Mujam Ayat al-Quran

Mu'jam Ayat al-Qur'an (Dictionary of Quranic Verses) is an alphabetical concordance and index of the verses of the Quran compiled by Egyptian scholar Husayn Nassar (d. 1439 AH / 2017 CE) Mujam Ayat al-Quran+1.

Composition and Purpose

Nassar prepared the work upon an invitation from the publishing house of Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi and Sons in Egypt Mujam Ayat al-Quran. In his introduction, he noted that modern indexing is a foundational tool for rigorous research and sought to apply modern indexing methods to Quranic scholarship Mujam Ayat al-Quran. Prior indices included the Persian work Tartib-i Ziba (1284 AH) and Hajj Salih Nazim's Dalil al-Hayran fi al-Kashf 'an Ayat al-Qur'an Mujam Ayat al-Quran. Nassar criticized Dalil al-Hayran for categorizing verses under thematic and grammatical headings—such as occurrences of praise (al-hamd), the Divine Name, relative pronouns, and imperative verbs—which caused confusion, arbitrary placement, redundant listings, omissions, and frequent typographical errors Mujam Ayat al-Quran. In contrast, Nassar designed his concordance to provide a direct alphabetical reference based strictly on the opening words of each verse while correcting earlier omissions Mujam Ayat al-Quran.

The text was based on the edition published by Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi and Sons, cross-checked against the Egyptian Amiri Mus-haf in the 'Uthmanic script according to the transmission of Hafs from 'Asim, and it adheres to the Kufan system of verse numbering Mujam Ayat al-Quran.

Arrangement and Methodology

The concordance is organized alphabetically by the initial word of each verse according to specific editorial rules Mujam Ayat al-Quran+1:

• No distinction is made between hamzah and alif in initial, medial, or final positions Mujam Ayat al-Quran.
• The definite article (al-) is treated as an integral component of the word and factored directly into the alphabetical order Mujam Ayat al-Quran.
• Doubled letters (shaddah) are treated as two letters rather than one Mujam Ayat al-Quran.
• Phonetic pronunciation takes precedence over orthography when the written script diverges from spoken forms (such that Allah is indexed under A-L-L-A-H, hadha under H-A-DH-A, al-ladhi under A-L-L-A-DH-I, and dhalika under DH-A-L-I-K) Mujam Ayat al-Quran.
• Base forms precede derived or augmented forms, and additions are sorted alphabetically (for instance, unvoweled In precedes geminated Inna, followed by affixed variants such as Inna, Innaka, Innakum, and Innama) Mujam Ayat al-Quran.
• Disjointed letters (al-huruf al-muqatta'ah) at the beginning of surahs are placed at the beginning of their respective letter sections (e.g., Ha-Mim at the head of the H-M entries) Mujam Ayat al-Quran.
• Shorter particles precede longer ones (e.g., idh precedes idha, which precedes adhan) Mujam Ayat al-Quran.
• Verses with identical openings across multiple surahs are sequenced in the canonical order of the surahs in the Mus-haf Mujam Ayat al-Quran.
• Guide words at the margins of each page indicate the first and last entries listed on that page Mujam Ayat al-Quran.
• Each entry supplies the verse number, the surah name, and an abbreviation denoting the place of revelation: [k] for Makkan (Makki), [d] for Medinan (Madani), and [h] for verses revealed during the Prophet's migration (Hijrah) Mujam Ayat al-Quran.