Blessing, Clinging, Familiarity, Custom – or Ship? A New Reading of the Word <i>Īlāf</i> in Q 106Journal of Semitic StudiesSyriaca.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/WFPLL9GP/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.MuntherYounesBlessing, Clinging, Familiarity, Custom – or Ship? A New Reading of the Word <i>Īlāf</i> in Q 106http://syriaca.org/cbss/WFPLL9GPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/WFPLL9GPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/WFPLL9GPJournal of Semitic Studies62:12017181-189The word forumla in Q 106 (sūrat Quraysh) has been the subject of debate among Qur’ān commentators and scholars since the first centuries of Islam. There is uncertainty about the spelling, reading and meaning of the word. The ‘bewildering variety of meanings’ suggested for it include, among other things, blessing, clinging, familiarity and custom. After providing a review of the literature I argue that īlāf is related to the Syriac word elaf ‘ship’. Consequently, the theme of the sūra seems to be simply a call to Quraysh to acknowledge God's favours in providing them with food and making safe their sea travel by which they obtain this food.
Younes, Munther. “Blessing, Clinging, Familiarity, Custom – or Ship? A New Reading of the Word Īlāf in Q 106.” Journal of Semitic Studies 62:1 (2017): 181–89.
Munther Younes, Blessing, Clinging, Familiarity, Custom – or Ship? A New Reading of the Word Īlāf in Q 106,” Journal of Semitic Studies 62:1 (2017): 181–89.Arabic languageMuslim-Christian relationsQuranSyriac influence [Arabs]SyriacismsVII CEVII-XVIII CElexicography