Take the Aramaic Language Seriously; Some Hints with the Approach of Quranic Studies

The present article focuses on the deep links between Aramaic and Arabic among the Semitic languages. The article is compiled in four parts, which are: 1. an introduction to the Semitic languages; 2. Aramaic and Arabic connections; 3. Aramaic-Talmudic and Arabic connections of the Qur'an; 4. Sample analysis: the meaning of "Dābatul-Arḍ" (Namal: 82) in the light of Semitic languages. Finally, the concluding section re-emphasizes the necessity of launching the Semitic languages department in some faculties of Quranic sciences. It seems that Semitic, Aramaic, and Arabic languages have the deepest and widest connections.