Arabic, Qurʾān, and Poetic License: Reciting the Word of God (1) (Routledge Studies in the Qur'an)

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Synopsis
This book examines the similarities between the Qurʾān and ancient Arabic poetry, analyzed through the framework of Arabic grammar prior to their standardization and subsequent development into distinct genres.Of central relevance is the relationship between the Qurʾān and Arabic poetry, and how Muslim scholars defined this relationship based on a formulaic structural approach rather than a thematic and motif-oriented one. The book aims to reposition the so-called non-standard usages of Arabic vernaculars, non-canonical readings of the Qurʾān, and unusual grammatical structures in ancient poetry at the heart of the Arabic-Islamic tradition. The book deals with different theological, legal, and social controversies regarding the proper recitation of the Qurʾān and its individuation from poetry and other verbal arts. For the first time, this study offers a comprehensive categorization of unusual grammatical structures in both the Qurʾān and ancient Arabic poetry, which Arab grammarians classified as poetic license. The close affinity between the linguistic styles of the Qurʾān and ancient Arabic poetry suggests that the Qurʾān was a form of ancient Arabic poetry. To individuate the Qurʾān, Muslim scholars put in place various theological and legal restrictions for its proper recitation, the most important of which was tajwīd (Qurʾānic recitation).The book will interest students and scholars of Qurʾānic and Islamic studies, as well as those researching Arabic poetry and grammar.
Copyright:
2025

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
444 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781040272947
Related ISBNs:
9781032818269, 9781040272893, 9781003501565
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Shady Hekmat Nasser
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Language Arts
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Bookshare Staff
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