Quranic Furqān
The article proposes a new etymology of the word ‘furqan’ in the Qur'ān, arguing that in some cases it is derived from the Aramaic/Syriac word ‘purqana’, ‘salvation’, as long assumed by many Western scholars, while in some other cases it goes back to the Syriac ‘puqdana’, ‘commandment’. The imp...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 52, Issue: 2, Pages: 279-300 |
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