The Names of the Qur'anic Chapters
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9789675062933
Description: The Qur'an has extensively been studied by Muslim scholars. This interest developed the sciences of the Qur'an into a discipline that comprehensively studies every aspect of the Book of Allah. This work focuses on one of those sciences, the study of the names of the chapters (surahs) of the Qur'an. It explains the origins of these names and tries to identify the pattern of naming each surahs.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: 1. The Qur’an; title: 2. The Prophet’s Naming of the Qur’anic Chapters; title: 3. Chapters with Two Names; title: 4. The Qur’anic Origin of the Chapter Names; title: 5. The Locations of the Names in the Chapters; title: 6. The Number of Letters of the Chapter Names; title: 7. Categorization of the Meanings of the Chapter Names; title: 8. The Chapters Listing; title: 9. Conclusion; title: References; title: Index