The Queen of Sheba in the Sunni Exegetical Tradition

Sunni exegetes repeatedly assert the authority of the Qur’an to explain itself, and the authority of the prophetic tradition (ḥadīth) or early interpretations when explanations cannot be found in the Qur’an. Yet the treatment that the Queen of Sheba receives by the exegetes reveals that, contrary to...

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Main Author: Lala, Ismail (Author)
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B Al-Ṭabarī
B Ibn Kathīr
B Muqātil ibn Sulaymān
B Exegesis
B Qur’an
B Bilqīs
B Sunni
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