Revelation in the Qur'an: A Semantic Study of the Roots N-Z-L and W-ḥ-Y

by Simon P. Loynes

In Revelation in the Qur'an Simon P. Loynes presents a semantic study of the Arabic roots n-z-l and w-ḥ-y in order to elucidate the modalities of revelation in the Qur'an. Through an exhaustive analysis of their occurrences in the Qur'an, and with reference to pre-Islamic poetry, Loynes argues that the two roots represent distinct occurrences, with the former concerned with spatial events and the latter with communicative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004451056
• ISBN13: 9789004451056
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 196 Pages