Summary

‘Ulum al-Qur’an is defined as:

“…the studies related to the Noble Qur’an in terms of its revelation, compilation, recitations, explanation, its abrogating and abrogated, the causes of revelation, its Makkan and Madinan and the like.”

Fahd b. ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Sulayman al-Rumi, Dirasat fi ‘Ulum al-Qur’an al-Karim (Riyadh: Markaz Tafsir li al-Dirasat al-Qur’aniyyah, 1426/2005), 32.