25:35:Sam's Note/ref on:Writ/scripture/al-kitāb

Sam's Note/ref on:Writ/scripture/al-kitāb

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Writ (outside of very specific collocations) where 

the subject is God’s written communication to men, or that law 

which God applies to His Creation, an instance of application by 

men of the law of God, or God’s record giving man his account. 

While this approach is not without its own disadvantages (being 

an archaic term), it has certain advantages: firstly, it emphasises 

the written nature of the subject (which kitāb certainly conveys 

in Arabic); secondly, it conveys a nuance of law or written 

command; thirdly, it allows a nuance which covers aspects of 

written record. It also allows that some part of what is called 

scripture by men does not comprise law in the prosaic sense of 

the word. Thus, it both conveys some of the same ambiguities 

which exist in the Arabic, and allows the reader in English the 

opportunity to see past the specificity which the Traditionalist 

imposes upon him in favour of his own conclusions. In those few 

cases where the agent is clearly other than God, I render without 

capitalisation.

Instances where the definite article is lost due to combination 

with a following genitive noun (the iḍāfa construction) are 

treated as per al kitāb (for example al kitāb + allah = kitāb allah 

or the Writ of God).

All instances in the text appear in the notes.

References

2:44, 2:53, 2:78, 2:78, 2:79, 2:85, 2:87, 2:101, 2:101, 2:113, 

2:121, 2:129, 2:144, 2:145, 2:146, 2:151, 2:159, 2:174, 2:176, 

2:176, 2:177, 2:213, 2:231, 2:235, 2:285, 3:3, 3:7, 3:7, 3:19, 

3:20, 3:23, 3:23, 3:48, 3:78, 3:78, 3:78, 3:79, 3:79, 3:100, 3:119, 

3:164, 3:184, 3:186, 3:187, 4:24, 4:44, 4:47, 4:51, 4:54, 4:105, 

4:113, 4:127, 4:131, 4:136, 4:136, 4:136, 4:140, 5:5, 5:5, 5:15, 

5:44, 5:48, 5:48, 5:57, 5:110, 6:20, 6:38, 6:89, 6:91, 6:114, 6:114, 

6:154, 6:156, 6:157, 7:37, 7:169, 7:169, 7:170, 7:196, 8:75, 9:29, 

9:36, 10:1, 10:94, 11:17, 11:110, 12:1, 13:1, 13:36, 13:39, 13:43, 

15:1, 16:64, 16:89, 17:2, 17:4, 17:58, 18:1, 18:27, 18:49, 18:49, 

19:12, 19:16, 19:30, 19:41, 19:51, 19:54, 19:56, 21:104, 23:49, 

24:33, ✔️25:35, 26:2, 27:40, 28:2, 28:43, 28:52, 28:86, 29:27, 

29:45, 29:47, 29:47, 29:51, 30:56, 31:2, 32:23, 33:6, 34:44, 

35:25, 35:29, 35:31, 35:32, 37:117, 39:1, 39:2, 39:41, 39:69, 

40:2, 40:53, 40:70, 41:45, 42:14, 42:17, 42:52, 43:2, 43:4, 44:2, 

45:2, 45:16, 46:2, 46:12, 57:16, 57:25, 57:26, 62:2, 66:12, 74:31, 

74:31, 83:7, 83:18, 98:4.(Arranged SYEDRAF).