Studia Onomastica Coranica: AL-Raqīm, Caput Nabataeae
Nāṣir-i Khusraw (d.1088 ce)One of the many Quranic terms whose meaning has long vexed the minds of traditional Muslim commentators and students of the secular discipline of Quranic studies alike is the word al-raqīm, a hapax legomenon that appears in Qur’ān 18:9, at the beginning of the story of the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2017]
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Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, Pages: 303-318 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam |
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| Summary: | Nāṣir-i Khusraw (d.1088 ce)One of the many Quranic terms whose meaning has long vexed the minds of traditional Muslim commentators and students of the secular discipline of Quranic studies alike is the word al-raqīm, a hapax legomenon that appears in Qur’ān 18:9, at the beginning of the story of the ‘companions of the cave’. The present study aims to show that this term is a toponym that should be identified with Petra, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Nabataea. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-8556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgx022 |