matn
Muslim text
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importance in
- Arabic literature
- In Arabic literature: Belles lettres and narrative prose
…was then followed by the matn (“backbone,” or the content of the report). As the community of Muslims set itself to record not only the Qurʾān itself but the deeds and sayings of Muhammad, reports of this kind were collected, categorized, and sifted, thus initiating a vast exercise in history,…
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- Hadith