Verbal Idioms of the Qur'ân

402 Pages·1989·7.22 MB·English

by  Mustansir Mir

VERBAL IDIOMS
of
THE QUR'AN

VERBAL IDIOMS OF THE QUR'AN
Mustansir Mir
Michigan Series on the Middle East
Number 1
Center for Near Eastern and North African Studies
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1989

Copyright 1989
by
Center for Near Eastern and North African Studies
The University of Michigan
All rights reserved
Verbal idioms of the Qur'in
(Michigan Series on the Middle East; no. 1)
ISSN: 1045-6309
ISBN: 0-932098-21-5 (pbk.)
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 89-85764
Printed in the United States of America
Dedicated
to the memory of my Arabic teacher
Dr. Zia-uI-Haq Sufi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank the Center for. Near Eastern and North
African Studies for undertaking to publish this work. Professor E. N.
McCarus, Director of the Center, has taken personal interest in the
project. Professor John Kolars, chairman of the publications com-
mittee of the Center, has exerted gentle pressure, patiently listening
to excuses of delay in handing over the manuscript. Professor Charles
Krahmalkov suggested methods of organizing the material which have
saved me a lot of labor. Professor James A. Bellamy has, as always,
been generous with his time and has given valuable comments. I am
especially grateful to him for writing the Foreword. Last but by no
means least, the support I have received from the members of my
family during the several years that I have worked on the project has
been crucial. For their patience and understanding, they have my
deepest gratitude.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Ablbreviations xi
Note on Transliteration xiii
Foreword by Professor James A. Bellamy xv
Key to Authors and Works xvii
Introduction 1
Verbal Idioms of the Qur'5n 25
Glossary 375
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