$138.49
Author: Elsaid Badawi
Brand: Brill
Edition: Bilingual
Number Of Pages: 1096
Details: 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 2008
World 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.
Product Description
This reference for English speakers is based on classical Arabic dictionaries and classical Qur’an commentaries on occurrences of the finite vocabulary items used in the Qur’anic text. Definitions are explained with examples of Qur’anic verses, along with cross-references to other usages. The dictionary follows the Arabic root system and is composed of 28 sections, each devoted to one letter of the Arabic alphabet. Special attention is paid to 100 grammatical words (particles, nouns, and verbs) that occur in the Qur’an, among the most frequently used words in the text. Their features particular to the Classical period and to Qur’anic discourse are explored in detail. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
About the Author
Elsaid M. Badawi, (1929-2014). Educated at al-Azhar and London Universities, Badawi was Professor of Arabic Studies and Linguistics at the American University in Cairo, editor for the Journal of Qurʾanic Studies, and has broadcast a complete commentary on the Qurʾān in the Gulf and S.E. Asia. 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, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of London. Educated at al-Azhar, Cairo and Cambridge Universities. Abdel Haleem 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).
Release Date: 12-03-2020
Package Dimensions: 58x236x2077
