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Bibliography
(1,660 words)
In the present article the word is used in the sense of a systematically arranged list of books, compiled for the benefit of those who need to know what has been written on a particular subject. The outstanding achievement in Islamic bibliography to appear before the adoption of printing in Islamic territories is the
Fihrist . Its author, Ibn al-Nadīm [
q.v.], a bookseller (
warrāḳ ) in Bag̲h̲dād, compiled the work in 377/987-8 in the form of a bibliographical history of literature, arranged in ten books, the first six being concerned wit…
Bibliographie
(1,679 words)
— Dans le présent article, ce terme est employé dans le sens de listes d’ouvrages classés systématiquement, établies au profit de ceux qui ont besoin de connaître ce qui a été écrit sur un sujet donné. La plus belle réussite de islamique qui soit apparue avant l’adoption de l’imprimerie dans les pays musulmans, est le
Fihrist. Son auteur, Ibn al-Nadīm [
q.v.], libraire (
warrāḳ) de Bag̲h̲dād, composa cet ouvrage, en 377/987-8, sous forme d’histoire bibliographique de la littérature en dix livres: les six premiers ont trait aux «écrits islamiques », tels que …
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Encyclopédie de l’Islam
Maktaba
(3,398 words)
, library, is the word now normally used in the Arab world for this institution. In Iran
kitāb-khāna is used (the entry-word for the article in
EI2 ), and in modern Turkey
kütüphane . Other equivalents are
…
al-Ḳurʾān
(39,134 words)
(a.), the Muslim scripture, containing the revelations recited by Muḥammad and preserved in a fixed, written form. ¶ 1. Etymology and Synonyms a. Derivation and Ḳurʾānic usage. The earliest attested usage of the term
ḳurʾān is in the Ḳurʾān itself, where it occurs about 70 times with a variety of meanings. Most Western scholars have now accepted the view developed by F. Schwally (
Gesch .
des
Qor ., i, 33 f.) and others that
ḳurʾān is derived from the Syriac
ḳeryānā , “scripture reading, lesson”, as used in Christian liturgy (see for example the 6th cent…
al-Ḳurʾān
(38,802 words)
, le Livre Saint des Musulmans contenant les révélations transmises par Muḥammad puis rassemblées et conservées sous une forme fixée par l’écriture. ¶ Plan de l’article A. — Étymologie et synonymes a. — Origine et usage kurʾānique b. — Synonymes dans le Ḳurʾān. B. — Muḥammad et le Ḳurʾān. C. — Histoire du Ḳurʾān après 632. a. — La «collecte» du Ḳurʾān. b. — Variantes et recueils des Compagnons. c. — Établissement du texte et des lectures canoniques. D. — Structure a. — Les sourates et leurs titres b. …
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Encyclopédie de l’Islam
Prefaces to the Original Edition
(5,361 words)
Original Preface to Vol. 1–1, section 1 by C.A. Storey A counterpart to Brockelmann’s
Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur is urgently needed by students of Persian, and circ…
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Storey Online