Afterword: ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī and the Law
In this theorization of Qurʾānic inimitability, ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī privileged maʿānī (ideas) over alfāẓ (wording), with the consequence that eloquence was not language specific and understanding was in principle always achievable. For some Muslim jurists, by contrast, Arabic was a qualitativel...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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Journal of Abbasid Studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 5, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 229-234 |
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ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī
Arabic
Ibn Qutayba
Islamic Law
Muḥammad ʿAbduh
Qurʾān
Rashīd Riḍā
al-Shāfiʿī
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | In this theorization of Qurʾānic inimitability, ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī privileged maʿānī (ideas) over alfāẓ (wording), with the consequence that eloquence was not language specific and understanding was in principle always achievable. For some Muslim jurists, by contrast, Arabic was a qualitatively superior language, but one corollary of that view was the complexity of Arabic, a feature that could lead to misunderstandings of scripture. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 2214-2371 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of Abbasid Studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22142371-12340042 |