Hadiye Ünsal

Aufenthalt

Oktober-Dezember 2018

Forschungsthema

»Difference of Language and Style in the Verses Related to ahl al-kitāb (Jews and Christians) within the Frame of makkī and madanī«

Projektbeschreibung

The revelation of the Qurʾan lasted for approximately twenty-three years including the first thirteen years in Meccah and the remaining ten years in Medinah. The chapters (surahs) that were revealed during these periods are investigated under the titles makkī and madanī in ʿulūm al-Qurʾān literature. The chapters and verses that were revealed during the Meccan period primarily mention the problems of faith and morality in the context of contrast between monotheism and paganism. Regarding the Medinan period, the chapters and verses primarily address the tense relations and actual battles between Muslims and polytheists and people of the book (ahl al-kitāb) and questions about social order and law.

The verses were revealed in direct connection with historical and social events that involve Muḥammad, polytheists, believers and ahl al-kitāb over a twenty-three-year period. Language and style has a difference in parallel with the behavior of the interlocutors. In the early periods there is not a hard style for ahl al-kitāb. For example, Prophet Muhammad received support from ahl al-kitāb against to the polytheists: “And before thee also the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message” (Surah an-Nahl, 16:43). But in the late periods the language and style have a change in parallel with the challenges between muslims, polytheists and ahl al-kitāb. This study will focus on this change.

Wissenschaftliches Profil

Hadiye Ünsal ist Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Theologischen Fakultät der Cukurova Universität in der Türkei.

Forschungskontext

Hadiye Ünsal folgt einer Einladung von Ömer Öszoy (Professor für Koranexegese an der Goethe-Universität) und dem an der Universität angesiedelten LOEWE-Schwerpunkt: »Religiöse Positionierung. Modalitäten und Konstellationen in jüdischen, christlichen und islamischen Kontexten«.