فرقان

Arabic

Etymology

With some probability from Classical Syriac ܦܘܪܩܙܐ. The vocalization of the Syriac is uncertain.

Noun

فُرْقَان (furqān) m

  1. (religion) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. evidence, proof
    2. redemption, salvation

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830–1837), فرقان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 340
  • Geiger, Abraham (1833, 1902) Was hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume aufgenommen? (in German), 2nd edition, Leipzig: M. W. Kaufmann, page 56
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 225–229
  • Schwally, Friedrich (1898), “Lexikalische Studien”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 52, pages 134–135
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