A Dictionary and Glossary of the Koran [Paperback]

John Penrice (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 28, 2011

This helpful guide permits everyone to understand the Koran. It lists each word under its verbal root, grouping words without roots alphabetically, and providing numerous explanations of the text. It assists beginners in mastering some inevitable difficulties and helps more advanced readers of Arabic to resolve problems.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Arabic --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications; Bilingual edition (December 28, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486434397
• ISBN-13: 978-0486434391
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,007,809 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for Students of Classical Arabic, June 3, 2000

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C. King Khidr (Damascus, Syria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Dictionary and Glossary of the Koran (Hardcover)

An excellent resource for those interested in translating passages from the Koran. To my knowledge the meaning of every Koranic word is found here. Using Penrice's work is certainly more convenient than going through Hans Wehr, which does not always provide the classical meaning of words. Lane's Lexicon is obviously a better source, but since it is multivolumed, it is both inconvenient to carry around and quite expensive.

Although this dictionary was first published in 1873, its merit has not diminished since.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Reference for Koranic Arabic, January 17, 2005

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Seeker of Elegance - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Dictionary and Glossary of the Koran (Paperback)

Excellent.

A Scholarly work on arabic by an English author.

The first ever comprehensive dictionary published in English.

Essential for anyone who wants to really understand the Koran or any Classical Arabic of the 7th Century.

Clearly laid out , root based dictionary. Good explanatory extracts from the Koran which have helped me to understand the choce of wording of several of the modern translations and the various shades of meaning contained in the roots.

If you want to learn to read the Koran AND actually understand it from the original arabic, then get this book now! ( together with say Dr Surty's 'Quranic Arabic' or the MELS course 'Access to Quranic Arabic'with CD's, or similar books )

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Focused on translations, not a study guide, December 12, 2004

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Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Dictionary and Glossary of the Koran (Paperback)

It was my own error in assuming that this book might serve as a study guide. It is an elegant easy to read dictionary and glossary, but the organization is based on the Arabic and the original depiction of the Arabic word, followed by the English explanations, which appear to be superb. Bottom line: buy this only if you are reading the Koran in Arabic, and need a place to go from Arabic to English with fullsome explanations.