Qur'an Translation: Discourse, Texture and

This book explains Qur'an translational problems and provides a thorough account of the unique syntactic, semantic, phonetic, prosodic, pragmatic, and rhetorical features of the Qur'an.

Acknowledgements

xii

Preface

xiii

Introduction

1

(4)

Translating the Qur'an

The Mirage Concept of Equivalence

5

(4)

Non-Equivalence Among Languages

9

(5)

Translation and Macro-Functions of Language

14

(1)

Bible Translation

15

(4)

Qur'an Translation

19

(42)

Historical Background

19

(3)

Translating the Qur'an

22

(15)

Untranslatability of the Qur'an

37

(24)

The Qur'an

61

(7)

Qur'anic Sura

65

(1)

Qur'anic Aya

66

(1)

`Repetition' in the Qur'an

67

(1)

Features of Qur'anic Discourse

Introduction

68

(1)

Syntactic Features

68

(25)

Chandelier Structures

69

(1)

Multi-Tiered Structures

70

(1)

Long Argumentative Structures

71

(1)

Information Listing Structures

71

(1)

details

71

(1)

obligations

72

(1)

conditional clauses

72

(1)

Tail-Head/Head-Tail Structures

73

(1)

Structural Ambiguity

74

(1)

Semantic Ambiguity

75

(1)

Hysteron and Proteron

76

(1)

Ellipsis

77

(1)

ellipted lexical items

77

(1)

ellipted clauses

77

(1)

Shift

77

(1)

person and number shift

78

(1)

word order shift

79

(1)

voice shift

80

(1)

Lexical Compression

81

(1)

Lexical Repetition

81

(1)

verbs

81

(1)

nouns

81

(1)

Syntactic Chunking

82

(1)

Syntactico-Rhetorical Interfertilization

83

(1)

Pronominal Non-Correspondence

83

(1)

Cryptic Letters

84

(1)

Recursive Ties

84

(1)

Phrasal Ties

85

(1)

Zero Chesive Ties

85

(1)

Parallelistic Structures

86

(1)

Recursive Modification

86

(1)

Qur'anic Structure-Final Epithets

87

(1)

Qur'anic Oath

87

(2)

Numerical Symmetry

89

(1)

Hyponyms, Co-Hyponyms and Superordinates

89

(1)

Homonymy

89

(1)

Verbal Idioms

90

(1)

Deletion of Prepositions

91

(1)

Intimate Relation Between Structure, Sound, and Meaning

91

(1)

Past Tense with a Future Meaning

92

(1)

Reiteration

93

(1)

Phonetic/Prosodic Features

93

(2)

Rhetorical Features

95

(2)

alliteration

95

(1)

assonance

95

(1)

chiasmus

95

(1)

euphemism

95

(1)

isocolon

95

(1)

metaphor

96

(1)

Paronomasia

96

(1)

Polyptoton

96

(1)

simile

96

(1)

synecdoche

96

(1)

Structural Features

97

(6)

Coherent Macro Structure

97

(1)

within the Chapter

97

(1)

beginning and content of Chapter

98

(1)

Chapters' correlation

99

(2)

The Interpersonal Level

101

(1)

Propositional Correlation

102

(1)

Ethical Features

103

(1)

Parables

104

(1)

Similitudes

104

(1)

Translatability of Qur'anic Features

104

(2)

Texture of the Qur'an

Approaching Qur'anic Texture

106

(1)

Textural Constituents

107

(2)

Can Texture be Translated?

109

(28)

Rhetorical Textural Elements

113

(3)

Antiphrasis (sarcasm)

116

(1)

Antithesis

116

(1)

Chiasmus

116

(1)

Epizeuxis

117

(1)

Hyperbole

117

(1)

Imagery

117

(1)

Polyptoton

118

(1)

Rhetorical Questions

118

(1)

Simile

118

(1)

Synecdoche

119

(1)

Alliteration

119

(1)

Cadence

119

(1)

Isocolon

120

(1)

Metaphor

121

(1)

Metonymy

122

(2)

Onomatopoeia

124

(1)

Pun

124

(1)

Linguistic Textural Elements

124

(1)

Conjunction

125

(2)

Ellipsis

127

(2)

Hysteron and Proteron

129

(1)

Lexical Cohesion

129

(1)

Reference

130

(1)

Substitution

130

(1)

Thematic Structure

130

(1)

Recursive Ties

131

(2)

Phrasal Ties

133

(1)

Parallelistic Structures

134

(1)

Contrastive Structures

135

(1)

Formulas

136

(1)

Conclusion

137

(2)

Penetrating the Qur'anic Text

Illuminating the For of Language

139

(1)

Translation Theorists' Views

140

(1)

Footnotes in Translation

141

(1)

Qur'an Exegetical Translation

141

(33)

Historical Facts

142

(3)

Geographical Facts

145

(1)

Ecological Words

146

(1)

Metaphor

147

(3)

Cultural Expressions

150

(5)

Legal/Instructional Discourse

155

(3)

Abrogating and Abrogated Structures

158

(2)

Intertextuality

160

(2)

Religious Concepts

162

(4)

Scientific Facts

166

(2)

Cryptic Letters

168

(1)

Ambiguity

169

(1)

Euphemism

170

(1)

Parables

171

(1)

Lexical Meaning

172

(1)

Elliptical Structure Meaning

173

(1)

Evocative Names

173

(1)

Exegesis and Exegetes

174

(5)

Linguistic Exegesis

175

(1)

Philosophical and Rationalistic Exegesis

175

(1)

Historical Exegesis

175

(1)

Intertextual Exegesis

175

(1)

Jurisprudence Exegesis

175

(1)

Independent Judgement Exegesis

175

(1)

Schools of Exegesis

176

(1)

Prominent Exegetes

176

(1)

Al-Tabari

176

(1)

Al-Baghawi

176

(1)

Al-Zamakhshari

176

(1)

ibn Atiyyah

177

(1)

ibn Al-Jawzi

177

(1)

Al-Qurtubi

177

(1)

ibn Kathir

177

(1)

Al-Mahalli and Al-Suyuti

177

(1)

Al-Alusi

178

(1)

Qutub

178

(1)

Al-Shinqiti

178

(1)

Conclusion

179

(5)

Bibliography

184

(11)

Index

195

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