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Qur’ânicization of Religio-Political Discourse in the Umayyad Period

Author(s) -

Fred M. Donner

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

revue des mondes musulmans et de la méditerranée

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.132

H-Index - 4

eISSN - 2105-2271

pISSN - 0997-1327

DOI - 10.4000/remmm.7085

Subject(s) - period (music) , islam , revelation , politics , state (computer science) , government (linguistics) , history , documentary evidence , literature , political science , law , philosophy , art , linguistics , aesthetics , archaeology , computer science , algorithm

Documentary and literary evidence suggests that during the Umayyad period, institutions and practices central to the operation of the state were renamed using terms from the Qur’an. The goal of this process was to legitimate the Umayyad state and government by linking them with the divine revelation and the person of the prophet Muhammad. It also helped to define Islam as a tradition focused on the prophet and the Qur’an

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