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Kitab|kɪˈtɑːb| [Arab. kitāb, lit. writing, book.] The Koran; also, a sacred book of certain other revealed religions, e.g. the Bible.
[1652J. Notstock tr. Andrés's Confusion Muhamed's Sect ii. 53 O Moore,..what thinkest thou of the Scripture which you so much reverence, that..ye..keep it like a God, and call it Alkitib Alhazim, (i.e.) a glorious book and Alcoran alhadin, (i.e.) the Mighty Alcoran.] 1885T. P. Hughes Dict. Islam 280/2 Al-Kitāb.., ‘the Book’, a term used for the Qur'ān, and extended to all inspired books of the Jews and Christians, who are called Ahlu'l-Kitāb, or believers in the book. Ibid. 484/1 The Muhammadan Scriptures..are usually appealed to and quoted from as..al-Kitāb, ‘the Book’. 1912Moslem World II. 168 Mohammed..knew of the existence of the Holy Scriptures of both Testaments, and..fully intended to refer to them... In the first place, Al Kitâb, ‘the Book’, is a clear reference to ‘the Bible’. 1927Encycl. Islam II. 1044/2 The ‘Book’ par excellence is..the Kur'ān itself; it is the revelation of God... As the Kitāb is the word of God it has also the meaning in the Kur'ān of ‘a decree of God’ or it becomes the ‘impression’ which God stamps upon the hearts of man. 1959S. & N. Ronart Conc. Encycl. Arabic Civilization 297 Al-Kitāb as a specifically Moslem term denotes the Holy Book, i.e. the Koran, but is also extended to the Scriptures of..Christianity and Judaism, whose adherents are called Ahl al-Kitab (People of the Book). Ibid. 298 (heading) Koran,..the Holy Book of Islam, frequently spoken of by Moslems simply as The Book (al-kitāb). |