According to the most widely accepted interpretation of the book of Revelation, the Emperor Nero, the Roman Empire, and the imperial cult in Asia Minor loom large in the symbolic foreground of the book, reflective of the conviction that John is addressing the historical situation contemporary to him. To Wilhelm Bousset, “the observation that the core of the prophecy in the Apocalypse refers to ...

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The process of compiling the Qur'ānic verses (jamʿ al-Qur'ān) between two covers into a single musḥaf, and hence reproducing copies whereof constitutes one most important stages in regard to both history recitation (qirāʾāh) Qur’an. From earlier periods, it is possible see individual works written on subject as well that are produced within different fields expertise such hadīth, tafseer, qirāʾ...