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The Birmingham Qur'an

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Why Ancient Inquiry uses this citation here

University of Birmingham institutional manuscript page for the Mingana folios and their radiocarbon range; dates parchment and describes script, while explicitly not fixing the ink's exact date.

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Early manuscript projects document early Quranic witnesses and textual history, but they do not support an absolute claim of 'no variation of any kind.'

Answer / theory: The Quranic tradition shows strong textual stability, but simple claims of “no variation of any kind” ignore manuscript and recitation history. What supports it: Early manuscripts, broad textual consistency, memorization, and recitation traditions. What is weak or disputed: Exact interpretation of variants, qira'at, palimpsests, and compilation reports. Evidence level: Strong Evidence for early stability, mixed for absolute wording.
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