Al-Qur’an, Orientalisme dan Luxenberg

The article focuses on issues related to the Qur an, Orientalism and the controversial writer Christoph Luxenberg. A brief survey on studies by the Orientalist on the Qur an is presented. It explains some critical confusions and misunderstandings by the Orientalist concerning the Qur an especially that related to the authenticity of the Qur an, as well as its writing and recitation tradition. The application of the philological methods used in the Biblical studies on the Qur an is discussed. The article ends with a critical analysis on Luxenberg Die syro-aramaische Lesart des Koran: Ein Beitrag zur Entschlusselung der Koransprache