Introduction to the Tafsir of Tabari. Translation from Arabic and Commentary. Part Three: the Names of the Qur’ān and the Concepts of Surah and Ayah
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2022-18-3-27-42
Abstract
This publication is the fi nal part of the commented translation into Russian of the Introduction (muqaddimаh) to the tafsir “Jami’ al-bayan fi ta’wil al- Qur’ān” (The Comprehensive Exposition of the interpretation of the Qur’ān) by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (839–923). This part contains sections devoted to the names of the Qur’ān, the concepts of surah and ayah. The fi rst of them contains the four main names of the holy scripture of Islam — qur’ān, furqān, kitāb and dhikr, their etymology is defi ned on the basis of pre-Islamic poetry and statements of early Muslim authorities. The following section describes the classifi cation of suras into groups — s even long (sab‘ ṭiwāl), of hundred ayahs (mi’ūn), repeated (mathānī) and divided into parts (mufaṣṣal). The last section talks about the origin of the concepts of surah and ayah.
About the Authors
D. V. Frolov
Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Dmitry V. FROLOV, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Sci. (Philol.), professor, head of the Department of Arabic Philology, Institute of Asian and African Studies
Russian Federation
Dmitry V. FROLOV, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Sci. (Philol.), professor, head of the Department of Arabic Philology, Institute of Asian and African Studies
bld. 1, 11, Mokhovaya Str., Moscow, 125009
I. A. Zaripov
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Islam A. ZARIPOV, Cand. Sci. (Hist.), senior researcher, Centre for Arabic and Islamic Studies
Russian Federation
Islam A. ZARIPOV, Cand. Sci. (Hist.), senior researcher, Centre for Arabic and Islamic Studies
12, Rozhdestvenka Str., Moscow, 107031
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Frolov D.V., Zaripov I.A. Introduction to the Tafsir of Tabari. Translation from Arabic and Commentary. Part Three: the Names of the Qur’ān and the Concepts of Surah and Ayah. Islam in the modern world. 2022;18(3):27-42. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2022-18-3-27-42
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