TY  - JOUR
T1  - On the Interpretation of the Demonstrative Pronouns in the
Opening Verses of Qur’anic Suras
AU - Nkoonam, Ja`far AU - Sarvi, Fatemeh (Fatima) 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 23
SP  - 5600
EP  - 5607
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.5600.5607
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.5600.5607
KW  - Dhalika al-kitab
KW  -tilka ayatu al-kitab
KW  -lawh Mahfuz
KW  -quran`s divine origin
KW  -divine knowledge
AB  - Dhalik al-Kitab and other similar phrases at the beginning of some Quranic Suras have long been
debated by Muslim commentators as to what these demonstrative pronouns refer to. In this study, through
comparing the introductory verses of the Suras containing the pronouns it will be demonstrated that these
pronouns do not refer to the Qur’anic corpus or the content of the related Sura but rather to the divine
knowledge and Lawh Mahfuz which functions as the source of revelation. It seems that the skeptical reactions
of the polytheist audience dismissing the Prophet’s recitations as satanic inspirations, poetry or “soothsaying”
triggered the revelation of these verses.
ER  -