Binding: Hardcover
Description: An essential single - volume companion to the critical interpretation of Islamic scripture This book provides detailed and multidisciplinary coverage of a wealth of key Qur anic terms with incisive entries on crucial expressions ranging from the divine names allah (God ) and al - ra? man (the Merciful ) to the Qur anic understanding of belief and self - surrender to God. It examines what the terms mean in Qur anic usage discusses how to translate them into English and delineates the role they play in expressing the Qur an's distinctive understanding of God humans and the cosmos. It offers a comprehensive but nonreductionist investigation of the relationship of Qur anic terms to earlier traditions such as Jewish and Christian literature pre - Islamic Arabic poetry and Arabian epigraphy. While the dictionary is primarily engaged in ascertaining what the Qur an would have meant to its original recipients in late antique Arabia it makes selective and critical use of later Muslim scholarship alongside an extensive body of secondary research in English German and French from the nineteenth century to today. The most authoritative historical - critical reference work on key Qur anic terms Features a host of entries ranging from concise overviews to substantial essays Draws on comparative material such as Jewish and Christian literature pre - Islamic Arabic poetry and Arabian epigraphy Discusses how to best translate Qur anic terms into English Explores the Qur an's vision of God humans and the cosmos through an analysis of fundamental and recurrent Qur anic expressions Accessible to readers with little or no Arabic
Title: Key Terms Of The Qur'an A Critical Dictionary
Author(s): Sinai Nicolai
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Barcode: 9780691241319
Pages: 840 Pages, 4 Tables.
Publication Date: 7/11/2023
Category: Sacred Texts