The Occult Properties of the Qurʾān (Ḫawāṣṣ al-Qurʾān): Notes for the History of an Idea and Literary Genre between Religion and Magic in Islam
Abstract Although the science of the occult properties of the Qurʾān ( ʿilm ḫawāṣṣ al-Qurʾān ) has been regarded by Muslim intellectuals as an independent discipline within the classification of the sciences and has generated an independent literary genre over the centuries, it has never been the su...
| Published in: | Oriente moderno |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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Oriente moderno
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| Further subjects: | B
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B classification of the sciences B Occult sciences B Qurʾānic sciences B Ḫāṣṣah B Ḫawāṣṣ Qurʾānic magic |
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| Summary: | Abstract Although the science of the occult properties of the Qurʾān ( ʿilm ḫawāṣṣ al-Qurʾān ) has been regarded by Muslim intellectuals as an independent discipline within the classification of the sciences and has generated an independent literary genre over the centuries, it has never been the subject of a specific survey within Islamic Studies. Often wrongly considered simply as a component of related disciplines, the most important texts belonging to this genre remain understudied and are not critically edited. Many reasons suggest that the study of the genesis of this concept, of the homonymous discipline and of its literary corpus represent an important desideratum for the history of magic and of the occult sciences in Islam. Based on philological examination of numerous primary sources, this article aims to situate the science of the occult properties of the Qurʾān and its literature within the History of ideas in the Muslim world. |
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| ISSN: | 2213-8617 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Oriente moderno
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22138617-12340233 |