Part IV: Memory, Manuscripts, and Modernity: Debates in the Digital Age
The Qur'an is not only a product of its past—it is also shaped by how we encounter it today. This final section turns from ancient manuscripts and classical commentaries to the modern world of digital apps, archaeological discoveries, and global interpretation. It explores how new manuscript findings, feminist scholarship, interfaith dialogue, and digital technology influence how the Qur'an is read and understood across the contemporary ummah. From the caves of Sanaa to Silicon Valley servers, these chapters ask not only what the Qur'an has meant throughout history—but what it continues to mean in our interconnected age, and how diverse Muslim communities navigate between preservation and adaptation in the 21st century.