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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: ' Although Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ (Q 112) is one of the shortest sūrahs of the Qurʾān,
    it has led to an extensive commentary on its structure and content in Muslim exe-getical
    literature and in Western scholarship. This article takes the recent attempt to
    contextualize the sūrah in Western scholarship as a starting point and proposes
    new evidence for the nature of the religious milieu that shaped its form and content.
    It posits several “intertexts” of creedal expressions, which shed light on the
    discursive nature of the sūrah.'
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Zishan
  full_name: Ghaffar, Zishan
  id: '83446'
  last_name: Ghaffar
citation:
  ama: Ghaffar Z. The Many Faces of Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ. <i>Journal of the International
    Qur’anic Studies Association</i>. 2024;9(1):19-45. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012">10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012</a>
  apa: Ghaffar, Z. (2024). The Many Faces of Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ. <i>Journal of the International
    Qur’anic Studies Association</i>, <i>9</i>(1), 19–45. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012">https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Ghaffar_2024, title={The Many Faces of Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ}, volume={9},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012">10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012</a>},
    number={1}, journal={Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association},
    publisher={DeGruyter}, author={Ghaffar, Zishan}, year={2024}, pages={19–45} }'
  chicago: 'Ghaffar, Zishan. “The Many Faces of Sūrat Al-Ikhlāṣ.” <i>Journal of the
    International Qur’anic Studies Association</i> 9, no. 1 (2024): 19–45. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012">https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012</a>.'
  ieee: 'Z. Ghaffar, “The Many Faces of Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ,” <i>Journal of the International
    Qur’anic Studies Association</i>, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 19–45, 2024, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012">10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012</a>.'
  mla: Ghaffar, Zishan. “The Many Faces of Sūrat Al-Ikhlāṣ.” <i>Journal of the International
    Qur’anic Studies Association</i>, vol. 9, no. 1, DeGruyter, 2024, pp. 19–45, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012">10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012</a>.
  short: Z. Ghaffar, Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association 9 (2024)
    19–45.
date_created: 2024-07-01T16:05:47Z
date_updated: 2025-04-07T11:09:39Z
ddc:
- '290'
department:
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- _id: '550'
doi: 10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012
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keyword:
- Qurʾān
- Christology
- Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
- Jacob of Serugh
- Syriac Christianity
- Credo
language:
- iso: eng
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page: 19-45
publication: Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association
publisher: DeGruyter
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title: The Many Faces of Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ
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user_id: '83446'
volume: 9
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