THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUR’AN IC SCIENCES IN CENTRAL ASIA

Abstract

This article examines the historical development of Qur’anic sciences in 
the region of Mawarannahr (Transoxiana). It highlights the role of the Companions and 
the Successors (tabiʿun) who migrated to the region and contributed to the dissemination 
of Islamic knowledge among the local population. The study also analyzes the activities 
of prominent scholars of hadith and tafsir from Central Asia, such as Imam al-Bukhari, 
Imam al-Tirmidhi, and Imam al-Darimi, whose works preserved numerous narrations 
related to the virtues of the Qur’an, its recitation, revelation contexts, and interpretation. 
Furthermore, the article outlines the stages of the development of Qur’anic sciences from 
the early oral transmission period to the compilation and systematization of written works. 
Special attention is given to the processes of collecting the Qur’an into a muṣḥaf during 
the period of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and the emergence of independent scholarly 
works on Qur’anic sciences in later centuries. The study concludes that the intellectual 
activities of early Muslim scholars and the strong tradition of hadith scholarship in 
Central Asia created a solid foundation for the development of Qur’anic studies in the 
region.