Turkish Qur'an Dictionaries Literature of the Republican Period (1923-2023)
While the generation of the Companions and Successors transmitted their knowledge of the Quran and its interpretation orally, the Taba'ut-Tabi'in began, along with the Taba'ut-Tabi'in, to better understand the Quran, the compilation/writing of commentaries and Quranic dictionaries began. Muqātil, the author of the first extant commentary, compiled his Tafsīr and the Quranic dictionary al-Wujūh wa al-Nazāir for this purpose. By the 5th century AH, Quranic dictionaries, which had significantly contributed to Quranic understanding, largely completed their development and systematization with the Mufradāt. With the establishment of nation-states in the modern era, nations' efforts to understand the Quran in their own languages led to the translation of basic Arabic Quranic dictionaries, such as the Mufradāt, into national languages, as well as the writing of new Quranic dictionaries in national languages. This book examines the literature of Turkish Quranic dictionaries that emerged as a result of this process. This work aims to contribute to Islamic studies in Türkiye, particularly to research in the fields of the Quran and its interpretation. This book, the first such study in this field, covers the entire 100-year Republican era between 1923 and 2023. The book examines the literature on Turkish Quran dictionaries chronologically under four main headings: Quran Dictionaries Translated into Turkish (1978-2023), Quran Dictionaries Written in Turkish (1990-2023), Online Turkish Quran Dictionaries (2015-2023), and Other Studies Related to Turkish Quran Dictionaries Literature (1986-2023). The introduction, titled Religious Life and Formal Religious Education in the Republican Period (1923-1990), attempts to illustrate the background behind the emergence of this literature.
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