On the Original Meaning of the Qur'anic Term al-shayṭān al-rajזm.

This article seeks to reconsider the meaning(s) of the phrase al-shayṭān al-rajזm. It surveys the controversy surrounding the meaning of rajזm in this context and argues two points: first, that by the time the phrase was employed in the Qur**an its original meaning had been forgotten, and second, th...

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Published in:Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 133; no. 1; pp. 21 - 34
Main Author: SILVERSTEIN, ADAM
Format: Article
Published: American Society for Premodern Asia (ASPA) Jan-Mar2013
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