Dictionary of the Holy Quran

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Summary: Excellent Scholarly-Work
Review: A very timely masterpiece. Unique scholarly contribution.
Most comprehensive work on the topic.
Classical Arabic dictionaries have been put together in one place. It is very ease to use.
This new dictionary will go a long way to study the indepth meanings of the Holy Quran.
I Strongly recommend it to all students of Islam and the Holy Quran.

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Review: DICTIONARY OF THE HOLY QURAN
(Arabic Words-English meanings)

By: Abdul Mannan Omar (son of Maulana Noor Ud Din).
(Translator of The Holy Quran; Arabic-English. Editor, Encyclopedia of Islam; 22 volumes)
Total number of pages: 1010.

Highlights:
1- Easy to find and ascertain the real, classical, and root meaning of all the Quranic Words.

2- All root-words of the Holy Quran with their derivatives have been included in it.

3- Efforts have been made to highlight various shades of meaning.

4- Two indexes have been provided: Index #1- The Quranic Words. Each Quranic
word is ALPHABETICALLY arranged (according to the Arabic alphabets), with the cross reference to the basic 'root-words'. (This Index # 1 is helpful for the beginners).
Index # 2 - Basic Quranic Root-words. All the Quranic basic
'root-words' arranged alphabetically (according to the Arabic alphabets).

5- Authentic and Comprehensive. The etymology, the function, and wherever applicable the abbreviations are also given from the most authentic sources, with explanatory notes, grammatical comments, and examples in phrase and poetry.

6- Classical Arabic Dictionaries combined in one. Some of the
classical dictionaries used: Al-Mufradat fi Gharib Al-Quran by Abdul Qasim al-Husain al-Raghib; Lisan al-Arab by Jamal al-Din Abu al-Fadzl Muhmmad bin Mukarram bin Manzur; Taj al-Arus min Jawahir al Qamus by Muhammad al Murtadza
Husaini; The Arabic English Lexicon by Edward W. Lane etc.

7- Appendices: Appendix # 1- An Overview of the Dictionary. This has number of articles. Appendix # 2- System of Punctuation. Appendix # 3- System of Transliteration of the Arabic Words.

8- Deluxe gift edition: Silver page edges. Leather-flex binding.