Koya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Colour plays a key role in people’s communication. Languages represent the gradation of colours in nature by a series of discrete categories. These categories of colour differ along with the different cultures. Colour distinctions and meanings also play a major role in different religions. A certain colour may have a particular meaning in Christianity and another different meaning. There is no single language is said to include all colour variations. Colour distinctions and meanings play a major role in different religions. A certain colour may have a particular meaning in Christianity and another different meaning. This paper aims at identifying the basic colour terms in the Glorious Qur'an and making structural and semantic analyses of them. It is hypothesized that the Glorious Qur’an contains particular colour terms that occupy various grammatical classes and indicates specific functions. Furthermore, some are linked to each other by semantic relations. The major findings arr...

Colour was is mentioned a few times in the Prophetic Traditions, which signifying its that it carries its own values and symbolic representation for the people. The Prophet PBUH has highlighted the significance of certain colours by describing his preferpreferredable colours to be used for his clothing in his dress and actions,and he also approved or discouraged his approvals as well his discouragements to the usagee of certain colours. Among the colours that wereare specifically mentioned and found in the hadith are white, red, green, black and yellow. These colours indicate show giave different connotations as they were usedin which some represent the in colours of the Prophet's attires ; some were used during the battles and other occasions; of the Prophet PBUH; andand some bringough aboutt to specific understanding, as stated by the Prophet PBUH. Interestingly, the use of different colours found in the hadith corresponduse of differentcertain colours as found in the hadith correspondsingly mentioned into ththatose mentioned in the Qur´Én, as shown in several numbers of Qur'anic verses. Thus, this paper will observe the discussion among MuÍaddithÊn regarding to the topic ofn colours in terms of its definition, function, significance and impacts ontoin the human life. The variety of meaning and understanding of colours according to different perspectives and cultures also will also be discussed. Besides, tThe implications of using specific colours psychologically and scientifically also will also be exposed in order to in order to discover the connection between of colours in the Prophetic Traditions and in our contemporarytoday's life.

Brill’s Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (EALL), Update I 2011 (online edition).

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Colours are a unique phenomenon. They are used to describe humans, objects and even the abstract, as is true vice versa. They are also interpreted in various ways. The interpretation of colours extends even to various religions and languages. The Qur'an, generally believed by Muslims to be the most authoritative source and scripture of Islam, mentions the word colour in both singular (lawn) and plural (alwān) forms:

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I would like to acknowledge the efforts of the Rare Books and Special Collections Library (RBSCL). They have the most passionate and supportive staff; they were always ready to offer their help and guidance and for that I am grateful. I would like to thank the administrative staff at the Department of the Arab and Islamic Civilizations for the constant support and their professional attitude. This thesis would have not seen the light of day without the support and guidance of my supervisor Dr. Bernard O’Kane. It took me a year to convince him with my topic and I am eternally grateful that he did not accept it right away. He pushed me to dig deeper and to widen my research base to come up with a more challenging angle for my thesis. He always demanded the highest quality of work which pushed me to thrive in my academic research. I would also like to thank my two readers; Dr. Jerry Bacharach and Dr. Ellen Kenney; their comments and critic were incredibly helpful in the fine tuning of ...

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