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## Ibn ʿAqīl on Language Origin, Change, and Expansion 11 This is a reference to the scriptural verse from the Quran 2:31, which states that God revealed language as names (asmāʾ) to Adam: "And He taught Adam all the names (asmāʾ), then showed them to the angels, saying: inform me of the names of these, if ye are truthful." Those who advocated that language is divinely revealed often quote this verse in Muslim discussions. All the Quranic verses provided in this paper will be based on the Muhammad Abdel Haleem's translation (See Abdel Haleem 2010). 12 Druart 2015, 7.

Author

Feriel Bouhafa

Publisher

de Gruyter GmbH, Walter

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9783110552232