Three Treatises on the Ijaz of the Qur'an : New,
"Qur'anic Studies and Literary Criticism,"
Edited by : Muhammad Khalaf-Allah Ahmad,
& by Muhammad Zaghlul Sallam,
Translated by Prof. Emeritus Issa J. Boullata,
Part of the 'Great Books of Islam Civilisation'
Published by Garnet Publishing.

Al-Nukat fi Ijaz al-Qur'an by Imam al-Rummani [d. 386h],
Al-Risala al-Shafiya by Imam 'Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani [d.471h],



Description :


Three Treatises on the I’jaz of the Qur’an contains three important Arabic treatises from the fourth and fifth centuries of Islamic history, published here in English translation for the first time. They deal with the Islamic concept of I’jaz, that is, the inimitability of the Qur’an because of its sublime style and divine content. While analysing I’jaz, they also partake in the development of the science of rhetoric in Arabic and the evolution Arabic literary criticism.


The inimitability of the Qur’an is considered a miracle authenticating the holy scripture of Islam and proving the veracity of Prophet Muhammad's, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, Prophethood. Yet despite its importance in Islamic thought and Qur’anic studies, few of the Arabic works on I’jaz have been translated into Western languages.


The three Arabic treatises in this book are relatively short ones: they afford different points of view and offer a variety of literary and theological approaches that give the reader a virtually comprehensive understanding of I’jaz and the issues related to it, meanwhile contributing to the knowledge of Arabic rhetoric and literary criticism.






Table of Contents :

---Foreword,
---About the Series,
---Translator's Introduction,
---Editor's Introduction.

---Analysis of the Three Treatises,
----The First Treatise,
------Editions of the Book,
------The Idea and Method of this Treatise.
----The Second Treatise,
------Analysis of the Treatise.
----The Third Treatise,
------Analysis of the Treatise.


The First Treatise :
---Bayan I'jaz al-Qur'an : (Elucidation of the Qur'an I'jaz),
---On the Elucidation of the Qur'an's I'jaz,
------The Response.


The Second Treatise :
---Al-Nukat fi I'jaz al-Qur'an : (Subtleties in the I'jaz of the Qur'an),
---[1]. Chapter on Concision,
---[2]. Chapter on Simile,
---[3]. Chapter on Metaphor,
---[4]. Chapter on Harmony,
---[5]. Chapter on Periodic Rhyme and Assonance,
---[6]. Chapter on Paronomasia (Al-Tajanus),
---[7]. Chapter on Permutation (Al-Tasrif),
---[8]. Chapter on Implication (Al-Tadmin),
---[9]. Chapter on Hyperbole (Al-Mubalagha),
---[10]. Chapter on Elucidation (Al-Bayan),
---[Postscript] Chapter : Explaining the Aspects [of I'jaz] we Mentioned at the Beginning of this Book,


The Third Treatise :
---Al-Risala al-Shafiya (The Peremptory Treatise),
---A Chapter ... Kinds of deception in the minds of certain people,
---A Chapter ... Concerning another aspect of the question,
---A Chapter ... On what believers in the Sarfa are obligated to,
---A Concluding Chapter,
---A Chapter ... The science of eloquence & of distinguishing one speech from another.


---Comments and Additions,
----[1]. Development of the Technical Terms of Rhetoric up to the Fourth Century Hijri,
----[2]. Comments on Al-Rummani's Rhetorical ideas by those who came after him and Quotations from them,
-------1. Rhetoric,
-------2. Concision,
-------3. Attestations of Concision,
-------4. Simile,
-------5. Metaphor (Al-Isti'ara),
-------6. Harmony (Al-Tala'um),
-------7. Periodic Rhyme and Assonance (Al-Fawasil),
-------8. Paronomasia (Al-Tajanus),
-------9. Beautiful Rendition (Husn al-Bayan),
-------10. Antithesis (Al-Mutabaqa),
-------11. Aspects of the Qur'an I'jaz,
---[3]. A Summary of 'Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani's idea about the Qur'an's I'jaz based on its Nazm.

---Notes,
---Index.







More Qur'anic Studies,
Also see Balaghah, Rhetoric,
More Dars e Nizami Texts.



_NB : Contains English Translation Only!

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