- Classical Arabic
|map = [[Image:Large Koran.jpg|250px|thumb|Verses from the [[Qur'an]] in Classical Arabic, written in the cursive [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic ...
... s based largely on the Medieval language of [[Hijaz]]i tribes of [[Quraysh|Qurayš]] (which contrasted somewhat with the speech of [[Najd]]i and adjoinin ...
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- Qur'an
{{QuranRelated}}
... -11-04|location=|publisher=|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-68890/Quran}}
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- Tafsir
... tion") is the Arabic word for [[exegesis]] or commentary, usually of the [[Qur'an]]. It does not include esoteric or mystical interpretation, which are ...
The five traditional sources for commentary of the [[Qur'an]] are:
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- Qur'an translations
{{QuranTranslations}}
... hard Boysen 1775.jpg|thumb|250px|Title page of a German translation of the Qur'an]]
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- Esoteric interpretation of the Qur'an
{{QuranRelated}}
... ]</ref><ref>[http://quran.al-shia.com/en/books/quran/tafseer-of-holy-quran/quran-6.htm Types of Interpretation]</ref> Some Islamic sects impose strict l ...
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- Asbab al-nuzul
{{QuranRelated}}
... [[Qur'an|Qur'ān]] were revealed. Though of some use in reconstructing the Qur'ān's historicity, ''asbāb'' is by nature an exegetical rather than a his ...
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- Criticism of the Qur'an
... Critics argue against this belief, and criticize various statements in the Qur'an.<ref>Islam: the Basics. Turner, C. (2006) Routledge, p. 42</ref>
==The origins of the Qur'an==
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- Literary Arabic
|agency=modelled after the [[Qur'an]]; [[Academy of the Arabic Language]]
... }'' (الفصحى) varieties: the '''[[Classical Arabic]] (CA)''' of the [[Qur'an]] and early Islamic (7th to 9th centuries) [[Arabic literature|literatu ...
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- Origin and development of the Qur'an
{{QuranRelated}}
The study of the '''origins and development of the Qur’an''' can be said to fall into two major schools of thought, the first b ...
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- Houri
... name="Tafsir Ibn Kathir Damrah bin Habib"> Ibn Kathir,''Tafsir ibn Kathir (Qur'anic Commentary)'',Surah (Chapter) Ar-Rahman Rahman (55), ayah (verse) 56, ...
... ndid"<ref name="Muhammad Asad -Kawa'ib"> Muhammad Asad, The Message of the Qur'an, Publisher: The Book Foundation; Bilingual edition (December 2003) Lang ...
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- The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran
... te about the history, linguistic origins and correct interpretation of the Qur'an and it has received extensive coverage in the [[mainstream media]], unu ...
... Arabic tradition has identified the language of the Koran with that of the Quraysh, the inhabitants of Mecca, this language must instead have been an Ara ...
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- Qur'an and science
{{QuranRelated}}
... me="EOQ_SAQ">Ahmad Dallal, ''Science and the Qur'an'', Encyclopedia of the Qur'an</ref>
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- Arab culture
... only fragments of the written language appearing before then. It was the [[Qur'an]] in the [[7th century]] which would have the greatest lasting effect o ...
===Qur'an and Islam===
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- Nasr Abu Zayd
... ts in [[Islam]]. He is famous for his project of a [[Humanism|humanistic]] Qur'anic [[hermeneutics]].
... in [[Islamic Studies]], with works concerning the interpretation of the [[Qur'an]]. In 1982, he joined the faculty of the Department of Arabic Language ...
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- Historicity of Muhammad
... re also few non-Muslim sources which are valuable for corroboration of the Qur'anic and Muslim tradition statements. <ref> S. A. Nigosian(2004), p.7 </re ...
... Image:Qur'an folio 11th century kufic.jpg|thumb|right|11th century Persian Qur'an folio page in [[kufic]] script]]
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- Amin Ahsan Islahi
| main_interests = [[Tafsir|Qur'anic exegesis]]
| notable_ideas = Concept of thematic and structural coherence in [[Qur'an]]
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- History of the Arabic alphabet
... tury AD, probably in the early years of [[Islam]] while writing down the [[Qur'an]], it was realized that deciding by context in each case did not solve ...
... ots did not become obligatory until much later. Important texts like the [[Qur'an]] were frequently [[memorization|memorized]]; this practice, which surv ...
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- Arabic language
... ross [[North Africa]] and the [[Middle East]] and to the language of the [[Qur'an]]. (The expression ''media'' here includes most television and radio, a ...
... Arabic]] (especially from the pre-Islamic to the Abbasid period, including Qur'anic Arabic) can be distinguished from [[Modern Standard Arabic]] (MSA) as ...
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- Arabic literature
... nly fragments of the written language appearing before then. It was the [[Qur'an]] in the 7th century which would have the greatest lasting effect on [[ ...
The period before the writing of the Qur'an and the rise of [[Islam]] is known to [[Muslim]]s as ''[[Jahiliyyah]]'' ...
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- Islamic Institute of Toronto
*[[Tafsir|Qur'anic Studies]]
*[[Quran]] and related disciplines
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