Memorizing the words of God: Special reference to ‘Abdul Rahman IBN Khaldun (D. 1406 A.D.)

• Main Authors: Bensaid, Benaouda, Machouche, Salah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016
• Subjects: BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc; BP1 Islam; BP130 Works about the Qurʼān
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/54060/1/Memorization%20of%20Qur%27an%20%28ISI%20Journal%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/54060/7/54060-Memorizing%20the%20Words%20of%20God_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/54060/; http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/urea20

This study explores the position of the tradition of Qur’an memoriza- tion in the structure of Muslim primary education and intellectual hierarchy while drawing on the Khaldunian perspective regarding the problem of memorization versus comprehension of the Qur’an. This article concludes that the pra...