PREFACE -- Contents -- TRANSLITERATION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: REVELATION IN EARLY ISLAM -- 1. The Early Muslim Understanding of the Prophetic-Revelatory Event -- A. The Unity of the Prophetic-Revelatory Event as the Basis of Muslim Traditionalism -- B. The Unity of Prophetic Word and Divine Word as Channels of Authority -- Notes -- 2. Concepts of Revelation in Early Islam -- A. The Early Muslim Understanding of Qur'ânic Revelation -- B. The Early Muslim Understanding of 'Extra-Qur'ânic' Revelation -- Notes -- PART TWO: THE DIVINE SAYING -- 3. The Divine Saying as Problem -- A. The Divine Saying in Western Scholarship -- B. The Divine Saying in Muslim Scholarship -- C. The Divine Saying in Muslim Piety -- Notes -- 4. The Divine Saying in Early Islam -- A. Early Sources of the Divine Saying -- B. Forms of the Early Divine Saying -- C. The Material of the Early Divine Saying -- D. Themes of the Early Divine Saying -- Notes -- 5. Conclusion: The Divine Saying as Divine Word and Prophetic Word -- PART THREE: THE EARLY DIVINE SAYING: TEXTS, TRANSLATIONS, AND SOURCES -- Introduction to Part III -- Texts, Translations, and Sources -- Notes -- APPENDICES -- A. Muslim Collections of Divine Sayings -- B. Isnâds to the Divine Sayings in Part III -- C. Index to the Divine Sayings in Part III -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.