The shepherding notion of al-imārah: abstracting the authoritative worldview of the Semitic root ʼmr of pre-Islamic and Islamic Arabia
The normative impression of al-imārah often epitomizes this concept as an Islamic invention. Viewed from this particular epistemic standpoint, the authoritative worldview of al-imārah and its Arabic root ʼmr (أمر) invariably symbolizes human-political order, essentially and practically throughout Is...
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| description | The normative impression of al-imārah often epitomizes this concept as an Islamic invention. Viewed from this particular epistemic standpoint, the authoritative worldview of al-imārah and its Arabic root ʼmr (أمر) invariably symbolizes human-political order, essentially and practically throughout Islamic history. Semantically, however, the root ʼmr in itself seems to offer a greater understanding of its authoritative worldview, particularly in consideration of the fact that it is a common root attested within many Semitic languages, transcending the Arabic semantical field of that root. With a comparative aim, this study seeks to examine the authoritative worldview of al-imārah semantically through its Semitic root ʼmr, attested within two specific temporal frames: the pre-Islamic Arabia period and the Islamic Arabia period. For pre-Islamic Arabia’s attestation of the root, this study utilizes documentary and literary sources, while the Islamic-Arabic lexicon is the main source for the latter period. Attestations of this root in the documentary sources are indicative of two particular worldviews, either solely for the divination context (Ancient South Arabian) or secular-shepherding context (Ancient North Arabian), while the literary sources of Jāhiliyya poetry hinted at an early combination of both contexts. Meanwhile, the Islamic-Arabic lexicon also indicates the same fusion but differs from the literary sources in terms of its Islamic influences and its semantical range, which are more extensive. In many ways, all of them share the essential authoritative-shepherding worldview of guiding and protecting the interests of their respective dominions of either the divine, the secular, or the combination of both |
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| spelling | my.iium.irep-1247922025-11-28T07:53:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/124792/ The shepherding notion of al-imārah: abstracting the authoritative worldview of the Semitic root ʼmr of pre-Islamic and Islamic Arabia Abdul Karim, Mohd Hafiz Bakar, Osman Bin Jamil, Khairil Husaini BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc BP173.44 Human Rights In Islam BP173.63 Islam and civil society BP173.7 Islam and politics JC49 Islam and Politics The normative impression of al-imārah often epitomizes this concept as an Islamic invention. Viewed from this particular epistemic standpoint, the authoritative worldview of al-imārah and its Arabic root ʼmr (أمر) invariably symbolizes human-political order, essentially and practically throughout Islamic history. Semantically, however, the root ʼmr in itself seems to offer a greater understanding of its authoritative worldview, particularly in consideration of the fact that it is a common root attested within many Semitic languages, transcending the Arabic semantical field of that root. With a comparative aim, this study seeks to examine the authoritative worldview of al-imārah semantically through its Semitic root ʼmr, attested within two specific temporal frames: the pre-Islamic Arabia period and the Islamic Arabia period. For pre-Islamic Arabia’s attestation of the root, this study utilizes documentary and literary sources, while the Islamic-Arabic lexicon is the main source for the latter period. Attestations of this root in the documentary sources are indicative of two particular worldviews, either solely for the divination context (Ancient South Arabian) or secular-shepherding context (Ancient North Arabian), while the literary sources of Jāhiliyya poetry hinted at an early combination of both contexts. Meanwhile, the Islamic-Arabic lexicon also indicates the same fusion but differs from the literary sources in terms of its Islamic influences and its semantical range, which are more extensive. In many ways, all of them share the essential authoritative-shepherding worldview of guiding and protecting the interests of their respective dominions of either the divine, the secular, or the combination of both IIUM Press 2025-06-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/124792/2/124792_The%20shepherding%20notion%20of%20al-im%C4%81rah.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/124792/3/124792_The%20shepherding%20notion%20of%20al-im%C4%81rah_WOS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/124792/4/124792_The%20shepherding%20notion%20of%20al-im%C4%81rah_Scopus.pdf Abdul Karim, Mohd Hafiz and Bakar, Osman and Bin Jamil, Khairil Husaini (2025) The shepherding notion of al-imārah: abstracting the authoritative worldview of the Semitic root ʼmr of pre-Islamic and Islamic Arabia. Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation, 30 (1). pp. 55-89. ISSN 1394-6870 E-ISSN 2735-1866 https://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah/index.php/shaj/article/view/2067 10.31436/shajarah.v30i1.2067 |
| spellingShingle | BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc BP173.44 Human Rights In Islam BP173.63 Islam and civil society BP173.7 Islam and politics JC49 Islam and Politics Abdul Karim, Mohd Hafiz Bakar, Osman Bin Jamil, Khairil Husaini The shepherding notion of al-imārah: abstracting the authoritative worldview of the Semitic root ʼmr of pre-Islamic and Islamic Arabia |
| title | The shepherding notion of al-imārah: abstracting the authoritative worldview of the Semitic root ʼmr of pre-Islamic and Islamic Arabia |
| title_full | The shepherding notion of al-imārah: abstracting the authoritative worldview of the Semitic root ʼmr of pre-Islamic and Islamic Arabia |
| title_fullStr | The shepherding notion of al-imārah: abstracting the authoritative worldview of the Semitic root ʼmr of pre-Islamic and Islamic Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The shepherding notion of al-imārah: abstracting the authoritative worldview of the Semitic root ʼmr of pre-Islamic and Islamic Arabia |
| title_short | The shepherding notion of al-imārah: abstracting the authoritative worldview of the Semitic root ʼmr of pre-Islamic and Islamic Arabia |
| title_sort | shepherding notion of al-imārah: abstracting the authoritative worldview of the semitic root ʼmr of pre-islamic and islamic arabia |
| topic | BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc BP173.44 Human Rights In Islam BP173.63 Islam and civil society BP173.7 Islam and politics JC49 Islam and Politics |
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