RT Article
T1 ʿAbd Al-Jabbār and Bāqillānī on the Meaning of Miracles (Muʿjizāt): a Study of Convergences and Divergences
JF Oriens
VO 52
IS 1/2
SP 150
OP 180
A1 Jaffer, Tariq
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1911622293
AB This article presents the technical terminology, concepts, and theological principles developed by Bāqillānī and ʿAbd al-Jabbār in Kitāb al-Bayān and the Mughnī (respectively). It traces the convergences and divergences in their approaches to the word muʿjiz and describes the parallel methodological processes through which they critique postulates established by the “language users or experts” (ahl al-lugha). I argue that we can better understand how the meaning of the word muʿjiz was contested in medieval Islam and how its semantic range was established by reading Muʿtazilī (ʿAbd al-Jabbār) and Ashʿarī-Sunnī (Bāqillānī) texts alongside one another. An examination of how claims to the authority over the meaning of the word muʿjiz are made and the social significance of such claims are also central themes of this study.
K1 Miracles
K1 muʿjizāt
K1 Muʿtazila
K1 ʿAbd al-Jabbār
K1 Bāqillānī
DO 10.1163/18778372-12340035