L’auteur

Arthur Jeffery fut professeur de langues sémitiques à l’Université de Columbia et à l’Union Theological Seminary à New York. Il grandit en Australie et en Ecosse et résida en Egypte et en Inde.

Présentation de l’éditeur

Arthur Jeffery (1892-1959) was Chair of the Department of Near and Middle East Languages at Columbia University. Educated in both his native Australia and Scotland, he held earlier teaching appointments in India and Egypt before moving to the United States.

Republication of Arthur Jeffery’s important study, The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur’ān, offers a new generation of scholars and students access to this foundational text. Arranged in Arabic alphabetical order, Jeffery’s compendium of philological scholarship remains an indispensable tool for any serious study of Qur’ānic semantics. Drawing upon etymological examination of languages such as Greek, Persian, Syriac, Ethiopic, Coptic and Nabataean, Jeffery’s work illuminates the rich linguistic texture of Islam’s holy book. His lengthy introductory essay explores the exegetical analysis offered by medieval Muslim commentators as well as the insights provided by more recent research.

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Préface de l’auteur (extrait)

Little further advance can be made in our interpretation of the Qur’an or of the life of Muhammad, until an exhaustive study has been made of the vocabulary of the Qur’an. It is interesting to note how recent work at Islamic origins, such as that done by the late Professor Horovitz and his pupils at Frankfurt, and in the books of Tor Andrae and Karl Ahrens, has tended to run to a discussion of vocabulary. The Qur’an is the first Arabic book, for though there was earlier poetry, it was not written down till much later, and some doubts have been raised as to the genuineness of what did get written down. For the interpretation of this first Arabic book, we have been content until recently to turn to the classical commentaries, but the tendency of the commentators is to interpret the book in the light of the Arabic language of their own day, and with few exceptions their philological lucubrations are of more interest for the study of the development of Muslim thought about the Qur’an, than they are for settling the meaning the words must have had for the Prophet and for those who listened to his utterances…

ARTHUR JEFFERY.

CAIRO. December, 1937.

Table des matières

PREFACE INTRODUCTION

THE FOREIGN WORDS (316 mots)

abb ababil Ibriq Iblis Ajr Ahbar Adam Idris Ara’ik Iram Azar Asatir Ashat Istabraq Ishaq Isra’il Ussis Aslama Ismail Al-A’raf Allah Allahumma Ilyas Al Yasa’ Umma Amr Amshaj Amana Injil Aya Ayyub Bab Babil Baraka Bara’a Barzakh Burhan Buruj Bashshara Batala Ba’l Ba’ir Bighal Balad Banna Bunyan Buhtan Bahima Bur Biya Taba Tabut Tubbal Tatbir Tijara Tajalla Tasnim Tafsir Tannur Tawwab Taurah Tin Jabia Jalut Jubb Jibt Jibril Jabin Jizya Jalabib Junah Jund Jahannam Judi Habl Hizb Hasada Hisn Hitta Hikma Hanan Hanif Hawariyun Hub Hur Khalam Khubz Khardal Khazana Khati’a Khalaq Khamr Khinzir Khaima Dawud Darasa Dirham Dihaq Din Dinar Dhakka Ra’ina Rabb Rabbani Ribh Ribbiyun Rujz Rajim Ar-Rahman Rahiq Rizq Raqq Ar-Raqim Rumman Rauda Ar-Rum Zad Zabania Zabur Zujaja Zukhruf Zarabi Zakariyya Zaka Zakat Zanjabil Zawj Zur Zait Sa’a As-Samiri Sahira Saba’ Sabt Sabbaha Sabil Sajada Sijill Sijjil Sijjin Suhl Sahara Siraj Suradiq Sirbal Sard Satara Sifr Safara Safina Sakar Sakana Sikkin Sakina Salam Silsila Sultan Sullam Salwa Sulaiman Sunbul Sundus Siwar Sura Sawt Suq Sima Saina’ Shirk Shi’ra Shahr Shuhadal Shaitan Shi’a As-Sabi’un Sibgha Suhuf Sadaqa Siddiq Sirat Sarh Salaba Salawat Salla Sanam Suwa’ Sawami’ Sura Saum/Siyam Taghut Tabul Taba’a Tabaq Tahara Tuba Tur Tufan Tin ’Alam ’Abd ’Abqari ’Aliq ’Adn ’Arub ’Azzara ’Uzair ’Ifril ’Illiyun ’Imad ’Imran ’Ankabut ’Id ’Isa Fajir Fatir Fath Fakhkhar Furat Firdaws Fir’aun Furqan Falaq Fulk Fil Qurun Qudus Qur’an Qurban Qirtas Qarya Quraish Qist Qistas Qissisun Qasr Qitt Qatiran Qufl Qalam Qamis Qintar Qiyama Qayyum Ka’s Kafur Kahin Kibriya Kalaba Kursiy Kafara Kanz Kab Kail Lata Lauh Lat Ma’ida Ma’un Malik Mathani Mithqal Mathal Al-Majus Madyan Madina Marjan Mursa Maryam Mizaj Masjid Misk Miskin Masih Mishkat Misr Musawwir Ma’in Miqlad Milla Malak Malik Malakut Manna Munafiqun Manfush Minhaj Muhaimin Mawakhir Mu’tafika Musa Mikal Nabiy Nabuwwa Nadhr Nuskha Nasara Namariq Nuh Nun Harut wa Marut Harun Haman Hawiya Wathan Warda Wazir Yajuj wa Majuj Yaqut Yahya Ya’qub Yaghuth Yaqtin Yaqin Yamm Yahud Yusuf Yunas Addenda

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