Two Views of History and Human Future: Qur'anic and Biblical Renderings of Divine Promises

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelika Neuwirth
Keyword(s):  
Major Question ◽  
Arabic Poetry ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Q 55 ◽  
The Future

Though the Qur'an refers to the Psalms as a scriptural corpus, al-zabūr, the Qur'anic relationship with the Psalms is – unlike that with the Torah or the Gospel – not explicitly described in terms of an affirming re-collection of that scripture. In the Qur'an ‘the Psalms’ as a scriptural authority play a rather marginal role. Yet individual psalm texts are strikingly present in the Qur'an. Not only are they reflected in numerous Qur'anic metaphors, but more generally, their particular vision of human-divine relations is closely related to that mirrored in the early suras. The paper attempts to trace the Qur'anic references to Psalm 136 which, it is argued, is theologically radically re-modelled in Sūrat al-Raḥmān (Q. 55), comparing the texts in order to explore the Qur'anic rejection of the Biblical notion of ‘history as a promise for the future’. It will posit that the new Qur'anic vision of the human future that eventually comes to replace the Biblical is not only a rejection of a previous option, it is at the same time a response to a major question raised in Pre-Islamic Arabic poetry. The Qur'an thus is in conversation with two cultural traditions; the options put forward in both being debated and finally replaced.

scholarly journals КОМУНІКАТИВНА АНТИЦИПАЦІЯ ЯК ОСОБИСТІСНИЙ ВИМІР ТВОРЧОСТІ ДИТИНИ У ВЗАЄМОДІЇ З ОТОЧУЮЧИМИ

World Science ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (11(51)) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Михальська С. А.
Keyword(s):  
Driving Forces ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Speech Development ◽  
Creative Imagination ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Potential Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Development ◽  
The Future ◽  
Linguistic Behavior

Antitrust, which provides a key way to identify the driving forces for self- development and the development of speech behavior have been examined in this article. Some aspects of the influence of antitrust in the social interaction of the child with the environment in various situations of uncertainty and familiar content, the importance of creative achievements of the communicative-speech development of the senior preschooler on the growth of conscious self-regulation of linguistic behavior have been confirmed here. It has been proved that one of the lines of personal potential development is the speech behavior of the child and the presence of creative driving force - antitrust, aimed at creating of the future result of the interaction and making decisions on the subsequent course of the communicative situation based on this image. It has been affirmed that the general mental development of the child, the formation of «preschool maturity» is the base ground for the manifestation of creativity, in particular in communicative activities and the development of antitrusting capabilities of the child as a manifestation of «anticipation of the future», designing as creative prediction, creating images of future activities. It has been made a conclusion concluded that inheritance of cultural traditions, although it provides a person with a tool for the implementation of linguistic communication, but without forming a creative imagination destroys effective meaningful personality traits: integrity, uniqueness, activity, expression, openness, self-development, self-regulation.

The Origins of Arabic Poetry

1925 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Margoliouth
Keyword(s):  
Arabic Poetry ◽  
The Future

The existence of poets in Arabia before the rise of Islam is certified by the Qur'an, which contains one Surah named after them, and occasionally alludes to them elsewhere. Among the descriptions of the Prophet given by his opponents there was “ a Jinn-ridden poet” (xxxvii, 35), to which he replies that he has brought the truth. In another passage (lii, 29) the suggestions that he was a kāhin, a jinn-ridden man, and a poet are offered as alternatives. Since those who described him as a poet said they would wait to see what would happen to him (lii, 30) it might be inferred that poets were in the habit of foretelling the future. Elsewhere he asserts that his language is not that of a poet, but rather of an honourable messenger (lxix, 41), and that God had not taught him poetry, which would have been of no use to him (xxxvi, 69); his utterances were “ statement and clear lesson ”, whence we should infer that poetry was obscure. These hints about the poets are summarized in the Surah that bears their name (xxvi, 224, foll.), where we are told that they are followed by the misguided, rave in every valley, and say what they do not do. The sequel might seem to except certain pious bards from this condemnation, but the style of the Qur'an renders it uncertain whether this exception really applies to bards.

scholarly journals Towards Understanding the Relation between Religions and Cultures in Southeast Asia

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-142
Author(s):  
Joseph I. Fernando
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
The People ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Face ◽  
Traditional Cultures

In the face of modernity and its erosion of traditional values, weneed to preserve something of the wisdom of traditional culture.The traditional cultures have taken thousands of years to evolveand are necessary to preserve. They are the carriers of the accumulatedwisdom of the people since Antiquity. They give man asense of belonging, acceptance, and assurance. They enshrine thevalues, which define meaning, guide, motivate, and lead peopleto fulfillment. We find cultural traditions still alive in the ruralcommunities of Southeast Asia. It is to these communities thatwe need to turn to guide us on our road to the future ...

