Arabic-English Dictionary of Qur'anic Usage

This impressive work presents a full Arabic-English dictionary of the words of the Qu'ran. The words are arranged according to their Arabic root. The entry for each includes an inventory of its various meanings (or "semantic scatter"); the morphological derivatives that occur in the Qu'ran and the number of times they occur; and an accordance with the order in which each derivative occurs in abd al-Baqi's Concordance. A bibliography of Arabic and English sources is included. As it's a dictionary, there is no index. Eminently qualified for this ambitious task, both authors were educated at al-Azhar in Cairo, Egypt and at universities in the UK. Badawi has published other Arabic dictionaries and teaches Arabic studies and linguistics at the American U. in Cairo. Among other works, Haleem has published a translation of the Qu'ran; he teaches Islamic studies at the U. of London, the UK. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Elsaid M. Badawi, Professor of Arabic Studies and Linguistics, American University in Cairo . Educated at al-Azhar and London Universities, Professor Badawi is currently Professor of Arabic Studies and Linguistics, American University in Cairo, editor for the Journal of Qur?anic Studies, and has broadcast a complete commentary on the Qur?an in the Gulf and S.E. Asia. Publications include Modern Written Arabic(2004) with M.G. Carter and Adrian Gully, and A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic (1986) with M. Hinds. Muhammad Abdel Haleem, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of London. Educated at al-Azhar, Cairo and Cambridge Universities, Professor Abdel Haleem is currently Director of the Centre of Islamic Studies, and Chief Editor of the Journal of Qur?anic Studies. Recent publications include: Understanding the Qur?an: Themes and Style (2001), and The Qur?an: a New Translation (2004).