of the text has been discussed under the headings such as the writing and preservation of the Qur’an at the time of the Prophet, the gathering of the Qur’an in the times of Hazrat Abu Bakr (d. 13/634) and Hazrat Uthman (d. 35/656), the appointment and reproduction of the Imam’s Mushaf, the Companion Mushafs, the Seven Letters and the Qiraats. All these subjects constitute the literature we call “History of the Qur’an” today and examine the textualisation process of the Qur’an. Since the first three chapters of Ömer Riza Doğrul’s What is the Qur’an are completely devoted to these issues, it deserves to be called a contemporary “History of the Qur’an” work. It is understood that the work was also written as a response to the orientalists. It is seen that today, as in the past, the claims and scepticism of the orientalists about the Qur’an persistently continue.}, number={13}, publisher={Yunus KAPLAN}