EXPLANATION OF THE WORD "KHALIFAH" (CALIPH) IN THE LIGHT OF THE QUR'AN AND ARABIC POETRY

شرح كلمة خَلِيْفَةٌ في ضوء القرآن الكريم وكلام العرب

  • د. أورنك زيب الأعظمي مدير تحرير "مجلة الهند" وأستاذ مساعد، قسم اللغة العربية وآدابها، الجامعة الملية الإسلامية، نيو دلهي
Keywords: The Noble Qur’an, Arabic Poetry, Dictionaries and Dictionaries, Arabic Grammar and Islamic Terms., القرآن الكريم، الشعر العربي، المعاجم والقواميس، النحو العربي والمصطلحات الإسلامية.

Abstract

The Qur’ān is a divine book revealed in eloquent Arabic that was prevelant among the Quriash and was commonly understood by the Arabs of the whole Arabia. To this quality of it the Qur’ān itself pointed out saying: “This is an eleguest Arabic”. (al-Naḥl: 103).Thus each word used by the Qur’ān is Arabic as well as is used by the eloquent Arabs thoug it is originally Arabic or borrowed by them from any other language- such as Sanskrit. In this article one of its words ‘Khalīfah’ has been discussed in the light of the Qur’ān and Arabic poetry of that period and the periods that have been accepted for citation. It is a humble effort and the redears comments will be welcome wholeheartedly.

Published
2019-03-09