Arabic-English Dictionary of Qurʾanic Usage
$313.62
- Paperback
1096 pages
- Release Date
11 March 2020
Summary
The Qurʾan is the living source of all Islamic teaching, and is of singular importance to those interested in Islam and the study of religions. Despite this, there exists a long-felt lack of research tools for English first-language speakers who wish to access the Qurʾan in the original Arabic.
The Dictionary of Qurʾanic Usage is the first comprehensive, fully-researched and contextualised Arabic-English dictionary of Qurʾanic usage, compiled in accordance with modern lexicog…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789004430822 |
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| ISBN-10: | 9004430822 |
| Author: | Elsaid Badawi, Muhammed Abdel Haleem |
| Publisher: | Brill |
| Imprint: | Brill |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1096 |
| Release Date: | 11 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 2.02kg |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm |
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Critics Review
“As a treasure trove of etymological, grammatical, phonological, theological, and historical information relating to the Qur’an, it surpasses the heretofore standard, J. Penrice’s Dictionary and Glossary of the Koran (1873)”. Essential. Choice, July 2008World Prize for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2010“…this monumental effort has filled an important intellectual lacuna in the discourse on the Qurʾān, as it provides a detailed exploration of the idioms and usage of the Scripture with a remarkable exhibition of an archaeologist’s obsession with details and finesse.”Amidu Olalekan Sanni in Die Welt des Islams 52 (2012), pp. 207-208.
About The Author
Elsaid Badawi
Elsaid M. Badawi (1929-2014) was Professor of Arabic Studies and Linguistics at the American University in Cairo, and editor for the Journal of Qurʾanic Studies. His publications include Modern Written Arabic (2004) with M.G. Carter and Adrian Gully, and A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic (1986) with M. Hinds.
Muhammad Abdel Haleem is Professor of Islamic Studies, University of London. He is currently Director of the Centre of Islamic Studies, and Chief Editor of the Journal of Qurʾanic Studies. His publications include: Understanding the Qurʾān: Themes and Style (2001), and The Qurʾān: a New Translation (2004).
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