Spektrum Iran

On the Need for a New Translation of the Qur'an into German

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

Abbas Ali Rahbar 1
Mahdi Esfahani 2
Michael Nestler 3

1 Associate Professor an der Allame Tabataba'i University, Teheran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Philosophy of Religion); Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran

3 M. A. Student of Arabic Studies, Free University of Berlin, Germany

https://doi.org/10.22034/spektrum.2020.190216
Abstract
Every translation follows a certain approach which consists of a series of principles and a basic method. This idea also applies to the Translation of the Qur'an. The first point is to pay attention to the fact that the original meaning of Arabic words is first formed in tangible uses and then used in semantic changes for intangible purposes. On this basis, it is necessary to identify the tangible meaning of word roots and then search for this meaning in the Target Language. The examples and key terms mentioned in the first part of the article show that such an approach to understanding the Qur'an opens up new approaches from which a completely new translation of the Qur'an into German can be provided.


Keywords

Qur'an Translation
sensual usage
etymology
new method in translation
necessity of a new German translation of Qur'an

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Spektrum Iran
Volume 33, Issue 2
November 2020
Pages 39-57

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