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al-Aʿrāf
(474 words)
al-Aʿrāf (pl. of
ʿurf, “elevated place”, “crest”), appears in an eschatological judgement scene in Qurʾān 7:46, where a dividing wall is spoken of, which separates the dwellers of Paradise from the dwellers of Hell, and men “who are on the
al-aʿrāf and recognise each by his marks” (Q 7:48, “those of the
al-aʿrāf”). The interpretation of this passage is disputed. Richard Bell makes a doubtful conjecture that the word is
al-iʿrāf and translates: “(Presiding) over the recognition are men, who recognise… .” According to Tor Andrae the “men on the elevated places” are …
Source:
Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Date:
2021-07-19
