Links Between Morisco and Early Modern European Interpretations: The Case of “Ālif Lām Mīm” (Q 2:1)

This chapter deals with the variety of meanings attached to the ḥurūf muqaṭṭaʿāt (lit. “isolated/disconnected letters”) which are found in European translations of the Qur’an into Latin and vernacular languages, undertaken by Muslims and nonMuslims in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In the...

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Authors: Rodríguez Iglesias, Adrián, Sellin, Maxime
Format: other
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2024
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/414870
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/414870
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Religious history
Islamic culture
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Summary:This chapter deals with the variety of meanings attached to the ḥurūf muqaṭṭaʿāt (lit. “isolated/disconnected letters”) which are found in European translations of the Qur’an into Latin and vernacular languages, undertaken by Muslims and nonMuslims in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In the Islamic scholarly tradition, these letters have received many interpretations.