Quebec and the Future of Canada

1965 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
D. J. Dooley
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Major Question ◽  
Federal Election ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Conservative Government ◽  
Modus Vivendi ◽  
The Future

By The Time of the federal election in April, 1963, most thinking Canadians were probably aware that the unity of their nation was in peril. The main issues before the electorate were the instability of the Progressive Conservative government, Canada's persistent economic problems, and her role in the defense of North America. But many commentators thought that the major question which the new government would face was the failure of Canada's two race to reach a satisfactory modus vivendi.

scholarly journals Exploration of beautiful village renovation against the backdrop of global tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 04077
Author(s):  
Zhinan Gao ◽  
Xusheng Li ◽  
Yangtianyi Hu
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
The Future ◽  
Global Tourism ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Functional Layout ◽  
Practical Guidance ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
And Function

With the rise of global tourism, construction of villages is facing changes in development goals and priorities. Facing the tasks of physical environment improvement and function improvement, a multi-dimensional beautiful village renovation system of functions, architecture, environment, and facilities is constructed. Taking the Qixi group of Jiangkou village, Zhangfang Town, Liuyang City as an example, based on the basic characteristics of natural resource, historical and cultural traditions, etc., it has promoted the overall improvement of village functions from four aspects: overall functional layout, building renovation, road renovation, and landscape. The purpose is to explore an effective way to renovate beautiful villages under the background of global tourism, and provide some practical guidance for the future renovation of beautiful villages.

The Arabic Language in Contrast to English and Italian: Future Tense Revisited

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Ahmed Al-Oliemat ◽  
Amal Al-Saikhan ◽  
Mohammad Al-Khawalda
Keyword(s):  
Arabic Language ◽  
Syntactic Analysis ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Future Tense ◽  
Major Question ◽  
Prime Ministers ◽  
Holy Quran ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Holy Quran ◽  
Contrastive Linguistics

This study investigates the nature of the future tense in Arabic language in contrast to English and Italian languages. A major question to be answered is whether Arabic language as well as English and Italian have a real future tense.The methodology employed is based on contrastive linguistics theory which includes a full description of the expression of futurity in the languages under investigation, followed by a morpho-syntactic analysis of the forms used to express futurity. The data were obtained from three different, but rather similar in nature, sources. These include the prime ministers' speeches to the house of parliament in the case of Italian and Arabic languages (along with a description, frequency and percentages of the future forms used in the holy Quran) ; and a three hour recording of an American series ( Acapulco bay) translated into Arabic.The results show that there are similarities ( though belonging to different language families) and differences among these languages in terms of their expression of futurity. Further, they show that Italian and Arabic languages do have real future tense unlike English which does not have a morphologically marked forms to express futurity.      

scholarly journals ILMU SOSIAL, BUDAYA INTELEKTUAL DAN SEMANGAT KENABIAN: TELAAH PENGEMBANGAN ILMU SOSIAL NUSANTARA

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Syarifuddin Jurdi
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
The Political ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Lecture Material ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future

Indonesiaorin the cultural language is called by the Nusantara is a region stretching from Sabang to Merauke, includes various islands, customs, language, religion, culture and social traditions. This article attempts to lay the objective conditions of the development of social sciences of the Nusantara and the possible development of a typical Indonesian social sciences.The social sciences here are conceptualized from the social and cultural traditions of Indonesia itself. Conceptualisation of social science should be synergic between the spirit of the development of the science of its scientists and support countries on another hand, of course, the development ofsocial sciences in the future by the political partiality of state accompanied by incorporating cultural values as lecture material. Withsocialhistoricalparse, this article presents a discussion about the historicity of social sciences, forming the intellectual block, institutionalization ofsocial sciences in the Nusantara and its reflection, and the prophetic spirit and intellectual asceticism.

scholarly journals Readiness of a modern computer science teacher for innovation

KANT ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-273
Author(s):  
Movladi Isaev
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Science Teacher ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Future Teacher ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Modern Computer ◽  
The Future ◽  
Innovative Culture

The article examined the preparedness of a modern computer science teacher for innovation, its innovative culture. It is concluded that innovative culture, as part of professional activity, significantly affects the general culture of a future computer science teacher, relying on the country's cultural traditions and on the experience of successful innovative activities in other countries. The innovative susceptibility of the future teacher of computer science is one of the main requirements for the future professional, since susceptibility is the necessary condition for the success of ongoing changes in the system of higher education.

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