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The birth of prophet muammad in the qur’ān: A critical analysis of al-Jāi’s thought in his Kitāb al-ujja fī Tathbīt al-Nubuwwa

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dc.contributor.affiliationsFaculty of Quran and Sunnah Studies
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)
dc.contributor.authorAzmi A.S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T08:34:56Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T08:34:56Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractAccording to Islamic tradition, Prophet Muammad was born in the Year of the Elephant, the year of Abraha’s unsuccessful expedition against Mecca. Relying on references made from the Qur’ānic text alone, not a single verse refers definitively to the event of the Prophet’s birth. However, some Muslim biographers have chosen sūrah al-Fīl of the Qur’ān as the verse which carries an early sign of the Prophet’s emergence, while others attributed this chapter to the event of the Prophet’s birth. Al-Jāi was among them, and this notion was articulated in his Kitāb al-ujja fī Tathbīt al-Nubuwwa, where he expressed his opinion on the exegesis of this chapter. Thus, the present study aims to explore the narrative of the Prophet’s birth, analyse the historical connection between the occurrence and sūrah al-Fīl and examine hermeneutical responses of Muslim exegetes on the verse, especially al-Jāi. The study is qualitative in nature in which the researcher employed both critical and analytical approaches to the works of tafsīr and sīra. Findings of this study assert that conviction and zeal to authenticate the story of the People of the Elephant seems to have influenced al-Jāi to adduce sūrah al-Fīl as a solid basis of evidence of the whole truth of this narrative.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.21315/kajh2018.25.s1.5
dc.identifier.epage101
dc.identifier.issn13949330
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dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/9108
dc.identifier.volume25
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPenerbit Universiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
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dc.subjectAbrahaen_US
dc.subjectAl-Jaien_US
dc.subjectInfancyen_US
dc.subjectMuammaden_US
dc.subjectProphethooden_US
dc.titleThe birth of prophet muammad in the qur’ān: A critical analysis of al-Jāi’s thought in his Kitāb al-ujja fī Tathbīt al-Nubuwwaen_US
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