Majallat Jamiat Umm al-Qura li-Ulum al-Sharia wal-Lugha al-Arabiya
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Majallat Jamiat Umm al-Qura li-Ulum al-Sharia wal-Lugha al-Arabiya (Journal of Umm al-Qura University for Sharia Sciences and Arabic Language) is an academic periodical published by Umm al-Qura University in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, dedicated to scholarly research in Islamic jurisprudence, theology, history, and Arabic linguistic and literary studies .
Scope and Structure
The journal serves as a publishing venue for specialized academic papers authored by university scholars and researchers. Issues are typically organized into thematic sections across two linguistic divisions :
- Studies in Sharia and Usul al-Din (Dirasat fi al-Sharia wa-Usul al-Din): Encompassing research on Quranic studies and variant readings (qira'at), hadith narration and criticism, Islamic theology (aqida), comparative legal rulings (fiqh muqaran), and legal fundamentals .
- Studies in History, Civilization, and Economics (Dirasat fi al-Tarikh wal-Hadara wal-Iqtisad): Covering the critical editing of historical treatises, methodology of the prophetic biography (sira), historical social developments, and Islamic economics .
- Studies in Arabic Language and Literature (Dirasat fi al-Lugha al-Arabiya wa-Adabiha): Covering morphology (sarf), grammar (nahw), phonetics, semantic lexical studies, and critical analyses of pre-Islamic and modern poetry and prose .
- English Section: Providing English summaries and abstracts of the research articles included in the Arabic division .
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