Selected moments: 11:40 Af‘al form used not for tafdil 17:33 Researching words for the Bayyinah Translation 23:27 Literal meaning isn’t the whole story 24:59 Scope for different views and new research (najm, ala’) 31:45 Ibn ‘Abbas and ta’wil 38:53 Auto-antonyms 42:30 Falaq as creation… 48:08 Quran condemns deceitful wording (raa‘inaa etc.) 56:52 “Hayta lak” first perspective (cf. Ch. 38) 1:02:18 Poetry in Tafsir 1:06:23 Lack of context in shawahid 1:10:25 Authenticity problems 1:18:35 Disconnect between shahid and explanation 1:22:48 Second example 1:30:15 Question on Tafsir Ibn ‘Abbas 1:37:50 Danger of “native” assumptions 1:43:11 …Falaq as dawn 1:46:50 Poetry resembling ayah 1:52:40 How novel is Quranic language? 2:10:52 Juice shop anecdote
recognising later poems, rock engravings etc. new sources to provide new angles in tafsir adding to the early exegetes' work ala = ajaib, poem shawahid falaq=khalq, Ibn Abbas. Allah opened it like fatara raina=lit give us your attention, our shepherd raiina condescending; asinu hebrew synonym atana;
Selected moments:
11:40 Af‘al form used not for tafdil
17:33 Researching words for the Bayyinah Translation
23:27 Literal meaning isn’t the whole story
24:59 Scope for different views and new research (najm, ala’)
31:45 Ibn ‘Abbas and ta’wil
38:53 Auto-antonyms
42:30 Falaq as creation…
48:08 Quran condemns deceitful wording (raa‘inaa etc.)
56:52 “Hayta lak” first perspective (cf. Ch. 38)
1:02:18 Poetry in Tafsir
1:06:23 Lack of context in shawahid
1:10:25 Authenticity problems
1:18:35 Disconnect between shahid and explanation
1:22:48 Second example
1:30:15 Question on Tafsir Ibn ‘Abbas
1:37:50 Danger of “native” assumptions
1:43:11 …Falaq as dawn
1:46:50 Poetry resembling ayah
1:52:40 How novel is Quranic language?
2:10:52 Juice shop anecdote
recognising later poems, rock engravings etc. new sources to provide new angles in tafsir adding to the early exegetes' work
ala = ajaib, poem shawahid
falaq=khalq, Ibn Abbas. Allah opened it like fatara
raina=lit give us your attention, our shepherd raiina condescending; asinu hebrew synonym atana;
0:44:26
1:01:20
2:00:18