eBook - ePub

Key Terms of the Qur'an

Name: Key Terms of the Qur'an
ISBN: 9780691241326

A Critical Dictionary

Nicolai Sinai,

816 pages
English
ePUB (mobile friendly)
Available on iOS & Android

eBook - ePub

Key Terms of the Qur'an

A Critical Dictionary

Nicolai Sinai,

About this book

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 all?h ("God") and al-ra?m?n ("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

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