Arabic Morphology and Phonology

Arabic Morphology and Phonology
Author: Aḥmad Ibn ʻAlī Ibn Masʻūd
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2001
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9789004120280

This volume provides with an exhaustive study of Arabic morpho-phonology based on the 13th century complete work written by Ah mad b. al Mas d; the "Mar h al-arw h ," which is critically edited and provided with an introduction, an English translation and an extensive commentary.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1694
Release: 1993
Genre: Arts
ISBN:

A multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It fully covers 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and it indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.

Ahmad B.'Alī B. Mas'ūd on Arabic Morphology. Marāḥ Al-Arwāḥ

Ahmad B.'Alī B. Mas'ūd on Arabic Morphology. Marāḥ Al-Arwāḥ
Author: Ahmad b.'Ali b. Mas'ud
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2023-09-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004661891

This is a study in Arabic morphology of the strong verb, infinitive noun and of their nine subordinates: the perfect, the imperfect, the imperative, the prohibition, the active participle, the passive participle and the nouns of time, place and instrument. The work consists of four main parts, the Arabic edition, the translation, the commentary and the introduction. Copious references are given to well-known Arabic and European grammarians.

Variant Readings of the Qurʼan

Variant Readings of the Qurʼan
Author: Ahmad Ali Al-Imam
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2006
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781565644205

This fascinating and important book attempts to investigate the nature of the seven Ahruf in which the Qur'an has been revealed and the reason for the variations in readings among the Qurraa of the Quran. It studies, examines, and discusses: the revelation of the Qur'an in the seven ahruf concluding that they represent seven linguistical ways of recitation; the compilation of the Quran during the lifetime of the Prophet and the preservation of the Quran in the memories of the Companions as well as in written form, the compilation during the time of Abu Bakr, and the further compilation during the time of Uthman; the problem of naskh to demonstrate the completeness and trustworthiness of the Quran and that no verses are missing or were read and abrogated by naskh al-tilawah either with or without hukm; the Uthmanic masahif and their relation to the seven ahruf; the language of the Quran and whether it includes one, several, or all the dialects of the Arabs; the origin of the qiraat and conditions governing accepted readings; and ikhtiyar (i.e., the selection of one reading rather than another) and the rules governing the Qurraa' who selected a reading.

Politics of Piety

Politics of Piety
Author: Saba Mahmood
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2012
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0691149801

An analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt. Unlike those organized Islamist activities that seek to seize or transform the state, this is a moral reform movement whose orthodox practices are commonly viewed as inconsequential to Egypt's political landscape. The author's exposition of these practices challenges this assumption by showing how the ethical and the political are linked within the context of such movements.

The Persianate World

The Persianate World
Author: Nile Green
Publisher: University of California Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520300920

At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Persian is one of the great lingua francas of world history. Yet despite its recognition as a shared language across the Islamic world and beyond, its scope, impact, and mechanisms remain underexplored. A world historical inquiry into pre-modern cosmopolitanism, The Persianate World traces the reach and limits of Persian as a Eurasian language in a comprehensive survey of its geographical, literary, and social frontiers. From Siberia to Southeast Asia, and between London and Beijing, this book shows how Persian gained, maintained, and finally surrendered its status to imperial and vernacular competitors. Fourteen essays trace Persian’s interactions with Bengali, Chinese, Turkic, Punjabi, and other languages to identify the forces that extended “Persographia,” the domain of written Persian. Spanning the ages expansion and contraction, The Persianate World offers a critical survey of both the supports and constraints of one of history’s key languages of global exchange.