1st Edition
Arabic, Qurʾān, and Poetic License Reciting the Word of God
By Shady Hekmat Nasser
Copyright 2025
444 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
444 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
444 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the similarities between the Qurʾān and ancient Arabic poetry, analyzed through the framework of Arabic grammar prior to their standardization and subsequent development into distinct genres.
Of central relevance is the relationship between the Qurʾān and Arabic poetry, and how Muslim scholars defined this relationship based on a formulaic structural approach rather than a... Read more
Introduction: The Qurʾān-Poetry Dichotomy 1. Rules for Reciting the Eternal Word of God: Tajwīd, Music, and Textual Criticism 2. The Standardization of Arabic Grammar 3. The Standardization of Arabic Poetry 4. Tajwīd as a Disrupting Mechanism 5. Poetic And Qurʾānic License (Ḍarāʾir al-shiʿr) Conclusion
Biography
Shady Hekmat Nasser is an Associate Professor of Classical Arabic Studies at Harvard University. He is the author of The Transmission of the Variant Readings of the Qurʾān (2013) and The Second Canonization of the Qurʾān (2021). His research interests include the transmission and reception history of the Qurʾān, classical Arabic poetry, and Arabic Grammar.
