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Key Terms of the Qur'an: A Critical Dictionary

An essential single-volume companion to the critical interpretation of Islamic scripture

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Jul 11, 2023
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2023
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4 tables.
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This book provides detailed and multidisciplinary coverage of a wealth of key Qur鈥檃nic terms, with incisive entries on crucial expressions ranging from the divine names 补濒濒腻丑 (鈥淕od鈥�) and 补濒-谤补岣腻苍 (鈥渢he Merciful鈥�) to the Qur鈥檃nic understanding of belief and self-surrender to God. It examines what the terms mean in Qur鈥檃nic usage, discusses how to translate them into English, and delineates the role they play in expressing the Qur鈥檃n鈥檚 distinctive understanding of God, humans, and the cosmos. It offers a comprehensive but nonreductionist investigation of the relationship of Qur鈥檃nic 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鈥檃n 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鈥檃nic 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鈥檃nic terms into English
  • Explores the Qur鈥檃n鈥檚 vision of God, humans, and the cosmos through an analysis of fundamental and recurrent Qur鈥檃nic expressions
  • Accessible to readers with little or no Arabic