Some observations on the language and style of interpretation to one-seventh part of the Qur’an by Bahadirshah al-Kaynawi

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Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2021. Volume 6. No. 5. pp. 351-354.

Authors

Saitbattalov I. R.*
Bashkir State University
32 Zaki Validi Street, 450076 Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia

Abstract

The interpretation of 1/7 part of Qur’an, written by Bahadirshah al-Kaynawi, is the earliest monument of Turkic-speaking Muslim exegesis in the Ural-Volga region, and is also a large written text in the Turkic language. The language of this work is a complex conglomeration of Kipchak, Oghuz and Karluk elements, the use of which is motivated both by stylistic considerations and by the individual characteristics of the author’s presentation of thoughts.

Keywords

  • tafsir
  • Old Turkic language
  • stylistics
  • exegesis
  • language of Sufi literature
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