How did the quranic pagans make a living

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2807613
AutoresPatricia Crone (Instituto de Estudos Avançados da Universidade de São Paulo, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen68
Número3
Páginas387-399
Fecha de publicación2005-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0041977x05000224
OpenAlexW1984014405
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6

This article examines the information given in the Quran, as distinct from the exegetical tradition, on the livelihoods pursued by the mushriku ̄n to whom the Messenger was preaching. It finds them to be uniformly described as agriculturalists and seafarers. The purpose of their maritime activity is not usually specified, but on one occasion it is said to be for fishing. The believers, too, are agriculturalists in some passages, but they are more commonly described as traders. There is a wealth of passages depicting them as such, and preaching to them in commercial imagery, in the suras classified by the tradition as Medinese

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Fishing · Literature · Livelihood · Political science · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law