On Determining the Qur’anic Suras as Meccan or Medinan: Sūrat al-Ḥajj as a Case Study

Volume: 58 Number: 1 April 1, 2017
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On Determining the Qur’anic Suras as Meccan or Medinan: Sūrat al-Ḥajj as a Case Study

Abstract

Study This article contains two discussions. The first one is to determine whether or not the features of Meccan and Medinan suras presented in the classical ulūm al-Qurān sources are general descriptions. The second one is to examine which source is more decisive in determining the revelation period of a sura (i.e. Meccan or Medinan): is it the stylistic features and the content of the suras or the riwāyas about the historical contexts of verses? This article tackles these two issues by analyzing the sūrat al-Ḥajj as a case in point. To that end, I compare 14 classical sources in ulūm al-Qurān with a view to finding out the course of development of the feature of the suras over the years in a comparative fashion and to see what this amount to for the sūrat al-Ḥajj. After analyzing the stylistic features and the riwāyas pertaining to the historical contexts of the verses, I basically conclude that the riwāyas are more decisive in determining its revelation period and that sūrat al-Ḥajj is Medinan

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April 1, 2017

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Year 2017 Volume: 58 Number: 1

APA
Gözeler, E. (2017). Surelerin Mekkīliği ve Medenīliği: 22/el-Ḥacc Suresi Örneği. Ankara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 58(1), 69-108. https://doi.org/10.1501/Ilhfak_0000001462
AMA
1.Gözeler E. Surelerin Mekkīliği ve Medenīliği: 22/el-Ḥacc Suresi Örneği. AUIFD. 2017;58(1):69-108. doi:10.1501/Ilhfak_0000001462
Chicago
Gözeler, Esra. 2017. “22/El-Ḥacc/Suresi/Örneği”. Ankara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 58 (1): 69-108. https://doi.org/10.1501/Ilhfak_0000001462.
EndNote
Gözeler E (April 1, 2017) Surelerin Mekkīliği ve Medenīliği: 22/el-Ḥacc Suresi Örneği. Ankara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 58 1 69–108.
IEEE
[1]E. Gözeler, “Surelerin Mekkīliği ve Medenīliği: 22/el-Ḥacc Suresi Örneği”, AUIFD, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 69–108, Apr. 2017, doi: 10.1501/Ilhfak_0000001462.
ISNAD
Gözeler, Esra. “22/El-Ḥacc/Suresi/Örneği”. Ankara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 58/1 (April 1, 2017): 69-108. https://doi.org/10.1501/Ilhfak_0000001462.
JAMA
1.Gözeler E. Surelerin Mekkīliği ve Medenīliği: 22/el-Ḥacc Suresi Örneği. AUIFD. 2017;58:69–108.
MLA
Gözeler, Esra. “22/El-Ḥacc/Suresi/Örneği”. Ankara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 58, no. 1, Apr. 2017, pp. 69-108, doi:10.1501/Ilhfak_0000001462.
Vancouver
1.Esra Gözeler. Surelerin Mekkīliği ve Medenīliği: 22/el-Ḥacc Suresi Örneği. AUIFD. 2017 Apr. 1;58(1):69-108. doi:10.1501/Ilhfak_0000001462