The Many Faces of Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ

The Many Faces of Sūrat al-IkhlāṣJournal of the International Qur’anic Studies AssociationSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/KWZ8SKJH/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.ZishanGhaffarThe Many Faces of Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/KWZ8SKJHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/KWZ8SKJHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/KWZ8SKJHJournal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association9:1202419-45Although Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ (Q 112) is one of the shortest sūrah s of the Qurʾān, it has led to an extensive commentary on its structure and content in Muslim exegetical literature and in Western scholarship. This article takes the recent attempt to contextualize the sūrah in Western scholarship as a starting point and proposes new evidence for the nature of the religious milieu that shaped its form and content. It posits several “intertexts” of creedal expressions, which shed light on the discursive nature of the sūrah . Ghaffar, Zishan. “The Many Faces of Sūrat Al-Ikhlāṣ.” Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association 9:1 (2024): 19–45. Zishan Ghaffar, The Many Faces of Sūrat Al-Ikhlāṣ, Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association 9:1 (2024): 19–45.